Burma

East of Bago Burma Railways YD 2-8-2 967 heads slowly off the river bridge at Abya into the sunset with a mixed freight.

It may look like a dug-out canoe high and dry in a field but these fields are actually floating on Inle Lake and the boat, like ours, is making its way along a narrow waterway. The fields are anchored into the bottom of the shallow lake by those hundreds of wooden poles. We had a great time in Burma but little did we realise that it would be the last trip before the covid lockdown. Now we are very pleased to have actually been able to take a holiday in 2020. Let's hope the recent military coup doesn't lead to any deaths and can be resolved quickly.

Burma Railways metre gauge class YD 2-8-2 967 passes northwards as darkness falls. The sun really had set by this time and we needed a torch to pick our way out of the padi fields back to the train.

Bike and sidecar in the streets of Rangoon/Yangon.

Passengers must only cross the line by means of the footbridge provided... but these ladies are taking the most direct route to market with their fruit passing in front of diesel DF.1264, Chinese-built for Myanmar Railways in 1995, waiting to depart from Yangon's main station.

You can’t beat a nice piece of golden nangka.

Burma Railways YD 2-8-2 967 leaves a smoke trail as its train rumbles across the river bridge heading northwards near Taungzun south of Kyaikto on the Moulmein branch.

Taking a short cut over the railway bridge with flowers for the market.

Water buffalo cart and dog by the line at Pyudwin.