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Morning cheroot | Pon Lone, Myanmar

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May 29, 2012

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The tea plantation's large staff includes several impoverished Burmese laborers all the way from Mandalay, who live on the Shan owner's property in a separate house. They seem to be treated like family, and when the owner insisted on running the generator at night for his special guests (us), they flocked to the main house to enjoy lights, radio, and TV. Back to work (mostly) bright and early in the morning...

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