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Banana stand |
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in the market at Thayet Myo |
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Betel leaves |
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These leaves are used to chew areca nut chips with lime powder to catalyse the release of the stimulant component. |
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Temporary Housing |
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during dry season huts are set up on the dry river banks to farm or fish - but they are very vulerable if the level rises unexpectedly ! |
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Commonwealth Cemetery |
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just north of Yangon - very well kept. 27000 names and graves. |
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Carrying water home |
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the village on the west bank had power for pumps but this east bank village filled this barrel by bucket from the river. |
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Inside Yoke Son Kyaung Monastery |
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this is a museum more than a working monastery |
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Dried fish market |
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Thayet Myo near Prome |
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Up River view |
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from Gwe-Chaung fort - built with Italian assistance to attact the Britsh as they came up the river . So thanks to spies the British by-passed the area during the last Anglo-Burmese war of 1860. |
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Taking the cart to the river |
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going to collect water for the village by Gwe-chaung fort |
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Tan-Chi-Taung |
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Overlooking Pagan from the west. |
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U-Bein bridge |
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In Mandalay - reputed to be the longest teak bridge in the world (1.2km) but mostly now concrete posts ! |
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Lunch for two Monks |
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at Yandabo village - where the pottery makers live. |
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Mya-Thalon Sunrise |
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near Magwe south of Pagan |
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Monastery Class |
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Bogaya Kaung Monastery near Mandalay |
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Peanut oil extraction |
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Peanuts are a significant crop - here they are pressed in a very traditional manner. All the agriculture we saw was based on animal and human power - we saw no tractors! |
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Sprightly gold horse |
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on Stupa at Tan-Chi-Taung - every sheet of gold is numbered |
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Colonial house ruin |
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In Sale - a former trading post between Pagan and Prome. Stout colonial houses decay slowly into ruin while most people live in huts of bamboo & grass |
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Yoke Son Yyaung |
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Monastery near Sale |
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Budha in Nanpaya temple |
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Part of the amazing Pagan complex |
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