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The River Bank

Mandalay to Yangon with Pandaw River Cruises in a vessel inspired those those of the Flotilla which plied these waters from 1858 to 1941
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Shwe Kyet basin in Mandalay where our river trip began
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Shwe Kyet basin in Mandalay where our river trip began

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  • Shwe Kyet basin in Mandalay where our river trip began
  • Down river from the basin a new bridge built by the Chinese who are making a huge investment in their strategically positioned neighbour
  • Fishing with a throw net in the Irriwaddy
  • These men and women work at a grinding pace unloading dredged gravel at a daily rate of $2 or $3/day
  • Seditious thought; a couple would have to work 6 days a week for at least 80 years to buy that Range Rover parked on the bank, and that would mean not spending money on frivolous things like food or shelter
  • The riverside tent village- cooking for the gravel carriers
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  • Farmers disembark from a ferry to seek their produce
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  • Dental hygeine on the riverside
  • catching tiny fish in a dragnet
  • piscine harvest
  • Riverside Pagoda
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