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Intha fishermen of Inle Lake

Inle lake is another attraction worth visiting by photographers. It is recommended to take an internal flight to Heho from Yangon (we flew from Mandalay) because apparently the roads linking these places are pretty bad. From Heho we were transported by car to Nyaungshwe where we took a fast boat ride to our hotel, Golden [...]

A 24mm/f1.4 portrait

This lens is well suited for environmental portraiture. Being a wide angle lens expect it to have some distortions if you do a close up as the following portrait will show. I personally  have no problems with that as I have leant to live with some life's imperfections.

This portrait is of a 70+ [...]

Getting in line - a shot from the front

As mentioned the monks do move quite fast so much so that I was at the back of the line most of the time. For this shot I was informed by our guide that they will be going through this area.  I liked how the how the sunlight streamed through on the right and waited [...]

Monks collecting morning alms

After our 'chasing' of the nuns for photographs it was the monks' turn the next day. (Story later) The monks were as expected much faster leaving us far behind before we knew it. Notice their bare feet.

Nuns in the sun

This one was taken in Bagan, Myanmar.

We were following this group of nuns who went out doing their routine alms collection in the morning. They somehow could walk faster than us making trying to capture the moment a bit tougher. This has to be one of the best that I have so far. Hope you [...]

Day 2 - Mandalay Part 1

We woke up early the next day having well rested our weary bones, had breakfast (that was provided by the hotel – nothing to write home about) and off we went to Yangon airport again to take an domestic flight to Mandalay. It was just slightly more than a half hour flight and when we [...]

Preparing for the world cup?

Nah, he was getting ready for lunch. Also taken at the Shwe Yan Pay monastery.

Notice the poster on the bottom left? Football seems to be a favourite sport in Myanmar. I see posters related to football everywhere I went… even in monasteries as in this case.

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Locking up

Taken at the same Shwe Yan Pay monastery as the previous post.

The monks just finished their lunch. Next to the dining hall was another building which I think is a store. I saw this monk went in and since I like the lighting at that alley, I waited for him to come out. He finally [...]

Exit the monk

Taken at Shwe Yan Pay monastery (famous for its oval-shaped windows … more of this later) while on the way from Heho airport to Nyaung Shwe jetty, the gateway to Inle lake, Myanmar.

The gong just sounded signaling to all disciples that lunch was ready. Everyone was going in all directions to their respective rooms to [...]

Cloth weaving at Inle Lake

Inle Lake is famous for its Intha fishermen (Intha = sons of the lake) with their leg rowing, and for its cloth-weaving industry.

We visited this cloth-weaving workshop on the first afternoon of our arrival at this picturesque lake. It was just about 10 minutes' boat ride from our hotel (Golden Island Cottage).

For all who want [...]