Water Festival Mandalay Style

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April 18th 2006

Published: April 19th 2006

(Kev) Mandalay was the perfect end to our Burma experience. We left Inle Lake at 5 in the morning and I was not looking forward to another 12-hour bus ride, however as it turned out this one was not so bad. I rode the majority of the ride atop the bus, and was able to enjoy the panorama of the mountains as we made our decent. It was really hot on the roof, but we got splashed with buckets of wate... Read Full Entry

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Kev and Dust

We started of our travels in January moved though SE Asia, and are now in the Middle East which was an unplanned but refreshing contrast from the great things we saw in SE Asia. We have another three months in the Europe area, all off the traveling has been amazing, enjoy the blog. emails kev kmanclan@hotmail.com Dust subsonic48@hotmail.com ... full info

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Its a warzone out there

Unaware

Face in the Crowd

A Bike For Three

We are riding a trishaw. This is a man powered bike, and a great way to see the town. On this night we were heading towards the Moustache brothers, and had the ambiance of lightning and thunder lighting the darkend streets. Our driver was very friendly and he was the only guy we ever used.

Cultural Dance

This lady was on the cover of Lonely Planet Burma 1996. We would pick out any sequence of dances, and she would perform them effortlessly. She was also the wife of the moustache brother holding the sign.

The Moustache Brothers

Mid Tale

At the Show

18th April 2006

anonymous
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Another great blog guys. Seems like a different life in Burma from what I am used to. However, some of my clients would probably disagree. That water festival looks interesting. Maybe, you could plan one here in PH when you get back this summer! Take care, stay safe, and God Bless, mama linda

19th April 2006

Heidi
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WWOOOOWWW!!! That looks so incredibly awesome you two. It's like a city-wide water fight! What could be more fun? And Kevin ... minus the betel nut teeth, that picture of the guy with the HUGE smile .... looks like you.

20th April 2006

Michelle
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Moustaches Everywhere!!
Hey! Those Moustache brothers look like they were a hoot! It sounds like your last couple days in Burma were just a big party, what fun you guys. So, did you ever try those betel nuts? hehe Well I'm glad you guys are 'happy' have a good week. ~michelle

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