Mingalabar! Myawaddy, Mawlamyine & Yangon 2016

[katie23]

Saw these Indian teens selling samosas and fruits


This one was very pretty

[katie23]

Drinks anyone?


More ladies selling street food

[katie23]

Water festival in full swing

[katie23]

This was around noon, so lunchtime for these folks


These are my homeboys and gals


That's all for now. To be continued...

[katie23]

Have some spare time and will try to continue this thread if 'net cooperates...

Street food with a punk


Streetfood with a more traditional guy

[katie23]

Fried prawns, anyone?


Salted eggs on sticks

[katie23]

Lots of condensed milk here


More homeboys (and a gal)

[katie23]

More street food


Popcorn, anyone?


Drat, my net is crap again. Until next time...

[BaitongBoy]

Eeyah!...I'm hungry, Katie!...Great job...Love your pics...

[beerlaodrinker]

Saturday morning saw me down the once a year WIG bazar (women's international group) it's a charity made up by bored housewives of miners and NGOs all the embassy's had turned up to sell there traditional food, and I left fully pissed ( Blurtered) new word?with a bunch of takeaways from about 6 different Asian nations, I wasn't disapointed either, even got some pancit and some of pampangas best Tocino, from the the lovely ladies at D flip embassy stall.your pics remind me of that day, from what I can remember.

[katie23]

@bb & bld - yeah, since it was songkran/ thingyan, there were lots of food on the streets. I wasn't brave enough to taste them, though. Didn't want to get tummy trouble.

Re: pampanga's best tocino, yes, it's good. One of the leading brands. From a simple home business to nationwide distribution. Nice success story. I don't eat it often though - trying to decrease processed food intake.

[Phuketrichard]

just back from a 10 day motorcycle Adventure thru the Chin state
an amazing trip thru the mountains.
Photos to follow after a 1 week or so waiting period.

[Phuketrichard]

one of the many routes we had to ride,down to the river and than back up, repeated over and over again on our 1,600 kms ride thru the chin state.
Thru mud,an hard/soft packed dirt.



In Mindat in Southern Chin state resides the last remaining Tattooed chin ladies. Tattooing of the face was prohibited by the government back in the late 60's, so all the ladies you see are in their 50's and older.



Will start my own thread later when i am done tagging and editing the 12 gigs i shot on my 11 day trip

Love Burma, so unlike any other country in se asia

[biff]

Hi Phuketrichard..nice photo's...could you please tell me what bike you road..thanks

[katie23]

^^thanks phuketrichard for sharing your pics. Will look forward to your thread/pics when you've done processing them. Cheers!

Btw, just curious. Did you bring your motorbike from Th & cross via land border? Is that allowed - to bring a bike across? Or did you enter by air then rent a bike there?

Did you also see those tribes with long neck rings?

[Phuketrichard]

imade a huge mistake and ONLY rented a chinese honda dream copy, my companion took a 125 dirt bike. that the one to do it on.

You can take ur own bke in BUT it costs, need a permit, need hire a guide an dhe has to have his own transport ( NOT a Bike) cost around $1,500 for 10 days
I rented from Zach at Mandalay Motorbike Rental and Tours have done a few trips with his bikes
I will NOT go see the Padaung ( kayan) ladies as they are treated very bad in burma and in thaland treated like their a circus act.

[Phuketrichard]

newest album is up, Richard Reitman Photography | Motorbike trip thru the Chin state

[katie23]

^thanks for sharing your pics w/ the link, Richard. Just saw the thumbnails 'cos my net is bad now. Will view them again later. Cheers!

[katie23]

^^ I've seen your recent pics, Richard, and not just the thumbnails. Very beautiful and interesting pics. You've captured the scenes of daily life in the Chin state, including the muddy roads! Have you ever thought of sharing or writing for news outlets like CNN or BBC travel?

Anyway, I'll try to post a few more pics again, as long as my net cooperates.

This was my lunch for that day in Mawlamyine... chicken fried noodles and Myanmar beer.



These were the prices, in case anyone's interested. 1000 kyat ~ 1 usd

[katie23]

In my walk around the city, I saw a mosque.



It was a Sunni mosque. I liked how the different religions coexisted in Myanmar - Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Sikh, Muslim - I saw different places of worship. However, I know that religious tensions exist in some parts, and there's the issue of the Rohingya, but I won't go into that.

[katie23]

Drinks cart


First time that I've seen this type of reddish bananas (no pun intended, heh)

[katie23]

Mom & pop store. At home, this would be called a "sari-sari" store. Same-same...


Ladies preparing noodles

[katie23]

Cable TV provider



Dealer of cars.... free advert for them.. heh

[katie23]

As I approached the market once again, I saw this advert for Oppo phones. I also saw Oppo phones in Kuala Lumpur, Udon Thani & Manila. I first saw the advert for Vivo phones in Myanmar. When I got back in April, I asked colleagues if Vivo phones were marketed here - they said that they've never heard of it. However, around Aug or Sept, I saw a product launch of Vivo phones in a mall here (in PI) - they're android and cheaper than Samsung or Apple.



Fruit stall in the market


There was a small temple at the market

[katie23]

After my lunch and a short rest, I teamed up with a couple of backpackers from my hotel. We went to the nearby township of Mudon to see the giant reclining Buddha.

They initially needed a car/driver to go to Bago(sp?), but since it was Thingyan (songkran), vehicles were limited. They ended up phoning the taxi driver (my host for breakfast). The driver recommended taking a bus to Yangon instead, and from Yangon, to take another bus to Bago. I ended up taking the same night bus to Yangon with this couple - very nice and friendly. After the couple bought their tickets for the bus, there was still spare time, so we ended up hiring the driver to take us to the giant Buddha. Win-win for all of us!