Category: Myanmar

Proud lady

This proud woman is a member of the Kayaw tribe in Loikow, Myanmar.  Beautifully dressed and adorned, Kayaw women have elongated earlobes with metal cylinders and beads.  Metal coils decorate...

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Monks Just Wanna Have Fun

It isn't hard to see why Myanmar is known as the most religious Buddhist country in the world.   When traveling through the country, the Buddhist influence is impossible to miss.  The monks...

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Dawn in Mandalay

This image was taken in the wee hours of the morning from the top of Mandalay Hill which overlooks the city.  Mandalay is a relatively new creation, founded at the foot of Mandalay Hill in...

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Ancient Dust

This image of a novice monk (I like to call them "monklets" but the official term is "samanera") was taken in Bagan, Myanmar which was founded in the second century A.D.  In its heyday,...

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Long Neck Woman

This woman is a member of the Padaung tribe in Myanmar, commonly referred to as the "long neck" tribe.  When the girls are about 5, they start to wear the brass rings and more are added as...

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