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Sleepless in Yangon

Thu, 7 Nov 2013 | By evantan | Views [1445]

We arrived in Yangon at 8:20 in the morning, groggy from the quick nap we were able to take during the flight from Kuala Lumpur. Aldrich, the guy who manages the homestay we're in now, picked us up from the airport and drove us to Lanmadaw ... Read more >

Tags: myanmar, shwedagon, southeast asia travel, yangon

Finally in Yangon, the first day in Myanmar

Sun, 3 Apr 2011 | By tomaszo | Views [1065]

Fog. A simple phenomenon that stops aircrafts from landing. It shouldn’t really with all the Doppler radars, auto pilots and all the other high tech crap we invent daily but here we are. Stranded for 1,5 hours, waiting on the Bangkok airport concrete ... Read more >

Tags: bagyoke, chin atown, golden duck, myanmar, walking tour, yangon

007: Bond in Burma

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 | By skirmish | Views [1046]

Yangon is not your everyday city. A place where $900 a night hotels, desolate colonial architecture and extreme poverty come together in an unusual form of mismatched harmony. A friend once described it to me as a place he’d love to come and explore ... Read more >

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Around the Inle lake during the Water festival

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 | By tomaszo | Views [735]

Got enough laying in the bed just after sunrise. It wasn´t like I was sleeping or something with all the stuff going on. By now the 600+ herons outside our bungalow started to yell aswell so I checked some photo opportunities. Some local fishermen ... Read more >

Tags: jumping cats pagoda, longnecks, shwe inn tain

Mandalay

Sat, 6 Jul 2013 | By andreagee | Views [716]

Safely arrive in Mandalay at the hugest, emptiest, barest Airport i have ever been too! Quiet like a ghost building! Taxi in to town. Be careful with the Airport taxi's they charged us for a share taxi, we had no choice they told us and then ... Read more >

3 countries in 1 day.

Thu, 4 Sep 2008 | By yesacewol | Views [710]

Well after the hill tribe trek we cruzed back to Chiang Mai for the night and some much needed R&R. Did'nt really get it though as we had lots to do including another trip to the night markets. I need to stop spending money. After the night markets ... Read more >

Mandalay and the old capitals

Wed, 26 Aug 2015 | By kamzam | Views [651]

Because of the Kipling’s poem I also initially thought of Mandalay as of this charming, long forgotten Asian city… Luckily I did consult people before going there and one thing became most apparent: the best thing o do in Mandalay is get ... Read more >

Tags: burma, hill, inwa, mandalay, myanmar, on the road, temples, u bein bridge

Burma July 2012

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 | By shaz | Views [406]

Arrived in Yangon and headed straight for the tour briefing and then to dinner. I had a night of stomach cramps due to the ice in my drink not being purified like I thought. Headed for a city tour the following morning and spent hours in temples and ... Read more >

Overnight in the monastery

Sun, 30 Nov 2014 | By emmaandsarah | Views [256]

Early wake-up call for short flight to HeHo. After a few hours on the coach we were dropped off for the start of our trek up to the monastery with a pre arranged local lunch just for our group at a local home in the middle of nowhere. The lunch was amazing ... Read more >

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 | By bulelucu | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

I am a Hungarian man born and raised in Transylvania. Like other young guys, I had crazy friends, girls, motorcycles, parties, etc. It was a scholarship to Indonesia which got me engaged with a life changing experience. I was supposed to study Indonesian ... Read more >
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2012

Photos: My Scholarship entry - Myanmar, a country on the brink of change.

Sun, 2 Nov 2014 | By zachashton | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

I have made the jump from musician to photographer. I decided to change my form of expression and direct the focus not onto myself, (as an artist) but to turn the lens towards the world. I bought a camera, took a weekend photography course and booked ... Read more >
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Tags: 2014 travel photography scholarship

My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 | By dvlazar | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

I ventured to Myanmar (Burma) in February 2010 for three weeks, with an ambition to capture some portraits of monks in their environments. I sought out monasteries and temples in various cities and towns in the hope to meet some monks, and learn more ... Read more >
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Tags: #2010wnphoto, burma, monks, myanmar, travel photography scholarship 2010