Mandalay 2 003

Laying out the stones. Amazing how flat the hard working workers can get the ground, watching them looks like they are working on a massive stone puzzle. Under the blue tarp are where the officers sit and sip on drinks to supervise the workers.

Mandalay and Area Trip

May 29th 2009
The progression of the road work was impressive, most of which was done by hand. We went out on another excursion at 730am and the workers were already starting the day and when we came back around 530pm the workers were just finishing. Long hours for only making about 3000 khats (US $3) as we were told. We commented it was not very much; the response we received was the job does not pay much but ... read more

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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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