![Trishaw driver, Mandalay](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927181.tujcmVhW.jpg) Trishaw driver, Mandalay |
![Dusty old shitty Mandalay](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926749.0vbwK6GM.jpg) Dusty old shitty Mandalay |
![He was wearing a santa mask. What choice did I have but to photograph him?](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926755.1LfG1FLt.jpg) He was wearing a santa mask. What choice did I have but to photograph him? |
![Dusty old shitty Mandalay](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926757.ZuobwZr5.jpg) Dusty old shitty Mandalay |
![Mandalay shop](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926760.oKBh6bo1.jpg) Mandalay shop |
![Typical Mandalay house](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926762.8koAD7Dj.jpg) Typical Mandalay house |
![This guy has about 3 seconds to DUCK](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926764.3W0Yjgnx.jpg) This guy has about 3 seconds to DUCK |
![Part of the old Palace. Never made it inside](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926885.CWCwEZLf.jpg) Part of the old Palace. Never made it inside |
![Palace wall](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926750.DSRLjiku.jpg) Palace wall |
![The moat was nice. I jogged once around the palace. Took 50 minutes, so I figure about 9 kilometers.](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926751.jwNUvVSC.jpg) The moat was nice. I jogged once around the palace. Took 50 minutes, so I figure about 9 kilometers. |
![Very beautiful. I guess I should have gone inside](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926752.9W2vRLhk.jpg) Very beautiful. I guess I should have gone inside |
![They had little exercise thingies along the path around the palace](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926753.bSp4VkcS.jpg) They had little exercise thingies along the path around the palace |
![Nice golden stupa by the Irrawady (this is a creek by the Irrawady)](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927203.XVGF4Bg5.jpg) Nice golden stupa by the Irrawady (this is a creek by the Irrawady) |
![The grandest, most beautiful of Mandalay's many grand monastreries](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926773.cvAJWiMG.jpg) The grandest, most beautiful of Mandalay's many grand monastreries |
![Carving](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927101.DpMY808g.jpg) Carving |
![Detail](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927098.SCkWcCvY.jpg) Detail |
![Rather ecstatic looking](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927096.46Rm8HQp.jpg) Rather ecstatic looking |
![Nice body](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927094.2r7hcKIS.jpg) Nice body |
![Angels?](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927092.8a9WtKI3.jpg) Angels? |
![Wood carving](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926769.JSb85Vsh.jpg) Wood carving |
![Another](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926771.haBhaKK8.jpg) Another |
![This was an amazing building](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927090.wBzfRp6e.jpg) This was an amazing building |
![I went through a phase of obsessively photographing guardian lions](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927197.yikEIkx0.jpg) I went through a phase of obsessively photographing guardian lions |
![Here's one at a Amarapura temple ruin](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927115.UicRIDrd.jpg) Here's one at a Amarapura temple ruin |
![Against a field of gold](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926870.VZGCjUm6.jpg) Against a field of gold |
![I probably have 80 of these](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926869.aki0OC0S.jpg) I probably have 80 of these |
![I couldn't stop](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926863.GT5HcTBj.jpg) I couldn't stop |
![I liked especially guardian lions with plants growing on them](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926748.Cd13rsjP.jpg) I liked especially guardian lions with plants growing on them |
![This one was SO lifelike](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927196.8qqIXveh.jpg) This one was SO lifelike |
![This guy seemed to be dressed like a Nat statue I saw a lot](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927202.6VvPauAn.jpg) This guy seemed to be dressed like a Nat statue I saw a lot |
![It was so quiet and nice the day I rode out to the Irrawady. All this, only a kilometer or so from Mandalay madness](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927190.dw1pgRA4.jpg) It was so quiet and nice the day I rode out to the Irrawady. All this, only a kilometer or so from Mandalay madness |
![Farming village](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927191.U3l4zFqW.jpg) Farming village |
![A little stone bridge](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927188.bLUqIiGU.jpg) A little stone bridge |
![Same little stone bridge](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927187.S0MAHP41.jpg) Same little stone bridge |
![Crossing a tributary, on the way to the farming village](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927186.y0rDpOWW.jpg) Crossing a tributary, on the way to the farming village |
![Tributary life](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927185.bvfMN1K8.jpg) Tributary life |
![Pastoral, peaceful. The best day in Mandalay](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927183.GMtlGCbF.jpg) Pastoral, peaceful. The best day in Mandalay |
![Ah, symmetry](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927182.9z1MBvRG.jpg) Ah, symmetry |
![Ox carts](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927108.1av7Od1w.jpg) Ox carts |
![Stopped for tea](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926878.xP6FCuzd.jpg) Stopped for tea |
![Very young monk](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927195.IGHIqzHD.jpg) Very young monk |
![Irrawady village kid](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927193.nDcqWqgQ.jpg) Irrawady village kid |
![Another Irrawady village kid](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927192.5827EpZQ.jpg) Another Irrawady village kid |
