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| downtown Yangon |
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| Sule Paya, a 2000-year-old golden temple in central traffic circle of Yangon |
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| Shwedagon Paya, the most sacred of all Buddhist sites in Myanmar |
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| the east entrance to Shwedagon |
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| the magic of Shwedagon under a full moon |
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Yangon, Myanmar, March 2013
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Nyaungshwe and Inle Lake, Myanmar, March 2013
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| view of the canal linking Nyaungshwe town to Inle Lake |
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| woman on shore collects taxi fare from passengers returning to their village on the lake |
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| a fisherman at the entrance to the lake |
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| parking area at a local market on Inle Lake |
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| tribal people at the lakeside market |
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| we visit the floating gardens in the lake |
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| local family's mode of travel |
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| laundry time in a stilt house |
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| leg rowing! |
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| rice planting near the town of Nyaungshwe |
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| we taxi our bicycles across Inle Lake |
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| a typical Myanmar dinner |
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| our favourite time of the day - drinks delivered poolside! |
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| a young monk watches us |
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| at a local temple people wait to offer monks gifts of rice, etc. |
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| our favourite coffee shop in the centre of Nyaungshwe |
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Bagan, Myanmar, March 2013
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| sights along the Ayeyarwady River as we boated to Bagan from Mandalay |
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| We stop to let off a passenger. |
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| the largest of the 4000+ Bagan Temples |
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| temples commissioned by Bagan's kings between the 11th and 12th centuries |
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| goats and their herders roam the area |
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| an enterprising young vendor greets us with his postcards |
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| cattle herders shelter from the sun |
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| temple detail |
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| pilgrims to the temples pass us on our bicycles |
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| a local woman offers us a cheroot |
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| village women carry water for great distances across these hot plains |
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Hsipaw and Pyin Oo Lwin, Myanmar, March 2013
young nuns collect alms in early morning, Hsipaw
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| a bicycle shop in Hsipaw |
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| young nuns at a nunnery in the countryside outside of Hsipaw |
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| we stop at a local restaurant on a hike with a guide outside of Hsipaw |
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| food vendor on the train across the Gokteik Viaduct, built in 1901 |
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| train aisle is definitely not for walking! |
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| taxi in Pyin Oo Lwin |
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| Botanical Gardens in Pyin Oo Lwin |
Friday, March 8, 2013
Mandalay, Myanmar, March 2013
transportation is tight on a main street in Mandalay
a procession to the temple where a young boy is being initiated into the monkhood
transport!
the busy port in Mandalay
everything happens at the port
temples at the base of Mandalay Hill
going home from the market in Mandalay
we manage cycling in downtown Mandalay
typical breakfast on our rooftop in Mandalay
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