Temples and trails of Burma Shwe Dagon Pagoda temples, Yangon
Map of Myanmar (Burma)
Sule Pagoda, Yangon (Rangoon) The center of the city and site of demonstrations
A vintage Elephant Coach Yangon
The Strand Yangon
Niche Buddhas in a Shan State temple
Aythaya winery, one of two in Shan State . . . . . . Personally, I preferred the sauvignon blanc from Red Mountain Winery.
Workers covering garlic, Pa-O self-administered area
Nan She Oo, our Pa-O tour guide, at Kakku stupa garden
Kakka stupa detail
She Oo explaining Buddhist bells
Kakku stupa garden reflected in pool
Our Inle Lake hotel The quality of accommodations exceeded my expectations
Some of the Inle Lake hotel rooms
Collecting seaweed for fertilizer on Inle Lake
A fisherman on Inle Lake
Inle Lake boating style
Inle Lake boat builder
Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, holiest in Shan State
Inle Lake houses
Tomato farmer harvesting her crop on Inle lake
Shew Oo Min Cave entrance
Shew Oo Min Cave vista toward Pindaya
A few of the 1800+ Shew Oo Min Cave buddhas
A pagoda in Shew Oo Min Cave
Poinsettias near the start of our trek path
Trailside Banyon tree
A bullock cart, traditional rural conveyance
Orchids at our first Monastery refuge
Flowers in a village on the second day of our trek
Stupas and Buddhas on day 2 of our trek
Shan Plateau vista on day 3 of our trek
Villagers winnowing rice on day 3 of our trek
Stupas and “monklets” on day 3 of our trek
Detail of Shwe In Bin monastery, Mandalay
Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay
Kuthadaw stupas that contain the world's largest book
Unfinished Mingun pagoda of King Bodawpaya The completed base alone is 188 ft high
The 90-ton Mingun Bell cast for the unfinished pagoda
A Mingun hat vendor’s wares
Hsinbyume Pagoda, Mingun
Mandalay gold leaf making (Movie)
U Bein’s bridge across Thaungthaman Lake At 1200 meters, it is the longest teak bridge in the world
Structure of U Bein’s teak bridge
U Bein’s teak bridge at sunset
Loading teak on Irrawaddy barges
Group photo on the Irrawaddy ferry All well-traveled: 4 Brits, 3 Americans and a Canadian with our guide
Bagan vista from Dhamma Ya Zika Pagoda
Dhamma Ya Zika Pagoda, Bagan
Jane providing scale for the Dhamma Ya Zika Pagoda dome
Carved teak shrine near Dhamma Ya Zika Pagoda Bagan
Huge reclining Buddha, Bagan
View out of Dhamma Yang Yi temple
Sunset vista with Dhamma Yang Yi temple
Sunset pagoda-side view in Bagan (zoom)
Vegetarian dinner plate Bagan The restaurant quality also exceeded my expectations
Traditional puppet show at dinner Bagan (Movie)
Bagan market stall
Ananda temple and courtyard, Bagan
One of four huge standing Buddhas in the Ananda temple
Indian worker restoring an Ananda temple fresco
Village pigs in Nyaung-U
Our guide Nyi Nyi pretending to eat barbequed cat
Stupas and the Irrawaddy, Bagan
Bagan stupa framed
Stupas and flowers, Bagan
A line of stupas near sunset, Bagan
Shwe Dagon Pagoda from the roof of the Summit Parkview Hotel, Yangon