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Peace and Mist

Sittwe,
Myanmar


The first rays of sun warm the passengers in the small ferry boat as they cross the misty river at Sittwe harbor.
Sittwe is the birthplace of political monks in Myanmar. It was the birthplace of the first monk who protested against the colonial British in Myanmar. And mnore recently in the 2007 riots, it was the monks in Sittwe who started the protest against the Military Government in Myanmar.
But today it looks so peaceful