Mingalaba! It’s been almost 3 years now since my trip to Myanmar. The recent happenings in Myanmar makes me want to go back to my pictures and admire the beautiful country and it’s people. I really hope they win this fight for their democratic rights and much strength to them to stand up for their freedom and rights. While we reflect on that, I want to leave you with some pictures of the country’s streets and it’s lanes both in the cities and the countryside. And of course some pictures of the Burmese themselves who make the visit to Myanmar a memorable experience with their kindness. Burma in photographs.
Yangon, Myanmar – Sule Road
All this within 500m of walking. Morning markets closing up and Sule road, Sule Square, Yangon
Bogyoke Aung San Market & Street markets, Yangon
Evening at Kandawgyi natural garden, Yangon
Somewhere near Chinatown, Yangon
Offering flowers at Chauk htat gyi Buddha Temple, Yangon. Calm in the (electronic) Chaos
One of the many functioning pagodas at Bagan
Burmese at Bagan temples
Lighting candles at Bupaya Pagoda, Bagan
Somewhere between Kalaw and Inle, Shan state countryside
Somewhere between Kalaw and Inle, Shan state countryside – lunch getting done and even some jewelry
Taking a smoke break while collecting firewood, in dry Bagan
Market in Nyaungshwe, Inle lake, Shan state
People I came across while walking 60kms from Kalaw to Inle Lake
Artists by the street sde near a pagoda in Nyaungshwe .
Burmese in Shwenandaw monastery, Aungmyaythazan, Mandalay. Our ride in Nyaungshwe. Kids at Market in Nyaungshwe.
The street with Sule Pagoda, Yangon
Buddha sculpture carving from marble in Chanmyathazi neighbourhood, Mandalay
Kind, beautiful and shy Burmese from Bagan, Nyaungshwe and Mandalay
Dusk on Mandalay hill, Sutaungpyei Pagoda, Mandalay
The country of course has a lot more to offer, even a cosmopolitan side to it, beautiful cafes and restaurants in Yangon and so on. These are a few pictures that showed daily life around the areas that I visited and wanted to put together for this post. Hope you enjoyed them. Je zu baaa!
