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Face Tattoos and Eye Patches; the Ordinary Story of a Pirate in a Chin Village.

Posted on January 24, 2017 by the Blind Backpacker

“You are now entering a war zone. Please be careful and don’t go to any strange places.” That was our welcoming warning by a Burmese man as we stopped for morning coffee in rural Rakhine State, Myanmar. The warning didn’t … Continue reading →