by Mike
I’m not one to toot my own horn*, (*that’s a lie) but this here’s an incredible photo of river life in Bagan, Myanmar.
In the details isolated below you can see what makes this place special. (click here)
There were a few kids splashing around just out of frame. This kid just made it into the picture, warped by the corner of the lens. I think, in the larger picture, you can see he’s checking out the lady on the rock, and she’s looking back.
Isn’t it beautiful how kids can turn anything into a toy? This little girl was playing with the bucket. I love how you can see her trail through the water.
There was a community that lived on the other side of the river and they took boats to get home. I WISH we had visited, but we didn’t. It appears that this guy is heading back home. There was a group of kids who ran a little ferry across the river (one of these same small canoes). Az and I paid them to take us up to the pagoda and back.
A lady washing in the river.
This girl is about to step into the river to bathe. I don’t know which they do first – bathe or launder their clothes. On the left you can see the clothes with a bucket and bar soap. I love that the pattern on her longhi (the sarong around her waist) matches the reflection in the water.
You would think this was a spectacular site right? Well, it is, but this is just one of 4,000 pagodas in this small area, and you kinda get used to it.
A little structure on the other side of the river, probably for waiting for the ferry or fishing or something. There are also two people on the shore to the left.
Posted on April 24, 2010 at 4:18 pm.
Might as well…
by Mike
Azure and I came across a group of strong, wet ladies at a river. They were carrying dirt on their heads, but we couldn’t tell where they were digging. So we followed them down to the river…
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Posted on December 12, 2009 at 7:15 am.
A girl lights incense for the Buddha. Bangkok, Thailand.
by Mike
For whatever reason, I didn’t pull out my camera until the end of the day yesterday, so I have to remember the following scenes using the miracle of writing…
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Posted on December 2, 2009 at 8:30 am.
