August 15, 2004
Mandalay
A shy boy in a village in Myanmar.
| Logbook for Aug 15th, Day 289 | ||
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Start: Mandalay, Myanmar Time: N/A N: E: |
Finish: Mandalay, Myanmar Time: N/A N: E: | Mileage: 002 |
| Notes: Team visited a local orphanage housing more than 250 boys after meeting local teacher Sasha Miller, who volunteers at the orphanage. Afterward, Todd and the film crew visited a nearby villager who suffers from Parkinson’s Disease. After buying the traditional longhi skirts that the men and women here wear, the team was caught in a rain shower. The people of Mandalay are super-friendly. (N.O.) | ||
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