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Belfast Slide Show
Myanmar Slide Show
Photos by Bill Giles
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Working in ComfortHideaways ambassador Van Giles takes a moment to catch up on some work as he cruises the Ayeyarwady River in style aboard the Belmond Road to Mandalay.
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Kayan Lahwi WomanVan and his wife, Danielle, pose with a local craftswoman in Bagan. Stretching one's neck with brass coil rings is a long-held tradition of the Kayan Lahwi women of Myanmar, formerly called Burma.
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Belmond Governor's ResidenceAnn Giles poses by one of the lily ponds of this gracious, British colonial style villa estate that sits at the heart of Yangon's Embassy Row.
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Tobacco LeavesA traditional market along the Ayeyarwady River in Mandalay sells everything from dried tobacco leaves like these to fish, fruit, and flowers.
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Wood SellerAt the market, this woman was selling the wood from which local women make a protective cosmetic skin cream. They grind the bark of the Thanaka tree, add water, and make a paste that is said to be a sunscreen, astringent, and antiseptic cream.
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Voila!Danielle and Ann model the finished cream, applied in creative designs and patterns.
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Something for EveryoneMarket goods include flowers, clothing, vegetables, sweets, spices, and a few questionable items like pig intestines and unrefrigerated meat.
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