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Faces of Burma - Meet Officer Ma Thida and My Groupies
Akulka, February 5, 2009

Officer Ma Thida stares at me with a weird scrutinizing facial expression from behind his battered desk. I have the dim feeling he is annoyed by me, the bothersome foreigner, who has intruded his police station with a tedious request.

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Faces of Burma - Meet Charles, Eddie and Mya
Akulka, January 29, 2009

Incredulously I look at the two saffron-clad monks sitting side by side on a stone bench a few feet away from me. They appear to be beside themselves with glee, watching me balance on the narrow staircase, trying to clean my bare feet with wet wipes.

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Faces of Burma - Meet U-Nu and the KGB
Akulka, January 22, 2009

“Did you notice the old man at the entrance? That’s my father! He is 81 years old! He’s keeping watch! When the secret police shows up, he whistles! Then we escape through the back door, and only you will get arrested!”

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Faces of Burma - Meet The-An and Kin Kin
Akulka, January 15, 2009

Daw, my designated driver for the day, takes me to Paleik, a small town some miles south of Mandalay, to visit the famed Hmwe Paya, better known as the Snake Pagoda. It’s named after three giant pythons that call this place their home.

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Faces of Burma - Meet Than and Daw
Akulka, January 8, 2009

Than has been my designated chauffeur for the day. He’s a friendly chap, dressed in a traditional, almost ankle-length, skirt-like longyi that leaves me wondering how he manages pedaling on his squeaky trishaw unimpaired. He tells me he has navigated along the wide, flat grid of streets of laid-back Mandalay, Myanmar’s second largest city, for 25 years already.

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The Annual Surin Thailand Elephant Festival
mike, August 27, 2007

Every year the city of Surin has the largest gathering of elephants in the world to show tourists how these magnificent animals are used and were used throughout history to help man with his work, his play, and even in warfare. Included are many good pictures for this article.

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