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    child on the Jumping Cat Monastery : by lucantonelli, Views[162]
         		 Days after the festival, I often spotted groups of young novices around the towns and villages of the Shan. I found one young boy, clearly not adapting too well to Buddhist teachings, shooting pellets his fellow novices with a plastic gun. The boys are often seen running along railway tracks or playing football in empty fields, their red robes already tattered at the edges. But the nuns always remain a calmness and a discipline about them. This was taken in the Pyin Oo Lwin market. The line of young girls seeped in and out of the vegetable stalls, accepting alms from market stall owners. Dusty pink robed and bare foot, looking confident in their new identity just days after it was given to them. : by annapurnauna, Views[386]
         		 As the parade draws to an end, tired faces cover the crowds. But the anticipation of the novices never resides. They only grow more nervous, as they glance from their thrones to the surrounding children. As they enter the monastery, their heads are shaved, their jewels stripped, and they are given traditional robes to wear. Tibetan red for boys, and honey pink for girls. They become almost unrecognisable to their families, and with their innocent eyes clutching memories from home, they begin to pray, to collect alms and to work in the monastery.: by annapurnauna, Views[328]
         		 After the feasting, the child parading and buckets of tea drinking, sunset brings the villages to the local monastery. Built with local teak wood, it's brown façade is fading, but beautifully and elegantly. The inside creeks with every footstep of my heavy trekking boots. But the barefoot monks pass without a sound. As gentle as their faces, they follow me to an upstairs window. Below sees a parade of novices, local children in their best jewels, on hired horses, and surrounded by uncles and cousins playing sheep skin drums. The spectacle seems too brash for the simplicity of the Buddha's way, but it's only for a day. Tomorrow the children will learn serenity, and how to walk with silent feet through the teak monasteries.: by annapurnauna, Views[406]
         		 Her eyes tell the story. The awakening fear of the unknown. Her head is adorned in jewels, and the photographer before her shoots flashes at her and her towering siblings. But she cannot relax. Feverishly she bows her head and dreams of the year before, running through rice paddies and chasing after the newborn goats. Passing marbles to her friends, shouting after trekking tourists and remembering nights sat in the shadow of her mothers warmth. It would not be the same, this summer. The next day, her head would be shaved and she would enter the nunnery for several months. : by annapurnauna, Views[295]
     
    The sunrises over Kalaw, it's tin houses, dirt paths and aged golden Pagoda glimmering in the glow. The villages of the Shan hills awake with the rising light and the echo of the rooster. Today is a big day, the start of the summer months, and the beginning of the Novice Festival. Parents spear the boar for roast, begin to dry tea leaves, and dish up plates of soft sugary sweets. For them it's a day of celebration, but it's the children who fear this day the most. It marks the end of their childhood in some ways. For the summer, they are forced into the monastery, to learn the teachings and discipline of Burmese Buddhism.: by annapurnauna, Views[322]
         		 Bagan Sunset: by hoghie, Views[186]
         		 Birds Over Gold: by hoghie, Views[167]
         		 Life on Inle Lake: by hoghie, Views[181]
         		 To the Temples: by hoghie, Views[188]
     
    Monk-ey Business: by hoghie, Views[181]
         		 One of the Buddha statures in a temple at Bagan, bathed in early morning light.: by chello, Views[386]
         		 One of the many Pagodas that dot the landscape in Bagan, Mayanmar's ancient capital. More than 10,000 Pagodas and temples esisted in this area in the 11th Century - the remains of over 2000 of which are still there today.: by chello, Views[294]
         		 A Buddhist monk in Yangon stares up at Shwedagon Pagoda as he makes his way at sunset to the top. The Pagoda is treasured by Burmese Buddhists as it is said to contain relics of all four enlightened Buddhas.: by chello, Views[240]
         		 Little girl and her sister in a Myanmar village, near Inle Lake. I slept in that village the night before and when I got up to have breakfast, I found this little girl with her sister on her back. The baby had a special cream on her face made by the bark of a tree; it protects from the sun when you work in the fields. : by sea_2014, Views[235]
     
