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PAGE1 - On the Road to Mogok |
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Sun breaks through as we come over the final mountain pass into Mogok.
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JB, near Mogok, after a 7 hour,
128 kilometer drive across a very bumpy road.
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The grand entrance to Mogok Valley
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Our gemstone buyer before a breathtaking view of the Mogok Valley.
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Examining a fine sapphire in a Mogok office.
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Three generations. Note the thanaka painted on their cheeks. It is a sandlewood-like paste used as a combination
sunscreen, makeup and general beautifier.
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Panlin Valley young ladies with thanaka painted cheeks observe the foreigners.
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Mogok youngsters seeing Caucasian people perhaps for the first time.
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