Meep's "Curtailed Pursuits" & my "Suggested Reading"

Meep wrote this if you missed it:

Curtailed Pursuits
http://mee-eep.livejournal.com/186027.html( Read more... )

And so I continue it because she was trying to get me to write more *bares teeth* with my thanks and encouragement to continue.
So Here:



Title: Suggested Reading
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 200
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The Moken: Gypsies of the Sea --- evolving to Mer?

Photographer Sofie Olsen traveled to the Surin Islands in Thailand to document the Moken people's nomadic sea culture and way of life. (Sofie Olsen)


The Moken: Gypsies of the Sea (PHOTOS)

By: Stephanie Valera
Published: July 28, 2013
http://www.wunderground.com/news/moken-gypsies-sea-photos-20130724

They roam the sea most of their lives, living in handcrafted boats and diving for food into depths of 75 feet without scuba gear or masks. They're so familiar with the seas they've lived on for hundreds of years, that researchers found that their children have underwater vision twice as sharp as their European counterparts, according to National Geographic. They're so aware of the sea that they knew that the devastating 2004 tsunami was coming and were able to emerge from the disaster unscathed, according to the New York Times. Among the cultures of the world, the Moken of Myanmar and Thailand are one of the least touched by modern civilization, and one of the most fascinating.
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To see more of Sofie Olsen's work, visit her website.