This is my third reportage on Yangon’s “circle line” or “ring train”. The Yangon Circle line circumnavigates Myanmar’s largest city, on a 46 Kilometer, 39 station route that connects Yangon’s satellite towns. The system is heavily utilized by the local populace, selling about 150,000 tickets daily, providing cheap transportation for Burmese and an interesting and […]
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Amazing Myanmar Photo Tour: Nyaungshwe, Gateway To Inle Lake
After spending the morning photographing Nampan market we checked out of our over-the-lake accommodations and headed for Nyaungshwe, first stopping to see Padong Long Neck women and then to make a quick visit to a cherrot factory where traditional hand-made Burmese cigars are produced. In the afternoon we checked into our hotel in Nyaungshwe and […]
Amazing Myanmar Photo Tour: Two Days Afloat On Inle Lake
With the exception of one night in Yangon for our farewell dinner, the Inle Lake region is the final stop on our Amazing Myanmar Photo Tour. Inle lake, located in the heart of the Shan Plateau is a beautiful highland lake, 900 meters above sea level. The lake is 22km long and up to 10km […]
Amazing Myanmar Photo Tour: Bagan to Mount Popa
This morning we were up early for a day-tour to see brown sugar, alcohol and plum juice production; one of my favorite local markets, and an important pilgrimage site called Mount Popa. The drive from Old Bagan to Mount Popa takes a few hours, and passes through rural farms and villages where we stop for […]
Amazing Myanmar Photo Tour: Mandalay (2)
Today we photographed one of my favorite small, local markets. This particular market is one of my “secret” spots where no other tourists visit. The Burmese all get a kick out of seeing camera-toting foreigners getting all excited about such “normal” things as tea shops, colorfully displayed fruits and vegetables, fish paste and local woman […]
Amazing Myanmar Photo Tour: Mandalay
Mandalay is where we’re spending for 4 nights, our days are spent visiting Inwa, Sagaing, Amarapura and Ubien Bridge. Amarapura, the City of Immortals, was a capitol before Mandalay was built. In Amarapura we visit and photograph the Mahagandayone monastery, to observe the morning meal of hundreds of monks. Then it’s off to Segaing, a […]
Myanmar Photo Tour Final Post
Well, this post will complete my Myanmar entries, except for one future post which will include images from each of the group memebers, as soon as I receive and compile them all, and some images from our Angkor Wat extention, so please stay tuned. For now the following images are from our last few days on the Myanmar tour….enjoy
Inle Lake
Today’s cover shot today was a drive-by shooting at Inle lake, or shall I say, a float-by shooting, created from the boat we were traveling in, past homes on Inle lake.
Amazing Myanmar Photo Tour Day 3
We’ve been enjoying some great photo opportunities so far and it’s only day three! Today we spent the day photographing from our base of operations here in Mandalay. We photographed monks in window light at an ancient teak monestary We have also been visiting several of my favorite local markets. These spots are well off […]
