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The first girl we saw with distinctive yellow on her cheeks |
The thanakha is prepared by rubbing the bark of a limionia tree on a rubbing stone with a little water. |
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The real Spice Girl |
In a market just north of Prome |
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He had been unhappy seconds earlier |
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Helping the family business |
He is pumping with his leg to drive a potters wheel for his mother |
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A good beating |
Some expressions of concentration are the same in all cultures |
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She paused from beating the bottom on the pot |
Each household makes 50-100 pots every day in the dry season |
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Rowing a small boat in Mandalay near U-Bein bridge |
I tried this rowing technique but did not get the timing of the twist right |
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Goat herd by an old fort |
I can't interpret his expression - he seemed amused at the time ! |
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Tiger Boy ! |
He followed me up to the Pagoda across the river from Pagan |
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Not too young to care |
Even the very young take great care covering their faces - it protects from the sun and improves the skin. |
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Peering from upstairs |
Not everyday they see europeans going passed in bullock carts ! |
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Waiting for sunset at the pagoda |
Alison with a crowd of smiles |
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Monastic class |
The boy on the left was chanting loud and clear - his neghbour looked less happy. |
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