Magical Mystical Myanmar
October 24th 2005 Tachilek is a scruffy, busy little border town. People wander around the market selling cartons of cigarettes and porn DVDs, offering to procure opium or young girls. Taxi drivers take people on hour-long tours around town to see the ‘highlights,’ which include a pagoda and some Long neck Karen, catering to tourists who pay $5 to cross the border for the day, in order to acquire another 30-day
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