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I'll have ummm........

This shot was taken from an overhead walkway of one of the street food venders we saw all over Yangon. The deal was yuo picked out the sticks of mystery meat you wanted and dipped them in the cooking gravy middle and then counted up the number of sticks at the end to work out your cost.
Yangon, MYANMAR - "Picturesque Dishevelment"

March 13th 2006
"Picturesque Dishevelment" is how the Lonely Planet has described Yangon, and for once, it has absolutely got it right. We're sitting outside Motherland Inn 2 as rickety old Chinese buses, circa 1947, pass by in the dark, half falling apart but jammed full of people (see the pics if you don’t believe me). A man in his longhi (the standard attire for all here - like a sarong but made as a complet ... read more
Asia » Burma

Burmese Flag Britain conquered Burma over a period of 62 years (1824-1886) and incorporated it into its Indian Empire. Burma was administered as a province of India until 1937 when it became a separate, self-governing colony; independence from the Commonwealth wa... ... read more
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