Olympus OM-2n | Kodak Portra 400NC
Win Win worked at Golden Star hotel, and soon after I'd settled in she started asking me, "do you looove the sunset?" Uh, sure? Who doesn't? Well, if I "love" it so much, I should go up to Haritaung with her. Apparently she was supposed to work until 7pm but received special dispensation to take a long break with me. Maybe because I was the only guest.

For some reason, as we left the hotel, she said, "Myanmar people are very poor. Me too!" Said with a little giggle too...what did it mean?

After viewing the sunset, she asked me, "do you love mon di?" OK? She took me to a nearby noodle soup stall, where the mon di was tasty but without any spice—perhaps you have to ask for it but there wasn't enough English spoken either by the cook or by Win Win to make this clear. Grateful for the company, but also thinking about her earlier statement about being "poor," I prepared to pay for both of our meals, which probably cost 500 kyat total. But Win Win was quicker than I was...