Posts Tagged ‘myanmar’
In australia, buddhism, travel on
28 February 2010 tagged 1984, airport, apple, around the world in 80 days, australia, beef masala, beer, bookshop, breakfast, buddhist, burma, business class, cold shower, corn, dharma, dinner, dorm, email, flight, fudge, gaya, george orwell, hotel, hotel maria, india, jules verne, kimchi bokeumbab, kolkata, korea, koreans, loud speaker, market, money, mosque, mumbai, myanmar, package, sleeping bag, street stall, taxi, the bastard of istanbul, train, vip, yangon with no comments
day 316 — i had breakfast and talked to dave for a while, then started my new book ‘the bastard of istanbul’. the book annoyed me (focusing on how much armenians hate turks and visa versa) and i refused to read more. i’m sure the book has a happy ending and they all grow to […]
In travel on
3 February 2010 tagged air india, book, burma, chess, coffee, craig, cycle rickshaw, email, hammock, hotel, indian embassy, kolkata, lonely planet, mandalay, markets, moustache brothers, myanmar, passport, tattoo, tourist, train ticket, travel, visa, yangon, yangon united fc with no comments
day 311 — today was a fairly easy day. i had breakfast and drank a coffee at an outdoor café. i checked email and walked around town. i spent a few hours online in the afternoon, had dinner and slept.
day 312 — my morning routine had settled into breakfast and coffee. the small café had a […]
In buddhism, travel on
3 February 2010 tagged airport, amapura, bangkok, battery pack, beer, blanket, boat, breakfast, bridge, burma, bus, bus ticket, camera, coffee, cold, customs, dhl, dinner, drunk, flight, hammock, horse cart, hotel, ice cream book, india, indian embassy, koreans, longyes, mandalay, market, monks, myanmar, new years day, new years eve, noodles, passport photos, razors, shampoo, soap, sunglasses, sunset, taxi, temple, thailand, tshirt, u myo aung, ubein bridge, visa, yangon with no comments
day 306 — new years eve — the day began with breakfast and chess online, after which i checked out and headed to the airport. i flew to burma and met some other tourists (two koreans and a swiss guy) and we all agreed to share a taxi to town. i had a few errands […]
In australia, rants, travel on
1 January 2010 tagged africa, australia, battery pack, blackmail, burma, camera, country, customs, dhl, europe, family, ipod, life, lunar new year, mongolia, myanmar, new year, package, tiger, travel, turkey, visa, world cup with 1 comment
the year 2009 was the most amazing year of my life. i quit my job and spent 10 months of the year on the road. i visited 20 countries and spent new years even in myanmar.
2009 was a year of extreme highs and lows. i had a lot of fun traveling and seeing so many […]
In computers & internet, travel on
25 December 2009 tagged 85mm, american psycho, atm, banana pancake, beer, book, breakfast, bret eaton elis, bukit lawang, burma, burmese refugee, bus, camera, chinatown, christina, dinner, email, embassy official, f1.8, ferry, flight, food, georgetown, hindu temple, hotel, indian visa, indonesia, labyrinth, lake, lens, linux, lunch, mail, malaysia, mcdonalds, medan, minibus, money, myanmar, myanmar embassy, nikon, orangutan rehabilitation centre, parapat, passport, petronas twin towers, photographs, post office, rain, reggae bar, street cafe, taxi, terminal, the beach, ticket, tourist, travel, tshirt, tuk tu, united nations refugee status, visa, waiter, wifi with no comments
day 286 — being on the lake made me feel lazy (well, lazier than usual) and i decided to stay and do some reading. i sold my copy of ‘the beach’ (which was actually very, very good) and snagged a copy of ‘american psycho’ by bret eaton elis. i’ve read it before, but it was […]
In buddhism, cool photos, my photos, photography stuff, random pix, travel on
27 October 2009 tagged broom, burma, cleaning, girls, lights, moustache brothers, myanmar, night, pagoda, par par lay, photgraphy, photo, pictures, political, politics, prisoner, shwedagon, yangon with no comments
