Allen die door mijn Myanmar afbeeldingen meer geïnteresseerd zijn geraakt in dit land. In NRC Handelsblad van zaterdag 19 maart staat een uitgebreid interview met de voormalige Nobel prijs winnares Aung San Suu Kyi. Ik beveel dit van harte aan omdat het een mooi beeld geeft van de situatie in Myanmar en de boeddhistisch levensfilosofie.

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.

Loikow is a small village on the South of Inle Lake. Until recently foreigners were not allowed because the situation was very often quite tense. But we were lucky to have the permission to enter the area. This is so interesting because it is the only area were you can find the Padaung tribe in…

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…