girl at a window, rangoon
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Burma / Myanmar 1997
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Thursday, June 30, 2005
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empty throne room, burma
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tap tap tap posted a photo:
The abandoned throne room of the last ruling Shan sabwa. Nyaungshwe, Myanmar / Burma, 1999.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Stairs
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/ooyooy/22337709/:
vodkamax posted a photo:
Near Mandalay
Burma (Myanmar)
Expo Neuilly fev 2005
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The next stage
From Where Is My Poodle??!!??:
Almost 10 years ago I thought, "I might like to be a missionary." However, all I was allowed to do was tag along and observe when my dad went as the designated pharmacist during medical outreach. I was furious when I wasn't allowed to Myanmar or to Russia and disappointed when my visa failed to get passed in time for Serbia. On top of all that, I've always wanted to go to Mongolia. It always seemed like I wasn't ready. The trip to Myanmar happened when I was 14 so I guess my parents thought I was too young. The trip to Russia was denied me because my dad was worried I might get bombed. The trip to Serbia was a no go because of slow paperwork and etc. However, approaching my third year, it seems that maybe God thinks I'm now ready. I went to and am going to Sebuyau twice in a fortnight and I met Sarguul last night during Alpha Course. She's a student at Inti College and guess what? She's from Mongolia. I've already 'buddied up' with her and we're going to meet up and paint the town red and I'm going to learn Mongolian (she taught me two words; camel and horse but I can't seem to pronounce the word for man) and get this, her grandparents are proper nomads! She'll be here for 3 or 4 years so that means after my degree when I come back, she'll still be here! I hope to do a masters so that'll give me time to continue meeting up with her. She's amazing on the piano and knows all the pieces I want to learn by heart so I really salute her for that. I only hope I don't scare her by being over eager but as we both leave Kuching on the 15th, we have unofficially planned that I could take a 2 week trip with her to Mongolia! How so extremely cool is that??!! I haven't told my parents yet and this all happened last night so it might not come to pass at all but the thought of it is wondrous and oooooooh. If I can't afford to or am not allowed to go or it doesn't come to pass, I hope to be able to stay back in Kuching a few more days to go to Ulu Skrang, which is a community of Ibans living in longhouses. Either way, I don't think I'll be back in London too soon. There's just so much to do and so many doors have been opened in terms of mission work and experience. For the fame of God.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2005
inle lake souvenir sellers
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soon u ponnya shin
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young smiling monk, lahe, nagaland
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rkchapman posted a photo:
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young monk, lahe, nagaland
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rkchapman posted a photo:
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young man w festive head gear
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woman w sleeping baby
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water duct system, lahe, nagaland
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Bagan - The Holy Lands
From calvintang.com:
Travel to Myanmar begins with a flight to Yangon, the capital city (pop. 4 million). My first impression of the country formerly known as Burma, is that it was amazingly western in its present infrastructure, having been built by the British in the 19th century. Since you will ...
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Monday, June 27, 2005
a buddha shrine
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/flappingwings/22001275/:
flappingwings posted a photo:
In a Bagan Pagoda. I wish I could remember the name.
The shrine is very shiny as a result of devout Burmese buddhists constantly applying thin gold leaves.
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arnanda paya
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/flappingwings/21999965/:
flappingwings posted a photo:
A photo of the Arnanda Temple taken from this position was printed on the bank notes that were in circulation during the Japanese occupation. This was my attempt to recreate something similar.
Bagan, Burma.
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Sunday, June 26, 2005
min-o chan thar paya
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/flappingwings/21630401/:
flappingwings posted a photo:
Bagan, Burma.
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buu paya
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/flappingwings/21629388/:
flappingwings posted a photo:
Buu means Gourd in Burmese. Buu Paya implies Gourd-shape Pagoda.
The original Buu Paya was destroyed in a major earthquake in 1975. This one has been rebuilt.
We were taught at school that Buu Paya was built to commemorate the triumph by a hero called Pyu Saw Htee over wild plants of gourd. One part of Bagan had been completely covered with wild plants of gourd, which was considered very difficult to get rid of. Pyu Saw Htee, being a great warrior, managed to wipe out the entire area and reclaimed land for Bagan.
Bagan, Burma.
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Sunday, June 19, 2005
Anti-Myanmar protesters mark Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday
From http://theglobalchinese.blogspot.com/2005/06/anti-myanmar-protesters-mark-aung-san.html:
Opponents of Myanmar's military junta marked the 60th birthday of detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Sunday with solemn protests across Asia, including a 500-strong gathering in the capital of the former Burma.
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Friday, June 17, 2005
the spirit medium, rangoon
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/taptaptap/19893260/:
tap tap tap posted a photo:
In Burmese they're called "nat kadaws" - women who have been chosen as brides by spirits known as nats. They "channel" the nats at all-night all-day ceremonies where they go into convulsive trances, forecast the future and give advice. It's so wild they have to have assistants to keep them from hurting themselves.
Burma / Myanmar 1997
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400 yr. old bodhi tree, near pindaya cave, myanmar
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Thursday, June 16, 2005
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Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Monday, June 13, 2005
proud world famous jumping cat
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/phitar/19172369/:
phitar posted a photo:
at the nga phe manstery on the inle lake
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Myanmar
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/jtindall/19089347/:
jtindall posted a photo:
A teacher and her students in a classroom outside of Tachilek. I'll never forget the experience, and especially how friendly everyone was.
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Myanmar
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/jtindall/19089323/:
jtindall posted a photo:
A close-up of a young Akha girl.
