“More Monks to the Rescue”

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“Downtown Yangon”

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“Downtown Yangon”

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“Sweeping up at the Schwedagon Pagoda”

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“Sunset at the Schwedagon Pagoda”

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“A riot forms on a street corner. My taxi driver was in a panic, and begged me not to take any more photos.”

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“One of the thousands of teashops that dot the country. This Yangon example is typical of them, with low tables, tiny stools, and a menu consisting of super-sweet Burmese tea laced with something ominously called 'creamer', and Chinese tea (free with anything else).”

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“The hotel I stayed at, a backpacker friendly joint called the Motherland 2, located outside the city centre in a quiet (and safe) residential district.”

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“Shwedagon Paya”

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“A young solitary monk collecting morning alms ”

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