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Chuck and Khalu (my uncle)61 views
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an outdoor reclining buddha as we're driving by60 views
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Burmese are always celebrating some Buddhist festival - one of the most spiritual countries i've been in, their lives truly revolve around religion. it was full moon day, everything was closed, & here's someone in a costume collecting alms59 views
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check out the Buddha's feet59 views
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female monks and schoolgirls praying at the temple on full moon day59 views
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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 merit58 views
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dimensions of the reclining Buddha, supposedly the biggest in the world (longer than the one in Bangkok). this temple is about an hour's drive from Yangon57 views
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the Myanmar version of a rickshaw - the passegers sit in a sidecar, one facing forward, one back56 views
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young novice monks56 views
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chilling out with Myanmar beer, a long leisurely lunch by the lakeside. Yangon has many lakes, and wide tree-lined boulevards - such a green old-world city54 views
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sign in Burmese - one of the most incomprehensible scripts we've seen, all squiggles54 views
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