SCENES OF BURMA NOT OFTEN PUBLISHED--BUT REALLY INTERESTING

BURMA WITHOUT THE TEMPLES.

Traveling the Far East can be the magnificent hotels of Hong Kong and Tokyo. So too, it can be the marvelous beach resorts of Thailand and even very nice hotels here in Burma. But I thought, as long as the internet will allow today (which may be quite short) I will try to provide a glimpse of some of what I truly enjoy--the "life" of Burma beyond the temples.
Here is a typical market in a small town (New Bagan).

The merchants around the holy Buddhist sites, even in the sites themselves are a bit disconcerting to Westerners but appear to be accepted as commonplace. Here are those corridors leading to the Buddha statutes.

This is a rural country with 75% of the population still living on farms and rural areas. It's not surprising that many people use the rivers to travel and so like the Amazon these boats are often covered from the sun.