Entering the 'Union of Myanmar' from Mae Sai, Thailand's northernmost point |
Cigarette vendors in the Burmese border town of Tachileik |
A monk blesses the giver of alms, Tachileik |
Buddhist monk, Tachileik |
Burma/Myanmar: Three-wheeled transport, Tachileik |
Safe journey... the 163-km. bus ride to Kengtung will take 5 hours or more |
One of the original city gates, Kengtung |
Securely locked, the local branch of the National League for Democracy |
Kengtung monks set out in search of alms |
Shall we pick up a video after prayers tonight? |
Mr Reptile promotes condoms... |
No school today, Kengtung |
Burma's distinctive filigree temple roofs |
Buddhist pagoda and temple, Kengtung, Myanmar |
The Mahamyatmuni Buddha |
Buddhas arranged inside a temple in Kengtung, Myanmar |
Buddhist temple door, Kengtung, Shan State |
Buddha image in a niche |
Wat Jom Kham overlooks the Naung Tung Lake at Kengtung |
Golden stupa of Wat Jom Kham at Kengtung |
Novice monk, Kengtung, Myanmar |
Naung Tung Lake |
Colonial-era villa above the lake |
A morning market near Harry's Guesthouse |
Shan woman, Kengtung |
Shan woman |
Shan man, Myanmar |
Shan woman, Kengtung |
Sandals for sale, Kengtung |
In the morning market |
Tribal woman, Kengtung |
Shan woman, Kengtung, Myanmar |
Waiting for customers |
Busy with the scales, Central Market |
Central market, Kengtung |
Wicker baskets of fish |
Dried Figs |
A certain symmetry |
Eng and Akha hilltribe villages outside Kengtung |
Children of the En minority, Shan State, Myanmar |
An Eng hunter returning home, Myanmar |
Eng woman shows off her blackened teeth, Myanmar |
An Eng infant near Kengtung, Myanmar |
Eng tribal weaver at her loom |
An Akha woman never removes her head-dress (Laos & Thailand) |
Akha mother and child, outside Kengtung |
An Akha infant outside Kengtung, Myanmar |
School's out for these hilltribe children, outside Kengtung |