Rush hour on the circle line - Burmese style - Yangon - Burma
Rush hour on the circle line - Burmese style - Yangon - Burma
Travelling on the circle line - Burmese style - Yangon - Burma
"At last!" I think to myself, "the perfect Ox-Cart in the perfect place! But where are the others I wonder...?", Inwa Archeological Park - Burma
"No, I only sell Cabbages," I Imagine him saying to my un-asked question. 'I Love Cabbages I do,' he adds in a Monty Pythan-esq voice! Cabbage Stall - Pyin U Lwin Market - Burma.
Not just for tourists! These traditional Victorian miniature horse drawn stagecoaches (used as taxis) wait for the locals outside the market in Pyin U Lwin - Burma.
'How many chrysanthemums can you get on a motorbike? Well, how many have you got?' Early morning flower market, near Mandalay, Burma.
Made completely from Teak Wood... somehow it just feels right! Bagaya Monastery - Ava (Inwa) Ancient City - Burma
Your teacher will never be this awesome! Abbot - Bagaya Monastery - Inwa - Burma
Nazi helmet while fishing - strange you might think? Actually it's a motorcycle helmet with the buddhist Manji symbol (Svastika in Sanscrit). In buddism this represents the harmonious interplay of the many opposites in life; heaven and earth, day and night, etc. (unfortunately, reversed and turned on it's axis the symbol was corrupted by the nazi regime forever). Perhaps no one told the Burmen... Dusk - U-Bain Bridge - Burma.
"Sun Like A Bauble...", Kevin Coyne once sang to me in a Dark Dance Hall, I suddenly realised that he wasn't lying but then he never did! U-Bein Bridge - Burma.
Pondering eternity? Or just admiring the view? You will find lots of Buddhist monks at sunset on U Bein Bridge - Near Mandalay - Burma
'Wait, the sunset will be awesome', I said but when I turned around they were gone for dinner beckoned and they were hungry I suppose. Sunset over the ancient city of Bagan - Burma
“It is better to travel well than to arrive...” Said the Buddha. He also said; 'No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path' - Bagan - Burma
"I don't know why, but you just sold it to me," I thought. Souvenir Seller - Bagan - Burma
Mount Popa is built on top of a Volcanic pipe. A long climb and an interesting experience but beware the monkey's!
On no account should you attempt to eat snacks while walking the 700 steps up to Mt. Popa - No good will come of it for man or monkey!
Kalaw at sunrise from the Pines Hotel - Burma
Once upon a time you could donate a statue in Pindaya to secure your passage to heaven but alas all the spaces are used, so you must now take the longer route - Cave of a thousand Buddha's - Pindaya Caves - Burma
The Former British Hill Station of Kalaw - Burma
We don't speak the same language but with humour, we reach across the cultural divide. Pein Ne Pin Tribes, where the smoking of cheroots is very much a way of life. Paluang Hill Trib Villiage - Burma.
Kids hard at work in the local school. Well, they were until we arrived... Pein Ne Pin - Paluang Hill Tribe Villiage - a morning trek from Kalaw - Burma
'Yes, turn the ISO up to 800', I tell myself, 'well I should have brought your tripod after all', I secretly think! Dusk - Kalaw - Burma.
Giggling Novice Monks - Giddy On Good Karma, perhaps? Thein Taung Pagoda Monastery - Kalaw - Burma.
Intha Fishermen - Lake Inle - Burma - Believe me, this is as hard as it looks!
Intha Fishermen - Lake Inle - Burma - Fishermen Pose for Photographs... at the entrance to the lake - "Will this shameless exploitation of tourists ever stop...," I muse