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  • Pagoda market on Inle Lake

    Pagoda market on Inle Lake

    Southeast Asia really is a gem to see loads of local markets. When we explored the Inle lake we were able to visit one of the bigger local markets on the lake which takes place near the Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda on Saturdays. Fishermen are selling their catch of the day as well as local farmers…

  • One day on the Inle Lake

    One day on the Inle Lake

    I arrived to Nyaungshwe with an overnight bus from Mandalay. From where it is just a short boat ride to the lake. I found a nice english speaking boatman on the jetty and despite another delay through our accompanying disease I managed to take the tour. The day on the water reminds me of times…

  • Mandalay manufacturing – Betel stall

    Mandalay manufacturing – Betel stall

    Walking through the streets of Myanmar you will spot a popular practice mostly executed by males. Chewing areca nuts wrapped with lime and tobacco in a small package betel leaf. The packages are produced in roadside stalls all around the country. The ingredients give their consumers a heavily red stained saliva which they are spitting…

  • Mandalay manufacturing – Buddha statue workshops

    Mandalay manufacturing – Buddha statue workshops

    Many of the gold leafs produced in Mandalay will be used in the Mahamuni Buddha temple. This temple is one of the most important pilgrim sites in Myanmar. The Buddha itself is not allowed to be approached by women. They have to wait outside while men are allowed to enter the shrine area where the…

  • Mandalay Manufacturing – Gold Leaf Shop

    Mandalay Manufacturing – Gold Leaf Shop

    Worshipping is a common practice all over Myanmar. People donate different types of goods to the buddha statues. This includes sticking tiny sheets of gold leafs to the buddha statues themselves. Almost all of the gold leafs used for this type of appreciation are produced in small mom and pop style shops around the 36th…

  • Sun rising over Bagan

    Sun rising over Bagan

    When we rode our electric scooter to the Dhammakaya temple east of New Bagan at 05:30 AM it was still dark. After the sky turned lighter we waited on top of a abandoned monastery to see the sun rising in the east. The sky was hazy and so it felt like the sunrise would not…

  • Bagan sunset

    Bagan sunset

    Today we rented an electric scooter and cruised the temple fields of Old Bagan and Nyaung U. In the afternoon it was time to meet my old friends Christian and Daniela who just arrived to Bagan after traveling through Myanmar the last 3 weeks. After a few welcome drinks we were off to another round…