jeu, fév 4 2010 | Published in Lost in TranslASIAn, Myanmar

Myanmar

By: sbm

Shwedagon Pagoda
MYANMAR
Day 1 : RANGOON
Shwedagon Pagoda – The Largest Golden Monument on Earth
Naing (from Myanmar)
Shiri & Andre (from Israel)
Offerings for SBM
Day 2 : BAGAN
In Myanmar women paint their faces…
…with thanakha as a sign of beauty !
SleepingBag(m)an
Sundown over Bagan
Days 3-4 : BAGAN
Sunrise over Bagan
Maung Pa (from Myanmar)
Becky (from England) & Patrick (from Australia)
U Ponye Museum (Wooden Monastery)
The World’s largest lacquer Buddha (Salay village)
Nyo (from Myanmar)
Soe (from Myanmar)
A romantic dinner with…Buddha
Naing (SBM’s guide)
Thanaka cream is made by grinding the bark….
…of a thanaka tree with a small amount of water…
…on a circular stone slab
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Day 5 : ROAD TO MANDALAY
Getting gas at a « gas station »
The Pho Win Taung Caves
Buddha Bar
Tha Pou Thay
The Temple with 600′000 Buddhas
Laykyun Setkyar (the standing Buddha is 116m tall !)
Days 6-7 : MANDALAY
« No one will check if I bought a ticket up here »
Ba Ga Ya Monastery in Ava
SBM made a donation of pencils and…
…stationary to this monastery where orphans…
…(and young monks) have access to education.
SleepingBagMandalay
U Bein (the longest teak bridge in the world at 1.2 km)
Trishaw ride through a Mandalay market
Then a boat ride up the Irrawaddy river to Mingun
Site of the unfinished Hsinyume…
…Pagoda (due to an earthquake)
The Golden Palace Monastery (made entirely of teak which was then entirely covered in gold !)
Kutho Taw
Pagoda
Mya Thein Than Pagoda
Mahamuni Buddha…
…the most venerated…
…in the whole country
Pictures from 1901 (left) thru to 2003 (right)
The gold leaves (applied by worshippers) have altered the Buddha’s shape !
Another highly venerated (but overrated THIS one) temple
Too much TV or « monkeying » around last night?
Day 8 : HEHO
Pindaya cave
Days 9-10 : INLE LAKE
Lake Inle : where the fishermen row their boats…with their legs !
This enables them to row and…
…to cast their nets simultaneously
Traffic on Main Street
The Floating Market
The boring « land » market
Shwe Inn Tain Pagoda
Another headless ornament…
Phaung Taw Oo Pagoda
Can you guess what the five of us are?
We’re gold leaf covered Buddhas…that have lost our original shape (time to go to the gym)!
Day 11 : KAKKU
Returning to the mainland…
Shwe Yan Pyay Pagoda
Kakku
That That (no joke : SBM’s local guide) of the Pao tribe
Day 12 : YANGON (RANGOON)
The Reclining
Buddha
Shwedagon Pagoda (Part II)

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