Barry Flaming : Photography

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Monday, July 20, 2009


BURMA
Rangoon and Nay Pyi Taw
June 2009



view out my hotel window




the famous Shwedagon Pagoda


covered entrance way




at Shwedagon








making offerings according to your birth day of the week





Ei Ei, our guide




diamonds and precious stones adorn the top of the stupa






all the latest Hollywood blockbusters (Terminator 4) are on in the movie houses


the main Bogyoke Aung San market


Holy Trinity Cathedral


Sule pagoda


mosque across from Sule



old and new



snake salesmen--the snakes just sat there with their heads facing in a glass jar..
...if only they knew, all they had to do was turn around...


diesel generators were outside of every building





the famous Strand Hotel


ferry across the Yangon River


harvesting coconuts!!


he was WAY up there


taking logs to port



tea shop


roadside Hindu shrine



clock tower


'Happy World' fun park


novice nuns




raining in Chinatown


betel nut stall--stands like these were everywhere




Nay Pyi Taw, the new capital


typical roadside scene--plowing with cattle, and a wooden oxcart


fancy resort in Nay Pyi Taw

a


Nay Pyi Taw market


men's longyi salesman


Nay Pyi Taw market




barbecue!


some sticky snacks




new government housing developments



recreation park entrance


new 'wal-mart'


planting the pond banks of the resort


at the Nay Pyi Taw zoo


Siberian tigers




model of the new planetarium






South American penguins!




beautiful hornbill





cultural show


dressed in each of the 10 ASEAN countries' traditional outfits


roadside temple on highway to Rangoon



roadside scene


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