    I was visiting a temple, when it began raining pretty bad. I was all wet, so I went inside the temple and I found this monk with this boy. It seemed to me the monk was explaining something important to the kid and he was just pretending to listen, making that face that most of the students have sometime, when they are thinking at something else. : by sea_2014, Views[230]
         		 Local farmers in Bagan, Myanmar countryside. I was biking through the countryside and I got a flat tire. While I was trying to fix it, these farmers with their animals came along. It was almost sunset and I thought it was a beautiful moment. : by sea_2014, Views[218]
         		 Looks of 2 Elephants at an Elephant Rescue Centre. This place is a shelter for orphan or mistreated elephants.: by sea_2014, Views[215]
         		 Saw this from the bus, not the best picture.(National League for Democracy). Lots of discussion about the abuse of personal freedom in Burma. I was happy to see this sign on a building. The times they are a changin. Thanks for taking the time to look at my pictures. Goodby to Southeast Asia, I'm off to Australia tomorrow. Now for some of you, GET BACK TO WORK.: by lipowcan8, Views[265]
         		 View from the back of a tuk tuk: by lipowcan8, Views[292]
     
    Typical restaurant kitchen.: by lipowcan8, Views[291]
         		 Hpa-an: by lipowcan8, Views[253]
         		 View from my room. $20.00 per night.: by lipowcan8, Views[307]
         		 My Hotel in Hpa-an: by lipowcan8, Views[186]
         		 Yangon: by lipowcan8, Views[197]
     
    Same: by lipowcan8, Views[202]
         		 A festival in Hpa-an: by lipowcan8, Views[205]
         		 Hpa-an. Buggy taxi.: by lipowcan8, Views[203]
         		 Outside my hotel door. A little bigger than a hockey puck.: by lipowcan8, Views[211]
         		 Thank goodness I only had to pee.: by lipowcan8, Views[172]
     
    Yangon, had a couple of beers with these guys my last night in Burma.: by lipowcan8, Views[148]
         		 Park adjacent to city hall. Not one bench for sitting: by lipowcan8, Views[193]
         		 City Hall, Yangon: by lipowcan8, Views[195]
         		 Thought I'd take a picture of something other than beer. A very sweet drink.: by lipowcan8, Views[235]
         		 Women walking by train. The yellow flip flops are the fanciest I've seen.: by lipowcan8, Views[320]
     
    Inside of upper class train car: by lipowcan8, Views[430]
         		 Looking down from bridge.: by lipowcan8, Views[273]
         		 A exiting train ride, especially over this bridge.: by lipowcan8, Views[261]
         		 Train station.: by lipowcan8, Views[179]
         		 I treated myself to first class status for the 7 hour train trip. A deal at $2.75 .: by lipowcan8, Views[190]
     
    Truck high centered on the railroad tracks. One of many examples of lack of enforcing regulations.: by lipowcan8, Views[205]
         		 Merchant returning unsold produce at the end of the day.: by lipowcan8, Views[171]
         		 Rented this bike for a dollar or two for the day. A tank, the handle bars are close together. I felt like the wicked witch flying through the tornado in the Wizard of Oz. Returned it early: by lipowcan8, Views[197]
         		 Pyin Oo Lwin: by lipowcan8, Views[190]
         		 View from boat.: by lipowcan8, Views[179]
     
    Picture taken at sunrise from a river boat traveling from Bagon to Hsipaw. 13 to 14 hour trip, very relaxing.: by lipowcan8, Views[195]
         		 Pretty at night.: by lipowcan8, Views[167]
         		 Pagodas built around the 12th century.: by lipowcan8, Views[213]
         		 There are over 4000 pagodas in the Bagon area. It makes for a nice day to rent an battery powered scooter and cruise the area. The scooters rent for $7.00 a day. Unfortunately my pooped out about five miles from the rental shop. All part of the adventure: by lipowcan8, Views[217]
         		 The exchange rate is $1.00 US = 1000. Burma: by lipowcan8, Views[194]
     
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