Burma, Mandalay, January 2013, Part 3

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Locals rocking up for a spot of worshiping.

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Mum, dad and daughter in their restaurant. cooked us a great lunch and very friendly as well. great stuff right there.

[roamer]

People are starving to death in Burma and some tosser is living in this monstrosity.Just down the road people where living in the street.

Great thread, thanks, sometimes have similar thoughts to your comment there, a lot of injustice in the world, let`s hope it gradually improves for the ordinary people of Myanmar.

Never been , yet.

Cheers

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Back in the dudes car, over that bridge and back down to this joint. This turned out to be a very interesting stop, lots going on here.

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^^

Yep,

Life sucks if you're unlucky enough to be born into a poor family.So many people living on nothing in this world.

I've just come back from India once again and those people are in a total different depth of poverty.

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This place turned out be recycling yard for broken down Buddhas, plus a manufacturing shop and retail shop all in one. Been in the same family forever passed on down through the generations.

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All shapes and sizes, don't matter here they fix them all.

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A kiln for the smaller statues.

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Not quite sure whether this was part of a Buddha or part of a kiln ?

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Smelting down the gilding.

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The boys shining up the finished product.

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Starting to shine up well.

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The end game. Bloody brilliant job done and ready for sale.

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Yes, lets have a guess how old that transformer is. This stuff just keeps on keeping on.

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In the other corner of the compound these ladies where doing there work.

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More girls working on their projects.

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This lady was in charge of the girls, all seemed happy enough just doing their work.

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Check this guy out. He is carving into a solid piece of Teak and will continue until its done. Blew my mind this, never before have I seen an artist like this. He had another corner to work in.

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Its his work surrounding him.

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Boss looking on. One wonders just how long a person must train before being let loose on a piece of Teak that size. that piece of wood would be worth a small fortune.

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After all that I finally got to enter the building. It was no normal building but much more like a museum. The gear inside here was truly inspiring and collected over many many years. Check the Carving over the entry.

[barrylad66]

nice thread and pics terry i really should make the effort to spend a bit more time there rather than the quick in and out visa runs.

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Looking back out the entry, the place was choca full with gear. Jesus, one would not want the place to catch fire.

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Another part of it.

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Many odds and ends as well.