Myanmar

03 Myanmar – Yangon – Shwedagon Pagoda_2004

01 Myanmar – Bagan – Ananda Pahto (temple) _2004

02 Myanmar – Bagan – temples from YWA Haungyi Temple _2004

04 Myanmar – on the road to Mandalay – rice paddies_2004

05 Myanmar – outside Mandalay – Mahagandhayon Kyaung (Monastery) – communal lunch_2004

b4Myanmar – Yangon – in the center of the city – City Hall_2004Dscn1981

b5Myanmar – Yangon – in the center of the city – Supreme Cour_2004Dscn1982

b6Myanmar – Yangon – Sule Paya in the center of the city_2004Dscn1988

b7Myanmar – Yangon – Strand Hotel – Cheryl and Malar our guides_2004Dscn1991

b8Myanmar – near Yangon – War Cemetary – fallen in WWII_2004Dscn1994

b9Myanmar – on the way to Bago – pottery production_2004Dscn2000

c1Myanmar – on the way to Bago – pottery production_2004Dscn2001

c2Myanmar – Bago_2004Dscn2003

c3Myanmar – Bago – Shwemawdaw Paya – part of the old stupa after quake_2004Dscn2013

c4Myanmar – Bago – Shwemawdaw Paya_2004Dscn2015

c5Myanmar – Bago – Shwemawdaw Paya_2004Dscn2017

c6Myanmar – Bago – Shwethalyaung Buddha (Reclining Buddha)_2004Dscn2025

c7Myanmar – near Bago – Kyaik Pun Paya – the Buddha statues are 30 m high_2004Dscn2028

c8Myanmar – Yangon – Myanmar currency _2004Dscn2037

c9Myanmar – Yangon – Thai currency_2004Dscn2039

d1on the plane between Yangon and Bangkok _2004Dscn2046

01Myanmar – Yangon – Summit Parkview Hotel – _2004Dscn1486

02Myanmar – Yangon – Summit Parkview Hotel_2004Dscn1488

03Myanmar – Yangon – Shwedagon Pagoda from my hotel room window_2004Dscn1495

04Myanmar – Yangon – Chaukhtatgyi Pagoda – Reclining Buddha _2004Dscn1499

05Myanmar – Yangon – Chaukhtatgyi Pagoda – Reclining Buddha – 70 m long_2004Dscn1505

06Myanmar – Yangon – Myanmar licence plate_2004Dscn1507

07Myanmar – Yangon – Shwedagon Pagoda_2004Dscn1509

08Myanmar – Yangon – Shwedagon Pagoda_2004Dscn1510

09Myanmar – Yangon – Shwedagon Pagoda_2004Dscn1513

10Myanmar – Yangon – Shwedagon Pagoda_2004Dscn1514

11Myanmar – Yangon – Shwedagon Pagoda_2004Dscn1520

12Myanmar – Yangon – Shwedagon Pagoda – they are making water offering_2004Dscn1524

13Myanmar – Yangon – Shwedagon Pagoda – new monks are being celebrated _2004Dscn1527

14Myanmar – Yangon – Shwedagon Pagoda_2004Dscn1529

15Myanmar – Yangon – Shwedagon Pagoda_2004Dscn1531

16Myanmar – Yangon – Shwedagon Pagoda – local men are eating_2004Dscn1535

17Myanmar – Yangon – Shwedagon Pagoda – they are making water offering _2004Dscn1537

18Myanmar – Yangon – Shwedagon Pagoda – they are praying and asking favors _2004Dscn1539

20Myanmar – Bagan airport_2004Dscn1541

21Myanmar – Bagan – Tharabar Gate Hotel_2004Dscn1543

22Myanmar – Bagan – Shwezigon Paya (pagoda) – three monks_2004Dscn1550

23Myanmar – Bagan – Shwezigon Paya (pagoda) _2004Dscn1554

24Myanmar – Bagan – Gubitchi Temple – our guide Cheryl in front _2004Dscn1559

25Myanmar – Bagan – a temple where everything equals number 9_2004Dscn1560

26Myanmar – Bagan – YWA Haungyi Temple _2004Dscn1561

27Myanmar – Bagan – Thatbyinnya (left) and Ananda Temples from YWA Haungyi Temple_2004Dscn1563

