The Ice Water Sellers of Yangon

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cheers, michael
 
One would think that their "benevolent" local government would install public water fountains around town, but that would end an industry......or start a new one-purifying and making the tap water out of the fountains safe to drink.
 
Very interesting - thanks for the update.

I've seen streetside water vendors in Bangkok, but not ice-water vendors. There, you can find people with portable reverse osmosis (distilling) systems who will re-fill water bottles for a fee. Sadly, I have no photographs of this - but I'm sure you're familiar with this kind of thing too.
 
rwintle said:
Very interesting - thanks for the update.

I've seen streetside water vendors in Bangkok, but not ice-water vendors. There, you can find people with portable reverse osmosis (distilling) systems who will re-fill water bottles for a fee. Sadly, I have no photographs of this - but I'm sure you're familiar with this kind of thing too.
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Hello rwintle, thanks for the comment. Yes, in Bangkok and basically all over Thailand they have reverse osmosis systems where people can refill water bottles for a couple of Thai Baht (5-7 U.S.cents compared to buying a new bottle at 7-11 for about 50 U.S. cents). I actually have 2 of those machines in the building that I live in and they are used by most of the residents who live in my building.

That said, I have never seen people selling cups of ice water anywhere in the world (with the exception of Myanmar), though I have seen people selling plastic bags of drinking water in Africa.

Thanks again for the comment.

Cheers, michael
 
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