Final set from our Myanmar trip.  These are the shots that the Chickadee took as she started taking serious photographs for the first time.  No question – she has real talent.  Check out the very last shot of this series…….     The Chickadee had never taken any photographs other than Facebook snaps before, but…

The penultimate set of photos from this trip.  Our last two destinations, the amazing temples of Bagan and finally  the transcendental Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.     After hightailing it out of Mandalay, we moved on to Bagan – equalled only by Angkor Wat in Cambodia for the number and beauty of its temples.  In contrast…

On to Mandalay – with some street shots of market traders and world rulers, plus the wonderful U-Bein Bridge         We had heard mixed reviews of Mandalay, and we left the city with mixed feelings. One thing is for certain – it is not the exotic and romantic spot immortalized by Kipling. …

Third Installment of Myanmar photos from Inle Lake.  This time the amazing fishermen and the stupas of Indein   Boatmen that don’t have an engine in their craft adopt a curious one-legged poling method in Inle.  One of the earlier shots in this series shows the boatman at the Treasure using it.  The Inle fishermen…

The second installment of Myanmar photographs here.  These show a lot more of daily life on the lakes and channels of this very evocative region.     Inle is a huge inland lake in the north-east of the country.  It is surrounded by hills, and looks almost to have been an old caldera – I…

The Chickadee and I did a circuit of Myanmar in late September and October.  I will be releasing batches of shots from this trip – here is the first, from the first place we stayed in,  the Myanmar Inle Treasure The Myanmar trip was the first I have ever done with a full-on photography intent. …