January 19, 20179 yr Popular Post Myanmar - Lashio Lashio's University I think construction activities have not yet completed. I like the design. You can look 'through' the building and see the mountains behind.
January 19, 20179 yr Myanmar - Lashio Then my driver continued and we went to his hometown. He introduced me to many members of his (extende) family). Quite an experience. The next pictures are unique in the sense that this is not a touristique destination.
January 19, 20179 yr Popular Post Myanmar - Lashio Visit hometown driver (continued). It was very interesting to see how his family was living. Not sure how the relations between him and all the people on the pictures were.
January 20, 20179 yr Popular Post Myanmar - Lashio The man in the front was my driver who brought me to his family..
January 20, 20179 yr Popular Post Interesting how many people have open wood fires for cooking in their houses... ^ I saw that in Issan last summer too... I found out the small village we stayed in the middle of nowhere was called Kwin... there are no signs to get there! Lentils drying... seemed to be a fairly big crop in some areas Sister (I think of my guide, I sort of lost rack of who was who!)
January 20, 20179 yr Electric charging "centre" .... Kwin.... Some people had solar panels for their basic needs... And local boom boom rental centre! Diesel generator..water cycled around for cooling...
January 20, 20179 yr Popular Post Ever wonder where the creamy powder that Burmese and some Thai's comes from? It from this....(sorry forget the name of the tree!) 84 years young... does the powder help??? I think she thinks so!
January 20, 20179 yr 10 minutes ago, Halfaboy said: I think it's called 'tanaka'. That helped to look it up!! Thanks Halfaboy! "What is Thanaka? Thanaka is a yellowish-white cosmetic paste made from ground bark. It is a distinctive feature of Myanmar (formerly Burma) seen commonly applied to the face and sometimes the arms of women and girls and to a lesser extent men and boys. The use of thanaka has also spread to neighboring countries including Thailand."
January 20, 20179 yr In addition to your tanaka info I would like to share some nice pictures showig a little lady who's face had a make-up with tanaka.
January 21, 20179 yr Myanmar - Lashio Some more pictures of my drivers family. This time some impressions from around the house.
January 21, 20179 yr Myanmar - Lashio Some more impressions from around the house of my drivers family.
January 21, 20179 yr Thank you Bulldozer dawn. I am happy to post. In the next couple of days I will post some pictures taken in a Lisu village somewhat more outside Lashio. You will not believe your eyes.
January 21, 20179 yr Popular Post Myanmar - Lashio Impressions from around the house of my drivers family (continued).
January 21, 20179 yr Popular Post Myanmar - Lashio Visit Lisu village. After having said farewell to the extended family we continued our way to a village further outside Lashio. It was a village inhabited by people originating from China and belonging to the Lisu. The reason why they (not too long ago) migrated was not clear to me. They were mainly farmers and some of them did very well. It was a completely different world and it looked as if had had stepped back in time. Hope you enjoy.
January 21, 20179 yr Popular Post Myanmar - Lashio Visit Lisu village. Took this picture in one of the houses (I believe also family from the driver). It does definitely not look poor.
January 21, 20179 yr Popular Post Myanmar - Lashio Visit Lisu village. In front of the house vegetables were grown
January 21, 20179 yr One thing that struck me, was how weed free, people kept their land and gardens, pretty much anywhere! That's a good example ^^^ Back to Magway... "Etan", and a load of bricks! and another Opps! this held up traffic for about and hour.
January 22, 20179 yr Popular Post Myanmar - Lashio Visit Lisu village - farmers daughter and impressions from around the house.
January 22, 20179 yr Popular Post Myanmar - Lashio Visit Lisu village. People were very friendly and almost invited me into their houses. Not all of them were well off.
January 22, 20179 yr On 12/23/2016 at 10:03 AM, samuijimmy said: Well they sure look like cigars, not sure what else one would call them! I had a puff on one and found it quite mild... Then there is the red beetle nut that everyone seems to chew and spit out... never did that.... shops making them seemed have a steady trade!
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