28Myanmar – Bagan – Thatbyinnyu Temple (Pahto) _2004Dscn1567

29Myanmar – Bagan – Thatbyinnyu Temple (Pahto)_2004Dscn1568

30Myanmar – Bagan – Thatbyinnyu Temple (Pahto) – poscarts selling girl_2004Dscn1569

31Myanmar – Bagan – Irrawaddy River_2004Dscn1572

32Myanmar – Bagan – Tharabar Gate Hotel_2004Dscn1579

33Myanmar – Bagan – New Bagan – Lacquerware Work Shop_2004Dscn1582

34Myanmar – Bagan – Manuha Paya – built by Mon king Manuha prisoner of king Anawrahta _2004Dscn1588

35Myanmar – Bagan – at Bupaya – on the bank of Irrawaddy River_2004Dscn1591

36Myanmar – on the way to Mt Popa _2004Dscn1597

37Myanmar – on the way to Mt Popa – getting oil from peanuts_2004Dscn1598

38Myanmar – on the way to Mt Popa – collecting palm vine_2004Dscn1602

39Myanmar – on the way to Mt Popa – getting sweets from peanuts _2004Dscn1606

40Myanmar – on the way to Mt Popa – seating for the customers_2004Dscn1612

41Myanmar – on the way to Mt Popa – village kids_2004Dscn1626

42Myanmar – on the way to Mt Popa – a village scene_2004Dscn1628

43Myanmar – on the way to Mt Popa – a local woman is weighing a tofu_2004Dscn1631

44Myanmar – on the way to Mt Popa – outside the hut_2004Dscn1639

45Myanmar – Mt Popa_2004Dscn1644

46Myanmar – a Buddhist shrine and Mt Popa in the backround _2004Dscn1645

47Myanmar – Mt Popa Village – a shrine with pre-Buddhist nats (guardians)_2004Dscn1650

48Myanmar – Mt Popa Village – the entrance to Mt Popa_2004Dscn1653

49Myanmar – Mt Popa Village_2004Dscn1654

50Myanmar – Bagan – Ananda Pahto (temple)_2004Dscn1660

51Myanmar – Bagan – Ananda Pahto (temple)_2004Dscn1662

52Myanmar – Bagan – Ananda Pahto (temple)_2004Dscn1665

53Myanmar – Bagan – another temple_2004Dscn1669

54Myanmar – Bagan – Ananda Pahto (temple) _2004Dscn1670

55Myanmar – Bagan – dinner in Nanda Restaurant – puppet theatre_2004Dscn1673

56Myanmar – Bagan – this plane will take us to Mandalay_2004Dscn1677

57Myanmar – Mandalay International Airport_2004Dscn1684

58Myanmar – on the road to Mandalay – local market_2004Dscn1686

59Myanmar – on the road to Mandalay – local market_2004Dscn1689

60Myanmar – on the road to Mandalay – rice paddies_2004Dscn1695

61Myanmar – Mandalay – Mahamuni Paya (pagoda)_2004Dscn1697

62Myanmar – Mandalay – Mahamuni Paya (pagoda) _2004Dscn1706

63Myanmar – Mandalay – Mahamuni Paya (pagoda) – a Buddhist family_2004Dscn1709

64Myanmar – Mandalay – tapestry and puppet shop_2004Dscn1713

65Myanmar – Mandalay – tapestry and puppet shop_2004Dscn1716

66Myanmar – Mandalay – Mandalay Hill Resort Hotel_2004Dscn1724

67Myanmar – Mandalay – Mandalay Hill Resort Hotel – swimming pool_2004Dscn1731

68Myanmar – Mandalay – Shwenandaw Kyaung (Golden Palace Monastery)_2004Dscn1736

69Myanmar – Mandalay – Kuthodaw Paya (Pagoda)_2004Dscn1739

70Myanmar – Mandalay – Kuthodaw Paya (Pagoda) – a young street vendor_2004Dscn1742

