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Tropical Heat Tour: Myanmar Part 11

September 3rd, 2012

Monday, September 3, 2012
Mandalay, Myanmar

The souvenir vendor I bought postcards from at Kuthodaw Pagoda in Mandalay, Myanmar.

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Tropical Heat Tour: Myanmar Part 10

September 2nd, 2012

Sunday, September 2, 2012
Mandalay, Myanmar

A rubber stamp store--just like the Scotch Tape store on Saturday Night Live--in Mandalay, Myanmar.

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Tropical Heat Tour: Myanmar Part 9

September 1st, 2012

Saturday, September 1, 2012
Mandalay, Myanmar

The clocktower in Mandalay, Myanmar.

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Tropical Heat Tour: Myanmar Part 8

August 31st, 2012

Friday, August 31, 2012
Taungbyone, Myanmar

A couple of nat kadaws relax at the Nat Pwe in Taungbyone, Myanmar.

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Tropical Heat Tour: Myanmar Part 7

August 30th, 2012

Thursday, August 30, 2012
Mandalay, Myanmar

The cast of Hee-Haw barnstorms through the streets of Mandalay, Myanmar.

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Tropical Heat Tour: Myanmar Part 6

August 29th, 2012

Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Taungbyone, Myanmar

A nat kadaw performs at the Nat Pwe in Taungbyone, Myanmar.

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Tropical Heat Tour: Myanmar Part 5

August 28th, 2012

Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Mandalay, Myanmar

Buddha in a dragon at Shwekyimyint in Mandalay, Myanmar.

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Tropical Heat Tour: Myanmar Part 4

August 27th, 2012

Monday, August 27, 2012
 Taungbyone, Myanmar

In the thick of it at the market section of the Nat Pwe in Taungbyone, Myanmar.

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Tropical Heat Tour: Myanmar Part 3

August 26th, 2012

Sunday, August 26, 2012
 Mandalay, Myanmar

Three Buddhist monks shlep by in front of the Royal Guest House to collect their morning alms in Mandalay, Myanmar.

Around 5:30 am, the bus driver cranked on some music to signal that we had entered Mandalay. Luckily, he didn’t play a bunch of bad Burmese power ballads for the whole final hour, like the last time I made this trek. After we pulled into the dusty, chaotic bus terminal, I climbed into the bed of a little pick-up truck with a couple of French-accented tourists and got shaken into town across the city’s many bumpy streets. We were just in time to see all of the Buddhist monks making their morning rounds to collect alms (free gifts of food and money from locals), and I shot some frenetic-looking video clips of them from a vantage point looking out the back tailgate on the way. A few more walked by out in front of the Royal Guest House, and I got a couple of good photos.

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