Hopefully this isn't too many photos! I traveled to Myanmar for two weeks in December with my girlfriend and immediately fell in love with the country. I have been all over the world and this ranks top 3 for me.
I welcome criticism, but the point of this post is just to share my trip with everyone.
Enjoy!
1.) Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon
2.) Kalaywa Tawya Monastery, Yangon
3.) Kalaywa Towya Monastery, Yangon
4.) Yangon street food
5.) Yeti monk at Kyaiktiyo
6.) Porters at Kyaiktiyo
7.) Local medicine vendor
8.) Golden Rock
9.) Prayers around sunset at the Golden Rock, Kyaiktiyo
10.) Monk children in Bago
11.) Some good clean fun
12.) A farmer at sunset
13.) A canoe ride to our accommodation at Inle Lake
14.) Playing with some local children near Inle Lake
15.) LOTS of bike riding around all the towns
16.) The entrance to the five day market, Inle Lake
17.) A threading station at a lotus flower textile house
18.) More lotus flower looms
19.) A blacksmith shop on Inle Lake
20.) Our accommodations on Inle Lake
21.) A common site - floating pagodas
22.) Floating monastery at Inle Lake
23.) Another shot of our spot at Inle Lake
24.) Local fisherman on Inle Lake
25.) Sunrise hot air balloon ride over Bagan
26.) Balloons over Bagan
27.) Our pilot
28.) One of the hundreds of temples in Bagan
29.) Dhammayangyi Temple, 1167AD
30.) Endless temple exploration...
31.) Lots of 'hidden staircases' leading to the roofs of the temples
Thanks for all the comments - It was a great trip but it was indeed very disheartening to see such a suppressed culture. We were able to talk to some locals about how they felt, and how we felt for them, but for the most part it was difficult to speak openly about those topics.
11 is one of my favorites also! It was a little amusing taking that photo... the train was at full speed when I saw the cart on the other tracks - I cranked my ISO up, got a reasonable shutter speed, and set it to burst at the maximum as we flew by trying to pan as best I could :-)
For these I used a Nikon D4 and a Nikon 16-35/4 or a Nikon 35/2
Stunning photographs, every single one of them. This looks like it should be in a spread in National Geographic! Great quality, all of them. Congratulations and thanks for sharing these.
Was this part of a tour, or did you just go about the area exploring on your own?
