MYANMAR

Yangon

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Chalk That Kyi reclining Buddha

Colonial style buildings in central Yangon

Selling alms for the shrine

Selling alms for the shrine

Praying

Praying

Offerings

Offerings

Offerings, inside Shwedagon Pagoda

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Shwedagon Pagoda

One of the many corners of the Shwedagon Pagoda

Inside Shwedagon Pagoda

Karaweik Hall royal floating barge

Visiting Shwedagon Pagoda is a family affair

Two young nuns in the Shwedagon Pagoda

Traffic inside Shwedagon Pagoda

Family presenting offerings in the Shwedagon Pagoda

Boy taken for novitiation in the Shwedagon Pagoda

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Communal prayer

Communal prayer

Another family affair

Another family affair

Old Buddhist monk

Old Buddhist monk

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Keeping the place extremely clean

Presenting an offering

Bagan

Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan

Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan

Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan

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Ku Byauk Gyi, Bagan

Ku Byauk Gyi, Bagan

Ku Byauk Gyi, Bagan

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Details of the Ku Byauk Gyi, Bagan

Golden Dome, Bagan

Bell carriers

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Myingaba Gu Byauk Gyi Temple, Bagan

Irrawaddy river

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Puppet show in Bagan

Khan Min Ga Temple

Khan Min Ga Temple

Detail of the Khan Min Ga Temple

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Near Bagan

Bagan

Bagan

Red sun over Bagan

Cleaning a stupa

Mandalay

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Over the Irrawaddy River

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Mythical animals of the Burmese tradition

Mandalay Hill

Wood carvings in the Nat Htaung Kyaung monstery

Shwe Ba Taung, Mandalay

Shwe Ba Taung, Mandalay

Shwe Ba Taung

Shwe Ba Taung

Thanboddha Pagoda, Monywa

Thanboddha Pagoda, Monywa

Detail of the Thanboddha Pagoda, Monywa

Nuns by the water fountain for the thirsty traveler

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Me Nu Okkyaung (brick) Monastery, Mandalay

Maha Myat-Muni Buddha.

Me Nu Okkyaung (brick) Monastery, Mandalay

Me Nu Okkyaung (brick) Monastery, Mandalay

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Unfinished Mingun Pagoda

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Mingun Bell

Detail of the Mingun Bell

Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay

Kyaiktawgyi Pagoda

Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay

Unfinished Mingun Pagoda

Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay

Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay

Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay

Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay

Sagaing Hill

Detail of Sagaing Hill Pagoda

Entrance to Sagaing Hill

Sagaing Hill

Sagaing Hill

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Horse carving from Mandalay

Horse carving from Mandalay

Inle Lake

Life at Inle Lake

Floating Hotel, Inle Lake

Houses, Inle Lake

Houses, Inle Lake

Fisherman, Inle Lake

Ruins of stupas and pagodas at Indein complex after many earthquakes

PEOPLE

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MARKETS

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Old but still working

Old but still working

Betel nuts

Betel nuts

Leaves to wrap betel nuts

Leaves to wrap betel nuts

Chips to fry

Chips to fry

Clothes

Clothes

All for locals and tourists

All for locals and tourists

Bark to prepare thanakha makeup

Bark to prepare thanakha makeup

Traditional thanakha makeup

Traditional thanakha makeup

Strawberries and lemons

Strawberries and lemons

Fresh produce

Fresh produce

All for your meals

All for your meals

Colourful drinks

Colourful drinks

Dried fish

Dried fish

Flowers

Flowers

Chinese eggplant

Chinese eggplant

Fritters

Fritters

Snacks

Snacks

Nuns looking for alms

Nuns looking for alms

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