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Myanmar
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/jtindall/19089306/:
jtindall posted a photo:
Another full shot of this Akha girl, outside of Tachelik.
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back!
From lonely planet:
ah... just got back from my trip to Myanmar... visited Yangon and Mandalay over the 5 days i was gone... and managed to settle how this blog is gonna look though web-based(aka free) email is banned, and MSN too... sadly...
ugh... came back with a bad tummy and violent headache...
will update details of my trip in the days to come once i recover from my ailment...
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Friday, June 10, 2005
still life with icebox & palm tree
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/taptaptap/18514807/:
tap tap tap posted a photo:
Gifts donated to a pagoda; hundreds of old statues, plaster trees, Buddhist paintings and mysterious artifacts, all mouldering away in the heart of a forgotten monastery known as "the maze." Yangon, Myanmar.
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US expects Myanmar to stay on dirty money blacklist - Boston.com - Asia - News
From http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/06/09/us_expects_myanmar_to_stay_on_dirty_money_blacklist/:
Right, Myanmar, Nigeria and Nauru are the worst moeny laundering countries in the world. Worse than the US? Gimme a break.
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Thursday, June 09, 2005
We three
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/fulldiddly/18366600/:
ScurvyMouse posted a photo:
- Shwedagon Pagoda complex, Yangon, Myanmar 2000
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Mirror Man
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/fulldiddly/18366599/:
ScurvyMouse posted a photo:
All those mirrors and he never even looks at himself
- Shwedagon Pagoda complex, Yangon, Myanmar 2000
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Silver and Gold
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/fulldiddly/18366598/:
ScurvyMouse posted a photo:
- Shwedagon Pagoda complex, Yangon, Myanmar 2000
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Peace
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/fulldiddly/18366597/:
ScurvyMouse posted a photo:
I just find this so serene.
- Shwedagon Pagoda complex, Yangon, Myanmar 2000
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Wednesday, June 08, 2005
monk and naga's tail, burma
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/taptaptap/18177392/:
tap tap tap posted a photo:
Nagas crawl the balustrades of pagodas all over Southeast Asia -- huge demi-gods who take the form of snakes. Some represent the bridge between the earthly and celestial worlds; others are there to scare off evil. One famous naga asked the Buddha if he could become a monk; but the Buddha refused, saying he should wait to be reincarnated as a human, first.
Syriam/Thanlwin, Burma/Myanmar, 2001
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trial in a burmese prison
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/taptaptap/18155923/:
tap tap tap posted a photo:
Myanmar's military junta arrested 18 foreign democracy activists in August 1998 for passing out pro-democracy leaflets in Yangon. This picture was taken surreptitiously during their subsequent trial at the notorious Insein Prison, where a handful of local journalists were allowed to attend. Some diplomats (far left) were also allowed to observe.
After a day-long trial, the activists (right, in plastic chairs) were found guilty and sentenced to five years' hard labor for inciting unrest. Following an appeal by one, the judge suspended the sentence and ordered them deported.
Yangon/Rangoon, Myanmar/Burma August 14, 1998
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People's Daily Online -- Myanmar, Thailand to cooperate in money laundering suppression
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Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Burma - Bagan - brothers BW
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/awfulsara/18013167/:
awfulsara posted a photo:
Always so interesting to me, how serious even the young children got about having their photo taken. No laughing matter, this, until they got to see it on the back of the camera. Sometimes, as a result of their seriousness, some powerful expressions found their way home with me. They always seem to look right through the camera and into my soul.
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Burma - Bagan - sister & baby brother BW
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/awfulsara/18013152/:
awfulsara posted a photo:
She was something, this big sister, all efficiency, pride, and self-confidence. Spoke a few barely understandable words of English, and seemed very intelligent, despite a lack of education. Her family was a poor one, living in Bagan off a small dirt track. When not working with her mother, I would see her trying to talk to the tourists here, learning words, always with this uncanny poise.
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Burma - Bagan - temple siblings
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/awfulsara/18013130/:
awfulsara posted a photo:
Like many a family here in Bagan, these kids live essentially at one of Bagan's thousands of amazing ancient temples. Their parents are caretakers and they pass the time meeting wanderers like me, who find their way to the smaller, more out of the way temples by foot or bicycle. They are so excited to see me coming, even more so when they see the camera, though its size intimidates at first.
As I sat on the stone, cleaning my always dusty equipment, they curiously gathered round, patient and respectful, smiling and friendly, though a bit shy.
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Burma - Bagan - spices for sale
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/awfulsara/18013110/:
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While market shots are a bit cliche, it is where daily life is lived in spades, where the goings on go on all around you, where you can blend in as much as a tall white girl with blue eyes and a huge camera will ever blend in in Burma. ;)
Loved this neat little row of spices with the lovely curly Burmese script I had such trouble deciphering and the rich browns behind.
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Burma - Bagan - market dried fish w flies
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/awfulsara/18013070/:
awfulsara posted a photo:
Yum.
Buying meat in a SE Asian market is something I think I shall avoid doing. All weighed out on the same scale, live fish, dried fish, chicken parts & legs, goat heads. I suppose they are disturbingly fresh (save for this stuff) but yikes. Enough to swing me back to vegetarianism some days. :)
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Burma - Bagan - happy baby diptych
From http://www.flickr.com/photos/awfulsara/18007525/:
awfulsara posted a photo:
Have some instant coffee! One of the friendliest little ones I met in all my time in Burma. A laugh a minute this one, unstoppable. (And a good cuddler.)
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Monday, June 06, 2005
Img2004-06-05-0407
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