top — shwedagon pagoda at night (phởtographed from my hotel room)
middle — par par lay, a burmese comedian who’s been jailed three times
bottom — girls clean shwedagon pagoda
In buddhism, cool photos, my photos, photography stuff, random pix, travel on
25 October 2009 tagged b&w, black, boy, buddha, buddhism, buddhist, burma, costume, man, monk, myanmar, pagoda, photo, photography, picture, portrait, prayer, shrine, shwedagon, statue, sunglasses, white, yangon with no comments
top — a man prays at a shrine in shwedagon pagoda
middle — a boy in traditional dress is carried around the pagoda as part of a ceremony
bottom — morpheus the monk
In buddhism, cool photos, my photos, photography stuff, random pix, travel on
24 October 2009 tagged b&w, black, boy, buddha, buddhism, buddhist, burma, eyes, face, gold, makeup, monk, myanmar, pagoda, photo, photograph, photography, picture, potrait, shwedagon, sky, statue, travel, white, yangon with no comments
top — a boy pokes faces at the camera
middle — a monk imitating the buddhas behind him
bottom — shwedagon pagoda, burma’s most famous pagoda
In buddhism, cool photos, my photos, photography stuff, random pix, travel on
23 October 2009 tagged b&w, black, buddhism, burma, face, girl, gold, golden rock, man, monk, myanmar, photograph, photography, photos, pictures, portrait, white, woman with no comments
top — a monk stands by burma’s famous golden rock
middle — an old woman walks through a market
bottom — a happy girl smiles for me
In cool photos, my photos, photography stuff, random pix, travel on
23 October 2009 tagged b&w, black, burma, cigarettes, face, girl, inle lake, myanmar, naungshwe, photo, photograph, photography, picture, portrait, sky, sunset, tomato, white, woman with no comments
top — tomato plantations grow on a river, phởtographed at sunset
middle — a girl sells hand made cigarettes
bottom — an old woman poses for a photo
In cool photos, my photos, photography stuff, random pix, travel on
10 October 2009 tagged b&w, black, burma, child, children, eyes, face, karen, longneck, myanmar, photo, photography, pictures, portrait, travel, white with no comments
top — a shy child peeks out from behind a post
middle — two kids pose for portraits
bottom — a karen longneck
In buddhism, cool photos, my photos, photography stuff, random pix, travel on
9 October 2009 tagged buddhism, buddhist, burma, face, festival, girl, gold, handicraft, karen, longneck, myanmar, pagodas, photo, photograph, photography, portrait, sky, weaving, white, woman with no comments
top — a burmese girl during a buddhist festival
middle — a karen longneck makes handicrafts
bottom — pagodas pagodas everywhere
In buddhism, cool photos, my photos, photography stuff, random pix, travel on
8 October 2009 tagged baby, bath, bathing, boat, buddhism, buddhist, burma, canal, face, family, fish, fisherman, fishing, girl, inle lake, lake, myanmar, photo, photograph, photography, portrait, travel, water, women with no comments
top — a man fishes on inle lake
middle — a local girl during a buddhist women’s festival
bottom — a family bathe along a canal
In cool photos, my photos, photography stuff, random pix, travel on
7 October 2009 tagged b&w, bagan, black, boy, burma, eyes sunset, face, fence, girl, myanmar, pagoda, photo, photographs, photography, pictures, portrait, red, sun, travel, white with no comments
top — a cute girl, black and white portrait
middle — sunset over bagan
bottom — the boy behind bars, smiles at me through a fence
In cool photos, my photos, photography stuff, random pix, travel on
6 October 2009 tagged b&w, bagan, black, burma, eyes, face, girl, man, myanmar, pagoda, photo, photograph, photography, pictures, portrait, scorpion, thumb, vendor, white with no comments
top — the view of bagan
middle — edward scorpion hands … check out that thumb!!
bottom — a young vendor’s portrait