U Htaung Bo Road in Yangon Old Yay Tar Shay lane in Yangon Gyar Twaya St to the Shwedagon premise Girl with a lovely thanaka face Burmese people make pilgrimage to the pagoda Eastern stairways to the pagoda platform Golden decorated ceiling and its columns Vendor stores along the walk up stairs Young monks resting on the floor Victory Ground at Shwedagon One more thanaka makeup face Young boy with his thanaka make up Turning clockwise isn't an obligation The Shwedagon Pagoda Shwedagon Pagoda in full splendor Scenes of meditation The view out of the east gate Ringing the bell Small bell ringing Burmese novice monks Venue of the Dinghy Fever Sailingboats on the Inya Lake in Yangon Sir U Po Tha Yawnghwe village Intha residents on the Inle lake Skipper on the tiller bar Intha fisher Fishing carp with a conical net on Inle lake Leg rowing fishers Life on the Inle lake Setting a fish trap Open air celebration in Thar Lay Shwe Inn Tha Resort Shwe Inn Tha resort Housing on the Inle Lake Market women arrive Heyan Yawama Long tail boats on the dam Shopping on the market Intha market women offer their pottery products Scene in an open coffee bar Pa'O woman in her traditional outfit Pa'O girls Intha girls in Shan State Market stall offering drilling potatoes Pa'O woman buying vegetable Karen market women Busy boat mooring Handmade souvenirs to sell for tourists Along the waterway to In Paw Khone village Jay Paw Khone village Simple home on high piles Housing in Jay Paw Khone village Silk made from lotus flower Silk thread from the lotus stem Lotus weaving Silk weaver woman making the Yarn Look out the window from the silk shop Girl on the weaving loom Blacksmith work in Jay Paw Khone Some houses do have modern conveniences Tahr Lay a place with an old pagoda Phaung Daw Oo pagoda Waterway to the village Woman in her full meditation Local people rest and invite to join Resting at the Maha Tissada Bell Buddha is watching every where People surround the Pagoda Platform Buddha in Bhumisparsha (Earth Witness) Mudrā Young novice getting monkshood Monk faces Terrace of Shwedagon Pagoda Group of monks at Shwedagon Sacrifice ceremony to Buddha image The grand golden pagoda Burmese monks Young monks at the pagoda platform East main shrines and the Temple of the Kakusandha… Meditation beside Buddhas face Chauk Htat Gyi Reclining Buddha Image Chauk Htat Gyi Reclining Buddha Image Sule Pagoda Sule Pagoda and its sad history Yangons Sule Pagoda Road Sule Pagoda Man carrying a basket full of coco Burmese arcade in the complex of the Pagoda Buddha statue beside Botataung Pagoda Monk praying to the Buddha in Botataung Pagoda Worshippers inside Botataung Pagoda Botataung Pagoda Inside the Botataung Pagoda Strand Hotel in Yangon Local people leave the ferry Crossing the river back to Yangon Greengrocer vendor girl Flower stall along the main road Girl selling flowers Dala Ferry terminal Fisher boats at the other river side Myself on the ferry crossing the Yangon river At the pier on Yangon harbor Yangon Sailing Club Deceptive idyllic mood at Inya Lake Inya Lake in Yangon Kaba Aye Pagoda Kaba Aye Pagoda Mother and her daughter in Kaba Aye Kaba Aye Pagoda Inside the Kaba Aye Pagoda Swal Daw Myat Zaedi Inside the Swal Daw Pagoda Buddhas tooth in the Swal Daw Pagoda Cleaning the floor Meditation at night time Night view to the northern stairways Buddha hall at the evening Outside the Bogyoke Aung San Market Railway to the Yangon train station Girl at the Bogyoke Aung San Market Bogyoke Aung San Market Center Point Shopping Center Durian fruit for sale in Yangon Pavilion outside the Marble Buddha hall Marble Buddha behind a glas shield