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Last additions - 2006: Myanmar |
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these carvings were more mischievous looking than the regular serious onesNov 26, 2006
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Jeffrey (my uncle's driver) with Chuck. His mother's Scottish - she left when he was 15 around the time when Burma was closed off to the world and he never heard from her again. super nice guy (used to be in the army, hard to believe)Nov 26, 2006
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Nov 26, 2006
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praying at one of the many temples. people spend hours just sitting, hanging out, meditating, praying - it was really niceNov 26, 2006
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chuck resting in the shade of a temple with some devoteesNov 26, 2006
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pushing a buddha statue on a cart. apparently, hundreds of Monday born people sweep the Shwe Dagon on Mondays (and Tuesday born do so on Tuesdays and so on for the other days of the week) to earn meritNov 26, 2006
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you have to walk in a clockwise direction around the Shwe Dagon. there are areas for each day of the week - you light candles and give offerings for the day of the week you were born.Nov 26, 2006
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Nov 26, 2006
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anika & chuck - because i was wearing a knee-legth skirt, i had to borrow a sarong from the ticket counter to enter the Shwe Dagon. i liked my sarong!Nov 26, 2006
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carved ceilings and walls of the stairwayNov 26, 2006
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Nov 26, 2006
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the Shwe Dagon is the main conical gold stupa in the back, although all the hundreds of temples set in a circle around make up the entire Shwe Dagon complexNov 26, 2006
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on the steps to the entrance of the great Shwe Dagon temple complexNov 26, 2006
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the Myanmar version of a rickshaw - the passegers sit in a sidecar, one facing forward, one backNov 26, 2006
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Chuck and Jeffry (my uncle's driver) looking at an one of the hundreds of old colonial buildings all over YangonNov 26, 2006
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us in Scotts marketNov 26, 2006
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walking around Scotts market - huge place with warren of shopsNov 26, 2006
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landing at the airport in YangonNov 26, 2006
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