Around the pagoda step by step Pilgrims meditation at Shwedagon complex Encountering local people at night White elephant in Yangon The white elephant pavilion Marble Buddha behind a glas shield Pavilion outside the Marble Buddha hall Durian fruit for sale in Yangon Center Point Shopping Center Bogyoke Aung San Market Girl at the Bogyoke Aung San Market Railway to the Yangon train station Outside the Bogyoke Aung San Market Buddha hall at the evening Night view to the northern stairways Meditation at night time Cleaning the floor Buddhas tooth in the Swal Daw Pagoda Inside the Swal Daw Pagoda Swal Daw Myat Zaedi Inside the Kaba Aye Pagoda Kaba Aye Pagoda Mother and her daughter in Kaba Aye Kaba Aye Pagoda Kaba Aye Pagoda Inya Lake in Yangon Deceptive idyllic mood at Inya Lake Yangon Sailing Club At the pier on Yangon harbor Myself on the ferry crossing the Yangon river Fisher boats at the other river side Dala Ferry terminal Girl selling flowers Flower stall along the main road Greengrocer vendor girl Crossing the river back to Yangon Local people leave the ferry Strand Hotel in Yangon Inside the Botataung Pagoda Botataung Pagoda Worshippers inside Botataung Pagoda Monk praying to the Buddha in Botataung Pagoda Buddha statue beside Botataung Pagoda Burmese arcade in the complex of the Pagoda Man carrying a basket full of coco Sule Pagoda Yangons Sule Pagoda Road Sule Pagoda and its sad history Sule Pagoda Chauk Htat Gyi Reclining Buddha Image Chauk Htat Gyi Reclining Buddha Image Meditation beside Buddhas face East main shrines and the Temple of the Kakusandha… Young monks at the pagoda platform Burmese monks The grand golden pagoda Sacrifice ceremony to Buddha image Group of monks at Shwedagon Terrace of Shwedagon Pagoda Monk faces Young novice getting monkshood Buddha in Bhumisparsha (Earth Witness) Mudrā People surround the Pagoda Platform Buddha and his Halo The pagoda in its spot light Evening atmosphere at the Shwedagon platform Dinner in a Shan State restaurant View to the western stairway Chauk Htat Gyi Reclining Buddhas feet Life at Daw Ngwe Zin’s Hall Kaba Aye Pagoda Road in Yangon Ready for the next dive Simple fishing vessel in Burmese waters Mod angled a giant fish out the ocean Grouper fish gets fed Grouper fish and its teeth Alex my dive master for many years Hans and Ritta back on the water surface Nueng our longtime faithful crew member Felix and myself ready for the dive Natural rock window under water Ideal diving place at the pinnacle Three pinnacles Arrival back to Tap Lamu Waiting to be picked up Lonely pinnacle on the way back Pinnacle range along the tour back Sunset at the skyline Spectacular sunset atmosphere Natural scenes at the sky Natural color performace Cloud sculptures at the skyline More scenes at the sky and the horizon One more picture from the amazing scene Sunset with a natural color spectacle Last minutes of the natural spectacle Sunset at the ocean skyline Sunset mood near Kawthaung Sun already set The way out from Kawthaung Kawthaung port Kawthaung Thunderstorm coming at the horizon Dolphins play The junk at the mooring The junk called June Hong Chian Lee Small island on the way back to Kawthaung Cafe shop in Kawthaung A rainbow over Kawthaung Kawthaung and its street life Sai Mai in the Ismuth of Kra Mod and the young liaison officer Fishing vessels come in and go out the port of Kaw… Kawthaung peninsula and the Thai mainland Kawthaung pier Go into the Isthmus of Kra to Kawthaung Kampong Ulu near Kawthaung Thahtay Kyun Island Pyi Daw Aye Pagoda in Kawthaung Pyi Daw Aye Pagoda in Kawthaung Sunset mood at the Pyi Daw Aye Pagoda Children in the temple complex Vista to Kawthaung from the hill top Street life in Kawthaung Our group on the tour to Mergui Archipelago