1. Temples and trails of Burma
Shwe Dagon Pagoda temples, Yangon

2. Map of Myanmar (Burma)

3. Sule Pagoda, Yangon (Rangoon) The center of the city and site of demonstrations

4. A vintage Elephant Coach Yangon

5. The Strand Yangon

6. Niche Buddhas in a Shan State temple

7. Aythaya winery, one of two in Shan State . . .
. . . Personally, I preferred the sauvignon blanc from Red Mountain Winery.

8. Workers covering garlic, Pa-O self-administered area

9. Nan She Oo, our Pa-O tour guide, at Kakku stupa garden

10. Kakka stupa detail

11. She Oo explaining Buddhist bells

12. Kakku stupa garden reflected in pool

13. Our Inle Lake hotel The quality of accommodations exceeded my expectations

14. Some of the Inle Lake hotel rooms

15. Collecting seaweed for fertilizer on Inle Lake

16. A fisherman on Inle Lake

17. Inle Lake boating style

18. Inle Lake boat builder

19. Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, holiest in Shan State

20. Inle Lake houses

21. Tomato farmer harvesting her crop on Inle lake

22. Shew Oo Min Cave entrance

23. Shew Oo Min Cave vista toward Pindaya

24. A few of the 1800+ Shew Oo Min Cave buddhas

25. A pagoda in Shew Oo Min Cave

26. Poinsettias near the start of our trek path

27. Trailside Banyon tree

28. A bullock cart, traditional rural conveyance

29. Orchids at our first Monastery refuge

30. Flowers in a village on the second day of our trek

31. Stupas and Buddhas on day 2 of our trek

32. Shan Plateau vista on day 3 of our trek

33. Villagers winnowing rice on day 3 of our trek

34. Stupas and “monklets” on day 3 of our trek

35. Detail of Shwe In Bin monastery, Mandalay

36. Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay

37. Kuthadaw stupas that contain the world's largest book

38. Unfinished Mingun pagoda of King Bodawpaya The completed base alone is 188 ft high

39. The 90-ton Mingun Bell cast for the unfinished pagoda

40. A Mingun hat vendor’s wares

41. Hsinbyume Pagoda, Mingun

42. Mandalay gold leaf making (Movie)

43. U Bein’s bridge across Thaungthaman Lake At 1200 meters, it is the longest teak bridge in the world

44. Structure of U Bein’s teak bridge

45. U Bein’s teak bridge at sunset

46. Loading teak on Irrawaddy barges

47. Group photo on the Irrawaddy ferry All well-traveled: 4 Brits, 3 Americans and a Canadian with our guide

48. Bagan vista from Dhamma Ya Zika Pagoda

49. Dhamma Ya Zika Pagoda, Bagan

50. Jane providing scale for the Dhamma Ya Zika Pagoda dome

51. Carved teak shrine near Dhamma Ya Zika Pagoda Bagan

52. Huge reclining Buddha, Bagan

53. View out of Dhamma Yang Yi temple

54. Sunset vista with Dhamma Yang Yi temple

55. Sunset pagoda-side view in Bagan (zoom)

56. Vegetarian dinner plate Bagan The restaurant quality also exceeded my expectations

57. Traditional puppet show at dinner Bagan (Movie)

58. Bagan market stall

59. Ananda temple and courtyard, Bagan

60. One of four huge standing Buddhas in the Ananda temple

61. Indian worker restoring an Ananda temple fresco

62. Village pigs in Nyaung-U

63. Our guide Nyi Nyi pretending to eat barbequed cat

64. Stupas and the Irrawaddy, Bagan

65. Bagan stupa framed

66. Stupas and flowers, Bagan

67. A line of stupas near sunset, Bagan

68. Shwe Dagon Pagoda from the roof of the Summit Parkview Hotel, Yangon