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Most viewed - 2006: Myanmar |
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the Myanmar version of a rickshaw - the passegers sit in a sidecar, one facing forward, one back35 views
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Burmese are always celebrating some Buddhist festival - one of the most spiritual countries i've been in, their lives truly revolve around religion. it was full moon day, everything was closed, & here's someone in a costume collecting alms35 views
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female monks and schoolgirls praying at the temple on full moon day35 views
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loading cabbage35 views
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train winding its way up to Kalaw35 views
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local transportation with a tractor engine35 views
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weaving silk on Inle lake35 views
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painting little clay bowls used in the pagoda35 views
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check out the Buddha's feet34 views
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young novice monks34 views
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a woman from the Pa-O tribe - they wear only black34 views
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Chuck & I at the hotel overlooking Kalaw34 views
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chuck sitting in the car we had rented while i'm taking photos34 views
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walking around hilly terrain with baby strapped in front, big basket of goods in the back and an umbrella in your free hand. in the US you'd probably be reported to child welfare agencies for "endangering" your baby like this34 views
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walking through the town of Nyaung Shwe at dawn. already lost of people around, everyone is going to Inle Lake for the festival34 views
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Chuck happy on our boat. we're not morning-people and getting up before dawn is anathema to us. but this was definitely worth it34 views
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the leg-rowing boat competition has started. the Intha men (who live on Inle Lake) row standing up, with one leg. each of the procession boats has people playing music, drumming, singing while the rowers row away in unison with their legs34 views
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the men standing on the elevated pole in the middle of this slender boat are singing and dancing34 views
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here comes the barge that everyone's been waiting for. shaped like a mythical bird, it's carrying 4 buddha images from the 12th century (except over the years, devotees have been plastering them with gold leaf so they're shapeless lumps now)34 views
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doing laundry. there are many of these villages on the lake. since the lake isn't deep (although it's big), houses are built on stilts and people have floating vegetable plots and gardens34 views
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inscription on the pavilion at the WWII cemetary33 views
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these kids were cute - they all have thanaka paste on their faces (it acts as sunblock)33 views
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girls from the Pa-O tribe waiting patiently by the roadside to collect alms for the local monastery33 views
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