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Local beer = Parbo beer
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The saying goes: Parbo Biri, mans plesiri (Parbo beer, everyone's pleasure)

Updated Apr 4, 2011

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Shaved ice
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You'll find stalls all over selling shaved ice with syrup in all kinds of flavours. I liked tamarind best.

Written Aug 31, 2002

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 You'll find stalls all over selling shaved ice with syrup in all kinds of flavours. I liked tamarind best. 

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