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Mrauk U has some rather upscale neighborhoods, 

 

 

 

 

 

but my heart remains with the poorer, scruffier ones

 

 

 

The view from my guest house

 

You see that lane that runs next to the house across the street?

 

 

My daily routine was to start walking here

 

 

 

along this path

 

and before long kids would start coming out of the woodwork

 

 

often turning into a sizeable crowd

 

 

I really loved those kids

         
         
 

 

as in all SE Asian countries, everything seems to happen outdoors

 

 

 

and on the ground

 

(except sex and sleeping)

 

 

 

well, the sex may be indoors, but outdoor bathing is quite common

 

 

Than Thwen and family

 

he's a senior clerk of the judicial court in Mrauk U

 

 

Back at my hotel, I saw these two boys riding bikes, carrying these two girls

 

Too late to photo the bikes, but here they are on the balcony of my hotel

 

Their grace and poise are astonishing, don't you think?

 

 

I was equally impressed with the poise and presence of this girl

 

 

 

Not hard to imagine her as a competent, confident adult, is it?

 

but sadly, quite likely to lack the opportunities enjoyed by her western counterparts

 

 

 

I love the audacious color combination

 

 

The iceman cometh

 

 

 

When the owner of my guest house discovered I travel with a blood pressure cuff, he eagerly converted the lobby to an ad hoc clinic

20 or 30 passersby were enticed in for a checkup

 

 

 

 

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