Myanmar: impressions boat trip from Sittwe to M-Rauk'U.

random Burma shots

Bagan

Boattrip to M'Rauk-U (continued)

Vietnam - Hue - may 2007 - Nikon E4500

 

Burma

Myanmar: M'Rauk-U (Rakhine State).

Myanmar: M'Rauk-U (continued)

Myanmar: M'Rauk-U (continued).

Myanmar - Mandalay: some pictures of vehicles..

Myanmar - Mandalay: some pictures of vehicles - continued.

Myanmar - Mandalay: some pictures of vehicles - continued.

Myanmar - Mandalay: some pictures of vehicles - continued.

 

Bhamo is a city of Kachin State in the northernmost part of Myanmar lying on the Ayeyarwady River.

Some pictures I took at the jetty.

 

I did the river trip March 2015.

 

 

Did you do the rivertrip from Bhamo to Mandalay ?

It was my plan to post some pictures of this trip as well as it was an unforgettable event. Hope it does not interfer with your plans posting pictures of this journey. Otherwise we both can do.

Bhamo  - some pictures I took at the jetty (continued).

Bhamo  - some more pictures I took at the jetty (continued).

Great start here everyone!

 

After nearly three weeks in Burma, and a few days in KL, I hope I can compete with some of the great images here...

It's going to take a few days to sort, as I am still exhausted from the trip home as the plane leaving KL was very much delayed!

Stay tuned!

 

 

11 hours ago, Halfaboy said:

Did you do the rivertrip from Bhamo to Mandalay ?

It was my plan to post some pictures of this trip as well as it was an unforgettable event. Hope it does not interfer with your plans posting pictures of this journey. Otherwise we both can do.

Yes,

took the overnight 21 hour train from Mandalay to Myitkyina, tried for 3 days to get permission  to take the river to Bhamo but no go so had to fly,

than took the boat to Katha and on to Mandalay

PS;  found traveling down the Chindwin much better and more scenic, didn't see another tourist for 7 days

Burma is a photographers disneyland

Myanmar is the biggest open air museum in the world. You do not stop wondering about all the things you see and you will always be surprised how they keep things working. Coming there since 1985 but really enjoyed every trip so far.

 

Looking forward to your pictures....

Some pictures of Bhamo. A number of the pictures have been taken at night. That means it is really dark as there are no lights in the streets (only light from shops and houses).

Have some of my KL Malaysia  and Burma images downloaded... long tedious task!  I'll  make a start.

 

Getting around some areas  of Burma was life in the slow lane.... Ox and cart... I stayed nearly a week in a small village in the middle of nowhere.. no mains electric, but they do use solar and car batteries for lighting and some have Television ...water from a hand pump!!! 

 

Certainly no internet although 3 G seemed to work fine for smart phones, which everyone seemed to have... and glued to the phones! I'll have to find out the name of the village... About three hours from Magway... first two hours covers 15 kms ! in a five ton truck 

14 hours from Yangon by car and final part by ox and cart to get into the village, by one of the two roads in and out ....  crossing two rivers... ( more pics later)

At least watcher was sunny and warm during the day, but very cold at night!

 

All roads are sand tracks!

 

One of my personal drivers! seemed to be a different one every time we went out!

 

Oh the dust!  cough cough!  sorry a little out of focus!

 

Another place I stayed was a Monastery, north of Yangon, (not called Wat's or Temples in Burma) under construction still ! 

 

On the menu items collected by the Monks in the morning from village several Kms away... Some was actually quite good!

A photo copy of a photo I found in an abandoned house in Bangkok: a victim of the Khmer Rouge. Sadly I found in Internet the original back with her baby!

A view at the Kings Romans Casino in Laos seen from Thailand.

Very very sad to see. The Tuol Sleng Museum in Pnom Pen shows what has happenend with these people. It did not happen in the middle ages but just a few years ago. The world looked at it and did nothing.

 

If you want to I could post some pictures I took in this museum. Shocking, from the beginning to the end.

8 minutes ago, Halfaboy said:

Very very sad to see. The Tuol Sleng Museum in Pnom Pen shows what has happenend with these people. It did not happen in the middle ages but just a few years ago. The world looked at it and did nothing.

 

If you want to I could post some pictures I took in this museum. Shocking, from the beginning to the end.

And the criminals were only taken to court at the last years of their miserable life! It's a real shame!

12 hours ago, antoniuni said:

And the criminals were only taken to court at the last years of their miserable life! It's a real shame!

at a cost of MILLIONS of $$$$.a few of my friends were witness at the trail.

 

 

 

 

38 minutes ago, phuketrichard said:

at a cost of MILLIONS of $$$$.a few of my friends were witness at the trail.

 

 

 

 

This is what you call "justice"! BAH!