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Sittwe is the gateway to Mrauk U,  on the west coast of Myanmar

 

There I met Khaing, who is an English teacher

 

She strolled with me through some of her neighborhoods

 

 

 

and introduced me to Oung Kyaw Zan

 

who himself teaches English

 

here with a student

 

 

 

he's a repository of information about the Arakan/Rakhine state and its people

 

 

 

then we walked through the market to the waterfront

 

that's Khaing in blue skirt, with her son Naing learn Oo

 

 

and on to a monastery, where this monk resides

 

he might get lonely

 

 

 

but he has company

 

 

 

some young monks

 

 

 

 

 

Campaign truck of the Arakan Liberation Party

 

 

 

 

 

Public well

 

 

 

swoosh!

 

 

Typical Myanmar

 

woman with sun shade riding a trishaw

 

primary form of taxi

 

 

 

Carrying the catch to market

 

 

Along Main Street

 

as I've said elsewhere, everything seems to happen outside, and on the ground

 

 

Merike, a friend from Estonia, walked with me in a Sittwe Park

 

kids swarmed around us

 

 

 

we clowned with them

 

even when we tried to walk away, they kept gathering around us

 

 

 

but who can resist them?

 

 

 

 

I loved looking at them

 

 

 

 

those faces

 

 

 

 

those eyes!

 

 

 

 

What a charmer, eh?

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