![This girl was cute](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926877.9H4eEWUg.jpg) This girl was cute |
![Huh?](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927184.2z89Zek8.jpg) Huh? |
![Rowing on the Irrawady, on the way Mingun](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927201.OM4tT9P4.jpg) Rowing on the Irrawady, on the way Mingun |
![I cut the sky out of this because my sensor was so dusty, it was full of spots](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927200.NSXGxdl6.jpg) I cut the sky out of this because my sensor was so dusty, it was full of spots |
![These lonely shots get me. I suspect they are too schmaltzy.](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927194.VubtANeG.jpg) These lonely shots get me. I suspect they are too schmaltzy. |
![Ugly American stands in front of Mingun Paya, folds arms](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927199.u7crYCHw.jpg) Ugly American stands in front of Mingun Paya, folds arms |
![Mingun Paya](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926882.hMU2Tvbv.jpg) Mingun Paya |
![Only one of the four doorways is painted.](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926880.yXbDkwcG.jpg) Only one of the four doorways is painted. |
![It's white](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926879.1SJRCldO.jpg) It's white |
![So, you go inside the doorways of the fabled old Mingun Paya, and what do you see? Hippie graffitti](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926881.M1rfuCym.jpg) So, you go inside the doorways of the fabled old Mingun Paya, and what do you see? Hippie graffitti |
![Mingun](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926746.m9Iu2AZ2.jpg) Mingun |
![Same temple, different white balance](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926747.d2bAVWLP.jpg) Same temple, different white balance |
![Rode a bicycle to Amarapura, stopped to take this photo](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927121.3SMUMzxD.jpg) Rode a bicycle to Amarapura, stopped to take this photo |
![More river silhouettes](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927119.d4eRlGbE.jpg) More river silhouettes |
![Lord Buddha, with LONG fingers.](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927117.B4KLMy2w.jpg) Lord Buddha, with LONG fingers. |
![River life, big stupa](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927106.uxHAv3m1.jpg) River life, big stupa |
![U Bein Bridge: No Parasol-holding Monk, god-damn it!](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927110.JtY2MYh9.jpg) U Bein Bridge: No Parasol-holding Monk, god-damn it! |
![U Bein Bridge](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927123.5izSa3hj.jpg) U Bein Bridge |
![Amarapura, outside a monastery](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927113.H9OBtbi6.jpg) Amarapura, outside a monastery |
![Amarapura](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927112.9vLcsEa5.jpg) Amarapura |
![A small village just beyond Amarapura seems to make its living off a garbage dump in its midst](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927104.aLVXavUC.jpg) A small village just beyond Amarapura seems to make its living off a garbage dump in its midst |
![This little girl's job is to sift through what looked like charcoal. God knows what she was looking for.](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927102.nsY5VRB5.jpg) This little girl's job is to sift through what looked like charcoal. God knows what she was looking for. |
![One of the kids living in the village by the garbage](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926875.xhVi2TbA.jpg) One of the kids living in the village by the garbage |
![Her too](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926874.quhiXmUu.jpg) Her too |
![Stone cutters souq, about halfway to Amarapura](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927128.V1ONkCd6.jpg) Stone cutters souq, about halfway to Amarapura |
![Random temple, downtown](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927180.REHSJNBL.jpg) Random temple, downtown |
![Stone cutters souq](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927126.R5swwW8N.jpg) Stone cutters souq |
![Footballing novices, temple by the stone-cutters souq](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927125.mY5QVmPU.jpg) Footballing novices, temple by the stone-cutters souq |
![Stone cutters souq](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926867.sQXfwewD.jpg) Stone cutters souq |
![More](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926866.mWekFRTg.jpg) More |
![Buddha-palooza](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926865.YQIUObNL.jpg) Buddha-palooza |
![Lord Buddha gets an appendectomy](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926864.ea2649xb.jpg) Lord Buddha gets an appendectomy |
![View from Mandalay Hill](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927089.bRsOoXxH.jpg) View from Mandalay Hill |
![Again](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72927087.V8Wp0pIp.jpg) Again |
![Novices](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926884.RP0Ig3XX.jpg) Novices |
![Temple detail](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926883.ETL6q3XA.jpg) Temple detail |
![Disciple conclave](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926873.vLvNLlXV.jpg) Disciple conclave |
![Some kids led me through a temple.](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926868.26bRjmwg.jpg) Some kids led me through a temple. |
![Living quarters of a nunnery](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926745.gWdzQFkh.jpg) Living quarters of a nunnery |
![She seems to have a hole in her head](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926766.XdQSWj4l.jpg) She seems to have a hole in her head |
![Golden temple things](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926775.rYjRUHF4.jpg) Golden temple things |
![Another random temple.](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926777.UVNVgzwG.jpg) Another random temple. |
![Same one. I forget where. Name, everything.](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/31/233431/3/72926779.nMIDHjWn.jpg) Same one. I forget where. Name, everything. |