At a real local market in the middle of Inle lake you can find a lot of people of the Pao Hill Tribe. They come in the morning and in the afternoon they cross the lake on their way of hours walking back home. They are really colorful.

In reality the date is Sunday Feb 27. Because there were no communication possibilities for almost 2 weeks I couldn’t write and publish any post. Now I am back in the capital Yangon and I will post now in chronological way the days of my trip Inle Lake is one of the finest spots for…

During the whole trip we visit regularly nunneries and monasteries. The novices are the symbols for the practice of the buddhist way of living. Herewith an overview of the second week. Images are shot around Kyaing Tong, Nyaung Shwe and Loikow.

We wanted to go to a village at about 4 hours drive and 2 hours walking over one hill top. After 1 hour we stopped at some houses and the people asked us where we wanted to go to. After having said so, one of the men said there is another loi village above the…

After a car trip of two hours and another 2 hours walking over one hill top I finally reached the place Hoyin. It consist of 4 small villages where you will find animists, Buddhists and Christians. They live in peace and wear all this wonderful Gaung Saung. They start wearing it at the age of…

As I have told you before the communication and internet possibilities in Myanmar are quite difficult. In most places in the country there is only a very slow or no internet at all. Besides this the way software as WordPress can be used is difficult (WordPress is the software for my blog). Anyhow I will…

The Akha tribe is well known for their head dress in Burmese called Gaung Saung. In this post you will see how it is put on because one of the ladies was so friendly to show it in detail.

At one of the many ferrie jetties in Yangon you will find a fish market which is exporting all over the world. At this time of the year they catch tiger prawns in every size and weight. Everybody wear boots because the water on the floor can be several inches depending on which load of…

The internet connections are still very difficult as expected. I am now in one of the newer hotels and their connections are a bit better. Because I expect in the near future, when I am travelling around I cannot get in touch with you I made a quick choice of the shooting of today. I…

Herewith I want to announce my 5 weeks trip to the inland of Myanmar starting today with my departure from Schiphol Amsterdam. I will try to cover inland parts which are up till now difficult to reach. Depending on the access to internet I will update you about my findings. I hope I can help…