07 November: Leaving Singapore for Mandalay
07 November: Telephoto view from Mandalay Hill Resort Hotel at night
07 November: Mandalay Hill Resort Hotel
08 November: Street artist, Mandalay
08 November: Golden Palace Monastery
08 November: Market - Nay Lin explaining how they make Tha Na Ka sun block / make-up
08 November: Mandalay Mahamuni Pagoda
08 November: Mandalay Mahamuni Pagoda - Eileen ringing the bell
08 November: Marble statue production
08 November: Our guide, Nay Lin
08 November: Mandalay Royal Palace
08 November: Mandalay Royal Palace -us on the Watch Tower
08 November: Outside our lunch venue
08 November: Flowe seller outside Pagoda
08 November: Kuthowdaw Pagoda
08 November: Kuthowdaw Pagoda - engagement photo
08 November: Pagoda on Mandalay Hill
08 November: Pagoda on Mandalay Hill - sunset
09 November: Mahagandayon Monastic Institution lunch preparation
09 November: Mahagandayon Monastic Institution
09 November: Boat trip on the Irrawaddy
09 November: By horse and cart to Ava
09 November:
09 November: Near Bagaya Teak Monastery
09 November: Bagaya Teak Monastery
09 November: Bagaya Teak Monastery - bats!
09 November: Eileen with our 'driver'
09 November: Maha Aung Mye Bom San Monastery
09 November: Al fresco lunch at Ava
09 November: At Ava - we bought the picture next to his right hand!
09 November: Back to the boat
09 November: U Min Thonze
09 November: Sunset at U Bein Bridge
09 November: Sunset at U Bein Bridge - beggar smoking cheroot
09 November: Supper at the hotel
10 November: initiation parade for novice nun
10 November:
10 November: Heading to Min Gun
10 November: Ablutions at the riverside
10 November: Taxi!
10 November: Eileen ringing the Min Gun Bell
10 November: Isinbyume Paya, Min Gun
10 November: Resident at the Buddhist Home for the Aged, Min Gun
10 November: Dinner at the Aureum Hotel, Pyin Oo Lwin
10 November: Dessert!
11 November: Our accommodation at Pyin Oo Lwin
11 November: Market in Pyin Oo Lwin
11 November: Market in Pyin Oo Lwin - Betel leaves
11 November: Market in Pyin Oo Lwin - preparing Betel leaves for chewing!
11 November: Market in Pyin Oo Lwin - a family business
11 November: Pyin Oo Lwin
11 November: National Kandawgyi Gardens
11 November: A tour by horse and carriage
11 November: All Saints' Church
11 November: Pyin Oo Lwin railway station
11 November:
11 November: Aureum Resort & Governor's House
12 November: The Jade Pagoda
12 November: Young lady at The Jade Pagoda
12 November: Boarding RV Katha Pandaw for our 2-day river cruise
12 November: Two worlds
12 November:
12 November: Preparing a salad on board ship
13 November: Irrawaddy sunrise
13 November:
13 November: Hey-ho, hey-ho ... !
13 November: Boys and a girl at Yandabo
13 November: A bit of erosion!
13 November: Girl at Yandabo
13 November: Yandabo village - famous for its pottery
13 November: Yandabo village children
13 November: Yandabo village
13 November: Yandabo village - potter's wheel turned by young boy
13 November: Yandabo village potter
13 November: Yandabo village pottery kiln
13 November: Yandabo village - one man and his dog watching the visitors
13 November: 5
13 November: Yandabo village - finishing touches to fire-bases
13 November: Yandabo village man
13 November: Yandabo village schoolchildren
13 November: Brian, our cruise guide, telling us about the school
13 November: Yandabo village schoolgirl
13 November: Eileen on board
13 November: It's a tough life on the open water!
13 November: Off to Pakokku
13 November: Pakokku - weaving
13 November: Pakokku - colourful bags for sale
13 November: Pakokku - making cheroots
13 November: Pakokku - unusual sky
14 November: On the Irrawaddy
14 November: Arriving at Bagan
