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White House Hotel
From the market in Nyaungshwe, there was a pickup terminal for passengers heading to Shwenyaung. It took us a while before we started to move since the driver waited until the pickup was full. The custom here in Myanmar is for the ladies to sit inside the pickup, while the men usually either sit on top or just hang outside the pickup. I took the latter approach, having been used to this by hanging from jeepneys in the Philippines. This was quite an experience since I was hanging with several other Burmese men, and I guess they were also amused to see a foreigner hanging out with them. I tossed my bag up the roof and just prayed that it won’t fall. I don’t think anyone would bother taking it since it was already so ratty.
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