Photos images and scenes of life and travel in Myanmar

Many of these photos were taken during the tours and survey trips. Some trip reports and stories can be found in Trek Thailand web site. Old photos of Myanmar are collected at Old photos. Pictures and trip essays on Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia are at www.ourweb.info. Travel photos from a January 1999 trip to Nepal are available at www.asterism.info/nepal/

Yangon and surroundings

View of Yangon river with ferry boats

Highway bus station

Inside of a Yangon - Mandalay highway bus

Yangon - Mandalay train

Sheweet ! Water melon on Yangon - Bago highway

New year water festival (Thingyan) on a street. People throw water on each other. In many places plastic pipes are used to spray water

Colonial style buildings along Pansodan street in downtown. Public buses with wood and iron bodyworks still run the streets

Royal lake and its floating Karaweik hall, with Shwedagon pagoda in background

Bird eye view of the city and Yangon river

A public passenger bus in Yangon

A grapefruit seller in Yangon

A timber logs train arrives Yangon

Bago division

Retired timber elephant

Bathing elephants in river - Taungoo

Elephant walking on log by tourists' request - Taungoo

A timbr elephant at work - Taungoo

Mandalay division

An ordinary people's struggle for survival on Ayeyarwaddy river - Myin Mu jetty

Sunset view from U Bein bridge, Amarapura, south of Mandalay

Shwe Kyaung monastery in Mandalay

A monk at his study in a monastery in Mandalay

Shwe Inbin Monastery in Mandalay. Architectural master-piece of old Myanmar monasteries

Morning view from a Yangon - Mandalay train before arrival Mandalay

Girls inside Ywa Htaung Gyi Temple - Bagan

View of Mt Popa, on the way from Nyaung Oo to Mt Popa

A lone hut on the climbing trail to the summit of Mt Popa

Crater of Mt Popa extinct volcano

Summit of Mt Popa

Going down from the summit of Mt Popa

Boarding the air carft at Nyaung Oo airport

A view of Ayeyarwaddy river from Bagan

Shwezigone pagoda in Nyaung Oo, near Bagan

Htilominlo temple in Bagan

Bagan view from the top of Ywa Htaung Gyi temple

Tourist boat from Mandalay arrives Bagan

Lawkanada pagoda on the Ayeyarwaddy river bank - new Bagan

Sunset ovr Tent Kyi hill on the western side of Ayeyarwaddy

Popa volcanic cone viewed from Mt. Popa

River, hills, sunset views from Pyatthad Gyi (or) Pyatthada pagoda - Bagan

Hand paddled boats on Ayeyarwaddy river - Bagan

Magwe division

Pakokku boat jetty on the west bank of Ayeyarwaddy river

Pakokku town - 2 Hrs upstream from Bagan

Mon state

Ye The Taung camp & car park on the mountain, 1.6 km from Kyaikhtiyo pagoda

Kyaikhtiyo ( Golden Rock ) Pagoda

Shan state

1st day of Kalaw to Pindaya trek - Breakfast at Kalaw market

Starting point of the trek: Kalaw to Pindaya

An old wooden monastery between Kalaw and Myin-Ka village

A scene on the way from Kalaw to Yarsagyi mountain

A cave with Buddha images before arrivel Zay Di Gone villagefor lunch

We had our lunch in this house in Zay Di Gone village

With "Pa-O" hilltribe people in Naung Ye village

Our first night home stay in Thit Yar Bin village

The host family prepared the beds for us

Before going to sleep - our first night home stay on Shan mountains

2nd day of Kalaw to Pindaya trek - A scene with a lake near Tat Poke village

Yasagyi village monastery where we had second night stay

Paluang traditional dance at yasagyi village

3rd or last day of Kalaw to Pindaya trek - Entering Pindaya

Farm lands seen from a car on Kalaw - Pindaya road

Taunggyi highway bus station

A buffalo market in Kyaing Tong - Eastern Shan state

Akha hilltribe people in their village - Kyaing Tong

Villagers transporting the goods on their shoulders from village to village

Two Akha ladies looking for a place to sit and work - Kyaing Tong

An Akha hilltribe village in Kyaing Tong district

Photos from a driving trip Mandalay to Muse (China border) in Nov/Dec 2001

Pyin Oo Lwin (May Myo) train station

Naung Cho to Kyauk Me road

Duk Hta Waddy (Myit Nge) river between Kyauk Me and Hsipaw

Mr. Charle's Guest house in Hsipaw

Paluang village near Lashio

A Buddhist temple in Lashio

Ya Htaik Hotel in Lashio

A petro station and check point before Muse

Shwe Thiri hotel near Myanmar-China border

Shwe Naga hotel near Myanmar-China border

Kyegaung border check point between Yunnan and Shan states

Sagaing division

Thanbuddhay pagoda complex, 20 km from Monywa

Powin hill temples across Chindwin river from Monywa

Bodhi Tataung temples and monasteries complex in Monywa

Sagaing bridge over the Ayeyarwaddy river

Small boats on Ayeyarwaddy river between Sagaing and Mandalay

Kachin state

In a train from Mandalay to Myitkyina

Confluence point of Ayeyarwaddy river

Transportation in Myitkyina

Rakhine state

Ko Taung temple in Mrauk Oo

Local villagers come to Mrauk Oo market by boats

Shit Thaung Temple in Mrauk Oo

Timber and bamboo rafting down Kissipanadi river, northern Rakhine

Thoutkant thein temple, another massive tunnelled structure in Mrauk Oo

A rice depot in Mrauk U, where farmers sell their rice

Huts along Lay Myo river, where people stay and do bamboo trading

A Chin village on Lay Myo river - northern Rakine state - upstream of Mrauk U

Two Chin ladies in a village - upper Lay Myo river

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