Again a 3 hours trekking route to the Chin villages over very hilly paths. I even did not take most of my Nikon equipment with me but I almost did not survive. But of course in the end I did. This was was one of my main objectives: visiting Chin villages with ladies with the…

The Chin State which is only recently partly opened for foreigners can only be explored mostly with 4 wheel driven cars. We used the Myanmar variant of the old Willy Jeeps of the forties of last century. Crossing through large sand areas, rivers and paths not worth the term roads.

Of course in Myanmar you will find the largest and finest Buddha’s. The intention is to focus at those Buddha’s as they are in their daily life (without the golden leaf layers). Here you will see some of the Buddha’s I shot in Mandalay at a bronze workshop and the socallde Marble Street.