Yangon and surroundings |
View of Yangon river with ferry boats |
Highway bus station |
Inside of a Yangon - Mandalay highway bus |
Yangon - Mandalay train |
Sheweet ! Water melon on Yangon - Bago highway |
New year water festival (Thingyan) on a street. People throw water on
each other. In many places plastic pipes are used to spray water |
Colonial style buildings along Pansodan street in downtown.
Public buses with wood and iron bodyworks still run the streets |
Royal lake and its floating Karaweik hall, with Shwedagon pagoda in background |
Bird eye view of the city and Yangon river |
A public passenger bus in Yangon |
A grapefruit seller in Yangon |
A timber logs train arrives Yangon |
Bago division |
Retired timber elephant |
Bathing elephants in river - Taungoo |
Elephant walking on log by tourists' request - Taungoo |
A timbr elephant at work - Taungoo |
Mandalay division |
An ordinary people's struggle for survival on Ayeyarwaddy river - Myin Mu jetty |
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Sunset view from U Bein bridge, Amarapura, south of Mandalay |
Shwe Kyaung monastery in Mandalay |
A monk at his study in a monastery in Mandalay |
Shwe Inbin Monastery in Mandalay. Architectural master-piece of old Myanmar monasteries |
Morning view from a Yangon - Mandalay train before arrival Mandalay |
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Girls inside Ywa Htaung Gyi Temple - Bagan |
View of Mt Popa, on the way from Nyaung Oo to Mt Popa |
A lone hut on the climbing trail to the summit of Mt Popa |
Crater of Mt Popa extinct volcano |
Summit of Mt Popa |
Going down from the summit of Mt Popa |
Boarding the air carft at Nyaung Oo airport |
A view of Ayeyarwaddy river from Bagan |
Shwezigone pagoda in Nyaung Oo, near Bagan |
Htilominlo temple in Bagan |
Bagan view from the top of Ywa Htaung Gyi temple |
Tourist boat from Mandalay arrives Bagan |
Tourist boat from Mandalay arrives Bagan |
Lawkanada pagoda on the Ayeyarwaddy river bank - new Bagan |
Sunset ovr Tent Kyi hill on the western side of Ayeyarwaddy |
Popa volcanic cone viewed from Mt. Popa |
River, hills, sunset views from Pyatthad Gyi (or) Pyatthada pagoda - Bagan |
Hand paddled boats on Ayeyarwaddy river - Bagan |
Magwe division |
Pakokku boat jetty on the west bank of Ayeyarwaddy river |
Pakokku town - 2 Hrs upstream from Bagan |
Mon state |
Ye The Taung camp & car park on the mountain, 1.6 km from Kyaikhtiyo pagoda |
Kyaikhtiyo ( Golden Rock ) Pagoda |
Shan state |
1st day of Kalaw to Pindaya trek - Breakfast at Kalaw market |
Starting point of the trek: Kalaw to Pindaya |
An old wooden monastery between Kalaw and Myin-Ka village |
A scene on the way from Kalaw to Yarsagyi mountain |
A cave with Buddha images before arrivel Zay Di Gone villagefor lunch |
We had our lunch in this house in Zay Di Gone village |
With "Pa-O" hilltribe people in Naung Ye village |
Our first night home stay in Thit Yar Bin village |
The host family prepared the beds for us |
Before going to sleep - our first night home stay on Shan mountains |
2nd day of Kalaw to Pindaya trek - A scene with a lake near Tat Poke village |
Yasagyi village monastery where we had second night stay |
Paluang traditional dance at yasagyi village |
3rd or last day of Kalaw to Pindaya trek - Entering Pindaya |
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Farm lands seen from a car on Kalaw - Pindaya road |
Taunggyi highway bus station |
A buffalo market in Kyaing Tong - Eastern Shan state |
Akha hilltribe people in their village - Kyaing Tong |
Villagers transporting the goods on their shoulders from village to village |
Two Akha ladies looking for a place to sit and work - Kyaing Tong |
An Akha hilltribe village in Kyaing Tong district |
An Akha hilltribe village in Kyaing Tong district |
Photos from a driving trip Mandalay to Muse (China border) in Nov/Dec 2001 |
Pyin Oo Lwin (May Myo) train station |
Pyin Oo Lwin (May Myo) train station |
Naung Cho to Kyauk Me road |
Duk Hta Waddy (Myit Nge) river between Kyauk Me and Hsipaw |
Duk Hta Waddy (Myit Nge) river between Kyauk Me and Hsipaw |
Mr. Charle's Guest house in Hsipaw |
Paluang village near Lashio |
A Buddhist temple in Lashio |
Ya Htaik Hotel in Lashio |
A petro station and check point before Muse |
Shwe Thiri hotel near Myanmar-China border |
Shwe Naga hotel near Myanmar-China border |
Kyegaung border check point between Yunnan and Shan states |
Sagaing division |
Thanbuddhay pagoda complex, 20 km from Monywa |
Powin hill temples across Chindwin river from Monywa |
Bodhi Tataung temples and monasteries complex in Monywa |
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Sagaing bridge over the Ayeyarwaddy river |
Small boats on Ayeyarwaddy river between Sagaing and Mandalay |
Kachin state |
In a train from Mandalay to Myitkyina |
Confluence point of Ayeyarwaddy river |
Transportation in Myitkyina |
Rakhine state |
Ko Taung temple in Mrauk Oo |
Local villagers come to Mrauk Oo market by boats |
Shit Thaung Temple in Mrauk Oo |
Timber and bamboo rafting down Kissipanadi river, northern Rakhine |
Thoutkant thein temple, another massive tunnelled structure in Mrauk Oo |
A rice depot in Mrauk U, where farmers sell their rice |
Huts along Lay Myo river, where people stay and do bamboo trading |
A Chin village on Lay Myo river - northern Rakine state - upstream of Mrauk U |
Two Chin ladies in a village - upper Lay Myo river |