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Than cooks lunch | Kyaukme, Myanmar

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January 24, 2009

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Than is an amazing cook. We were lucky enough to have three meals at Naing Naing's house, starting with breakfast the first day of the trek, a late lunch the day we returned to pick up the motorbikes, and a final lunch the day we parted.

Than's relationship with Naing Naing was an odd one—it was hard to tell how much of their bickering was real. Technically divorced in order to provide him an easy escape from the government, Naing Naing had mainly married her because her mother had saved his life. I assumed they'd learned to love each other, as they had reached middle-age with three beautiful daughters, but Naing Naing's obsession with Britney Spears and his greater ability to connect with tourists while she was stuck in the traditional wife role seemed to wear on Than's nerves.

Well, the Britney thing was stated explicitly.

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