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            I met this monk in a small wodden monastry in Mandalay. He lives there with another old monk. He told me, that he became monk only at the age of 50. Before that he was a boxer and quite an aggressive man, enjoying fights and alcohol a lot.
   

Taken in: Myanmar / Mandalay / Mandalay Airport (show map)

Taken on: February 16, 2016

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