Mong La, is a self-governing autonomous region in the north of the Shan State of Burma. Bordering on China, with its own army and its own laws, using the Chinese yuan currency and running on the time zone of China, Â Chinese in all but name. Â Set up by a Shan-Chinese drug lord, it caters to Chinese tourists and welcomes Chinese investors and shopkeepers, as well as Chinese sales staff. Much richer than the rest of the Shan State, surrounded by large banana plantations and studded with casinos, night clubs and shops selling luxury-brand products, its markets sell ivory, elephant parts and parts and meats of endangered species.
Thank you, I appreciate it very much. I was just going to collect the mail when the sun lit the hill so beautifully. But all credits to Kodak, Fujinon, Leica & Hasselblad; they are the masters. I merely point & click. Just beginning to really learn this CCD sensor and try to feed it with the light it sings with, while treating it gently within it's relatively limited dynamic range.