14 November: Bagan
14 November:
14 November: Bagan - display of old tradition 'Nats'
14 November: Bagan - Ananda Phaya
14 November: Bagan Lodge
14 November: Bagan - Manuha Phaya
14 November: Bagan - traditional puppet show
15 November: Bagan Lodge
15 November: Thuntekan
15 November: Thuntekan - processing peanuts
15 November: Monastic cave dwelling
15 November: Monastery
15 November:
15 November: Bhaya Thon Zu Phaya
15 November: Narathihapatae Phaya
15 November: Narathihapatae Phaya - artist
15 November: Narathihapatae Phaya - wall painting
15 November: Narathihapatae Phaya - buying a sand painting
15 November: Traffic jam!
15 November: U Ba Nyein Lacquerware workshop
15 November: U Ba Nyein Lacquerware shop
15 November: Happy Hour at Bagan Lodge
15 November: Pool no 2 at Bagan Lodge
15 November: Sunset in Bagan
15 November: Bagan
15 November: Candle-lit supper in Bagan
15 November: Eileen and Nay Lin
15 November: Bananas!
15 November: Traditional entertainment at supper
16 November: Driving by horse and cart past (lady!) road workers
16 November: Pagoda!
16 November: Eileen
16 November:
16 November: Market
16 November: Child in the markey
16 November: Chillies and coconuts
16 November: Eileen on her 'tri-shaw'
16 November: Children at an Orphanage queueing for orange juice
16 November: Children at an Orphanage
17 November: Balloons over Bagan Lodge early morning
17 November: Collecting palm sugar
17 November: Preparing coconut (with baby in cradle!)
17 November: Moon Shine licquor (legal) fermenting
17 November: Eileen 'testing' the Moon Shine
17 November: Weaver bird nests
17 November: Lunch
17 November: Our lodgings at Kalaw
18 November: 'Christ the King' Catholic Church in Kalaw
18 November: Boy with his puppy outside St Catherine's Anglican Church, Kalaw
18 November: Linesman, Kalaw
18 November: Sack of dried tea leaves at Kalaw railway station, on their way to Yangon
18 November: Kalaw railway station
26 November:
18 November: Local ethnic group threshing rice
18 November: Niger crop
18 November: Tea
18 November: Pindaya
18 November: Shan Paper and Parasol Workshop, Pindaya
18 November: Taking the ferry at Nyaung Shwe
18 November: Arriving by speedboat at the Pristine Lotus Hotel on Inle Lake
18 November: Our accommodation at Pristine Lotus
19 November: Early moring view from our accommodation at Pristine Lotus
19 November: The grounds of Pristine Lotus
19 November: The famous leg-rowers of Inle Lake
19 November: Inle Lake
19 November: Doing the washing on Inle Lake
19 November: Arriving at In Dein village
19 November: In Dein village - local traditional dress
19 November: In Dein village
19 November: In Dein village - locals in traditional dress
19 November: In Dein village - foot artist
19 November: In Dein village - the Pagoda complex
19 November: In Dein village - Pagoda repairs
19 November: Lunch on Inle Lake
19 November: Speedboat ferries on Inle Lake
19 November: Ladies of the Kayung Tribe
19 November: A lady of the Kayung Tribe
19 November: A young lady of the Kayung Tribe, weaving
19 November: Back to Pristine Lotus
20 November: Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda
20 November: Ko Than Hlang silk and lotus weaving
20 November: Life on Inle Lake
20 November: Returning by ferry to Nyaung Shwe
21 November: Yangon
21 November: Yangon - Sule Pagoda
21 November: Yangon - Cliff Richard visited the Padonmar Restaurant, where we had lunch
21 November: Yangon - Shwedagon Pagoda
21 November: Yangon - Shwedagon Pagoda, washing the Buddha
22 November: Yangon
23 November: Singapore - Chinatown
23 November: Singapore - Clarke Quay
23 November: Singapore
24 November: Singapore
24 November: Singapore - Clarke Quay
25 November: Singapore
