Southern Myanmar 2017 — Bernd's Perspective

Bagan, Yangon, Mawlamyine and Hpa An. Your guess is as good as mine on how to pronounce the latter two… October 2017.

eight hour boat journey from mandalay to bagan

hatmaker

hat shopping

longyi demonstration on the boat

buddhas birth

view over the temples of bagan

we are on top of one of the temples of bagan

jill in a horse cart

big bowl for donations

they couldn't have made it any tighter

reclining buddha

temple squirrel

temple

temple with stupa

mr bagan plastic campaign

temple restoration in progress

photo with the buddha

buddha

temple birds

temple from our horse cart

jill in a doorway

temple view

big buddha

big buddha covered in gold leaf

buddha gazed intently without winking

buddha painting

this cow makes peanut oil

monkey on mount popa

mount popa

monkey on mount popa

monkeys on mount popa

mount popa

we walked almost a thousand steps up to mount popa

monkey on the top of mount popa

rich buddha

shops on the way up to mount popa

monkey drinking red bull

mount popa

dancing in the streets

bernd on an e bike

buddhas for sale

fish for sale

temple

young hawker taking a break

temple

buddha twins

temple

temple shops

temple shops

temple shops

temple

nuclear catastrophe overcome pagoda

the advance reservation counters

myanma railway booking office

sule pagoda

shops on the ground floor of the sule pagoda

golden chicken being hoisted up to the top of the stupa

golden buddhas

pagoda with many birds

street vendor

jamie oliver should have a word

derelict building in yangon

bernd enjoying a mystery lunch wrapped in banana leaf on the train

food & drink vendors on the train

view from the train

mini monk on the way to kyaik than lan pagoda

kyaik than lan pagoda

kyaik than lan pagoda

tiger at kyaik than lan pagoda

kyaik than lan pagoda

derelict colonial building in mawlamyine

huge reclining buddha near mawlamyine

if you look closely it seems rather crudely made

another huge reclining buddha is under construction

inside the huge reclining buddha

horse

satan stabbing people in the head

satan pouring hot rocks on topless ladies

monks turning into zombies turning into buddha

row of monk mannequins

monk mannequins waiting for enlightenment

silver bird

temple on a hill

stupas on a hill

temple on a hill

maha muni pagoda

smoking monk

elephant with dagger

buddha in a very casual reclining pose

temple shop

chicken feet bbq dinner

good luck motorcycle rental

monks queueing for enlightenment

buddhas in a cave

stupa in a cave

lake on the other side of the cave

stupa on a rock in an artificial lake

buddha carvings in a cave

jill is very popular for selfies

ladies not allowed

bernd enjoying a mohinga spicy fish and noodle soup for breakfast

hpa an morning market

this is the place to be

jill entering just another temple

shweyinhmyaw paya

i don't know what that means but it looks very scary

cat in temple shop

mount hpa pu

people having their photo taken with jill

buddhist toad

hpa an squalor

monk accessories in the hpa an supermarket

hpa an

derelict building

donation for the buddha

traffic light repairs

derelict building

derelict building

shwedogan pagoda

wedding photos

buddha under a bodhi tree

monk disregarding a do not touch sign

green man with big teeth having a cuppa

shwedogan pagoda

if it isn't on facebook it didn't happen

all these people were born on the same weekday as me

shwedogan pagoda

big reclining buddha

this buddha is really huge

backpacker hostel

yangon city hall

rush hour in yangon