Myanmar – Mandalay (a walk on the jetty along the Ayeyarwaddy River - continued).

 

 

Myanmar – Mandalay (a walk on the jetty along the Ayeyarwaddy River - continued).

 

Gasoline is trucked in after which it is pumped into a container / tank. From there it is transferred into barrels / drums for further distribution.

 

 

Myanmar – Mandalay (a walk on the jetty along the Ayeyarwaddy River - continued).

 

Gasoline is scarce and every drop counts. The last drops from each barrel  drum are collected for further use.

Myanmar – Mandalay (a walk on the jetty along the Ayeyarwaddy River - continued).

 

This is the young gasoline maffia. With sponges on a stick they are 'collecting' gasoline from a (full) barrel to make some money. Small (but lovely) bandits !

 

 

More people of Burma!

 

 

Kids in the grass.

 

 

A little tickling going on here:

 

Nice paint job...

 

 

And who's been a bad little monk?

 

 

Shovel the sand don't lay in it!

 

Myanmar – Mandalay (a walk on the jetty along the Ayeyarwaddy River - continued).

 

 

Myanmar – Mandalay (a walk on the jetty along the Ayeyarwaddy River - continued).

 

 

Myanmar – Mandalay (a walk on the jetty along the Ayeyarwaddy River - continued).

 

 

Myanmar – Mandalay (a walk on the jetty along the Ayeyarwaddy River - continued).

 

Small ships are bringing in sand. The ships are unloaded by ladies carrying the sand in baskets to a central point. There trucks are filled with sand again by manpower. All work is done  in the sun with temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius.

Myanmar – Mandalay (a walk on the jetty along the Ayeyarwaddy River - continued).

Some impressions.

 

 

More faces of Kwin Kids.(remote village where i stayed)

 

 

 

9 minutes ago, samuijimmy said:

More faces of Kwin Kids.(remote village where i stayed)

 

 

 

Fantastic! 

Monks looking a little serious... (except one) Golden Rock

 

 

 

Cool dudes

 

 

Groupie shot

 

 

 

Myanmar – Mandalay (a walk on the jetty along the Ayeyarwaddy River - continued).

Some impressions.

Myanmar – Mandalay (a walk on the jetty along the Ayeyarwaddy River - continued).

Some impressions.

 

 

Myanmar – Mandalay (a walk on the jetty along the Ayeyarwaddy River - continued).

 

 

Myanmar – Mandalay (a walk on the jetty along the Ayeyarwaddy River - continued).

 

 

Myanmar – Mandalay (a walk on the jetty along the Ayeyarwaddy River - continued).

 

 

Myanmar – Mandalay (a walk on the jetty along the Ayeyarwaddy River - continued).

 

 

Myanmar – Mandalay (a walk on the jetty along the Ayeyarwaddy River - continued).

 

Sand mining from the river ....

Myanmar – Mandalay (a walk on the jetty along the Ayeyarwaddy River - continued).

 

Sand mining from the river ....

Some of the river bank sand is hard to walk on as this guy found out (Bagan area)  it took him a while to find his flip flops!

 

 

testing!

 

 

They also  use areas of the river bank sand for growing vegetables during the low water season....

 

Myanmar – Mandalay (a walk on the jetty along the Ayeyarwaddy River - continued).

Myanmar – Mandalay (a walk on the jetty along the Ayeyarwaddy River - continued).

Myanmar – Mandalay (a walk on the jetty along the Ayeyarwaddy River - continued).

 

Myanmar – Mandalay (a walk on the jetty along the Ayeyarwaddy River - continued).

 

 

Myanmar – Mandalay (a walk on the jetty along the Ayeyarwaddy River - continued).

 

 

Myanmar – Mandalay (a walk on the jetty along the Ayeyarwaddy River - continued).

 

Myanmar – Mandalay (a walk on the jetty along the Ayeyarwaddy River - continued).