71Myanmar – Mandalay – Kuthodaw Paya (Pagoda) – a model of this pagoda_2004Dscn1743

72Myanmar – outside Mandalay – Lake Taungthaman – U Beins Bridge – 1.2 km long _2004Dscn1749

73Myanmar – outside Mandalay – Mahagandhayon Kyaung (Monastery) – paid photo_2004Dscn1756

74Myanmar – outside Mandalay – Mahagandhayon Kyaung (Monastery)_2004Dscn1760

75Myanmar – outside Mandalay – Mahagandhayon Kyaung (Monastery) – communal lunch_2004Dscn1761

76Myanmar – outside Mandalay – fabric production_2004Dscn1769

77Myanmar – Mandalay – The Royal Palace_2004Dscn1780

78Myanmar – Mandalay – The Royal Palace – a palace museum_2004Dscn1784

79Myanmar – Mandalay – local vegetable market _2004Dscn1787

80 Myanmar – Mandalay – Irrawaddy River Harbor _2004Dscn1788

81Myanmar – Mingun (town) – Mingun Paya (Pagoda) – ruin of a lion figure_2004Dscn1797

82Myanmar – Mingun (town) – Mingun Paya (Pagoda)_2004Dscn1799

83Myanmar – Mingum – Hsinbyume Paya_2004Dscn1803

84Myanmar – Mandalay – a department store_2004Dscn1810

85Myanmar – Mandalay – a woodcarving shop_2004Dscn1815

86Myanmar – Mandalay – southern entrance to Mandalay Hill _2004Dscn1819

87Myanmar – Mandalay – Mandalay Hill – a chaple along the staicase_2004Dscn1826

88Myanmar – Mandalay – the top of Mandalay Hill_2004Dscn1829

89Myanmar – Mandalay – view from the top of Mandalay Hill _2004Dscn1838

90Myanmar – Mandalay – on the top of the Mandalay Hill – lunch for the pilgrims_2004Dscn1844

91Myanmar – Mandalay – Mandalay Hill – on my way down_2004Dscn1847

92Myanmar – Mandalay – Sandamani Paya – pages of a Buddhist book_2004Dscn1856

93Myanmar – Mandalay – Kuthodaw Paya_2004Dscn1858

94Myanmar – Mandalay – Mandalay Hill Hotel – a puppet theatre in the garden_2004Dscn1868

95Myanmar – Shan State – on the road_2004Dscn1878

96Myanmar – Shan State – Aung Ban town – street market_2004Dscn1881

97Myanmar – Kalaw (town) – Pine Hill Resort Hotel_2004Dscn1887

98Myanmar – Shan State – Heho (town) – Sunday market_2004Dscn1894

99Myanmar – Shan State – Hupin Hotel on Inle Lake_2004Dscn1908

198Myanmar – Bagan airport – the plane we flew from Yango_2004Dscn1540

a1Myanmar – Shan State – Inle Lake – a local fisherman_2004Dscn1915

a2Myanmar – Shan State – Inle Lake – a town on stilts in the lake_2004Dscn1917

a3Myanmar – Shan State – Inle Lake – canal traffic_2004Dscn1919

a4Myanmar – Shan State – Inle Lake – a town on stilts in the lake_2004Dscn1921

a5Myanmar – Shan State – Inle Lake – Paw Khone Village – fabric production_2004Dscn1927

a6Myanmar – Shan State – Inle Lake – from the restaurant_2004Dscn1941

a7Myanmar – Shan State – Inle Lake – a cigar factory_2004Dscn1945

a8Myanmar – Shan State – Inle Lake – Paungdaw Oo Pagoda_2004Dscn1950

a9Myanmar – Shan State – Inle Lake – Paungdaw Oo Pagoda_2004Dscn1952

b1Myanmar – Shan State – Inle Lake – a village on stilts_2004Dscn1961

b2Myanmar – Shan State – Inle Lake – Nga Phe Chaung Monastery_2004Dscn1965

b3Myanmar – Shan State – Heho Airport – our plane to Yangon_2004Dscn1973