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and… back from Borneo !

had an amazing time, both on land and underwater, diving Sipadan !

Cam&Lens   Canon PowerShot G10 (Canon) & 6.1-30.5 mm [6.1 mm]     Shutter:   1/60 s
Create Date:   2010:02:17 03:35:51     Aperture:   f/2.8
Location:   4° 13' 59.2253012048" N – 118° 37' 48.9248197734" E –  m.a.s.l.     ISO:   80

 

Tribute to Myanmar : Amazing Bagan




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Create Date:   2009:10:08 19:07:23     Aperture:   f/11.0
Location:   21° 10' 26.5219330855" N – 94° 52' 57.6804407713" E –  m.a.s.l.     ISO:   200

 

MYANMAR – Entering amazing Bagan archaeological zone

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Create Date:   2009:10:06 11:32:30     Aperture:   f/8.0
Location:   21° 10' 10.1028" N – 94° 51' 49.608" E – 6413 m.a.s.l.     ISO:   200

 

traffic jams, tomatoes, and smiles made in Inle !

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Create Date:   2009:10:05 12:31:10     Aperture:   f/4.0
Location:   20° 39' 42.3864" N – 96° 55' 44.7708" E – 4452 m.a.s.l.     ISO:   200

 

market day near Inle Lake

 

Tribute to Myanmar – part3 – Around Inle lake

Crossing Inle lake

and reaching the yearly procession of

Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival (Inle Lake – Shan State)

One of the famous principal shrines in Myanmar, this pagoda houses five small Buddha images. Once a year, in end Sept-early Oct., there is a pagoda festival during which the five Buddha images are rowed around the Lake in a colourful barge.
Situated in Inle Lake, one of the most dazzling and magical places in Asia. It is held on a grand scale for 18 days, usually falls in October (sometimes in September). Four Buddha Images out of five from Phaung-daw-oo Pagoda are carried on royal barge and conveyed around 14 villages on the Lake. The barge is towed by the boats of leg -rowers and hundreds of boats follow the procession. The large crowds of people gather on the lake-shores to celebrate the occasion. It is really a splendid sight. (source)


You can see the massive barge carrying the buddha in the background (golden one)

Then we head with the crowd to Naung Taw temple

Monks&Guns….

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Create Date:   2009:10:04 08:39:56     Aperture:   f/5.6
Location:   20° 26' 5.5608" N – 96° 54' 5.1876" E – 17511 m.a.s.l.     ISO:   200

 

Tribute to Myanmar – part2

Hi there ! Myanmar people in Inle Lake area are simply wonderful !

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Create Date:   2009:10:03 15:29:30     Aperture:   f/5.6
Location:   20° 39' 46.5947995666" N – 96° 53' 11.6916" E – 46159 m.a.s.l.     ISO:   400

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Create Date:   2009:10:04 12:54:08     Aperture:   f/8.0
Location:   20° 27' 41.9688" N – 96° 54' 36.5328" E – 21697 m.a.s.l.     ISO:   200

 

Tribute to Myanmar – color – part1

Wonderful and buzzling Teakwood bridge named “U Bein” near Mandalay.

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Create Date:   2009:10:02 15:48:57     Aperture:   f/9.0
Location:   21° 53' 33.8604" N – 96° 3' 12.0276" E – 3133 m.a.s.l.     ISO:   200

 

Cabaret show in Shanghai

Chinatown-1

Chinatown-2

nice !

more infos on http://www.chinatownshanghai.com/

 

Gentlemen 帅哥

My friends, Clement and Yan

Clément

Clement

and

Yan

Yann

 

MYANMAR in B&W, the temples of Bagan

The Bagan Archaeological Zone is the formal name used to designate the historic region of the ancient Kingdom of Bagan. It has been suggested that perhaps over 13,000 temples, pagodas and other religious structures originally were built in this 26 sq. mile (42 sq. k.) area during the height of the kingdom between the 11th and 13th centuries. The region clearly stands with Angkor and Borobudur among the most significant archeological sites of Southeast Asia and indeed of the world. It has recently (2002) been nominated for World Heritage Site status.

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Create Date:   2009:10:06 14:46:06     Aperture:   n.a.
Location:   21° 9' 49.0437181664" N – 94° 51' 56.5746246688" E –  m.a.s.l.     ISO:   100

Postcard view from terraces on temples
enjoying the view
nice lights illuminating Buddha

Sunset in Bagan, on top of Buledi temple
Sunset in Bagan, on top of Buledi temple

 

MYANMAR in B&W, Shwe Inn Thein temple, Inle lake.

This temple is located at the western end of Inle Lake reached by a boat ride through a long channel. This river channel is too shallow to use later on in the dry season and even now it was difficult to use a longtail boat with motor. On the way we watched farmers cultivating their produce and even more leg-rowers.

Shwe Intaing Pagoda is an 800-year old pagoda reached by a long walkway covered by a roof held up by 400 wooden columns.

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Create Date:   2009:10:04 14:45:55     Aperture:   n.a.
Location:   20° 27' 20.3739213806" N – 96° 50' 12.6778916545" E –  m.a.s.l.     ISO:   100

Wandering around the ruins of stupas

This is called “hti”, the top of the pagoda :
This is called "hti", the top of the pagoda

Titling ‘htis’
Tilting 'hti'

Stupas forest
Stupas forest

Wandering around the ruins of stupas
Wandering around the ruins of stupas

 

MYANMAR in B&W, enjoying wonderful INLE LAKE

set at 900m high, Inle lake is a wonderful place to enjoy fresh air, nice people and wonderful views.

enjoying the lake freshwaters and air

Boat Parking on the lake

parking boats on Inle Lake

Cute little girl watching the procession

cute little girl in her boat

among the hundreds of boats attending the procession

Following the procession

proud young and strong rowers

Young and strong rowers

watching each others

watching each others among the crowds

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Create Date:   2009:10:04 08:20:52     Aperture:   n.a.
Location:   20° 26' 16.3216933281" N – 96° 54' 30.4684502776" E –  m.a.s.l.     ISO:   100

waving at young monks

Wawing hands at oung monks across the river

 

MYANMAR, Mandalay city and surroundings in B&W

Mahamuni Temple

Mahamuni Temple

Stone carving street

Stone carving street

Scary marionettes

Scary puppets

Burmese texts

burmese texts

Silversmith

silversmith at work, around Sagaing Hill

Taxi! Burmese style

taxi, local style!

Nuns crossing the street

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Create Date:   2009:10:02 18:00:39     Aperture:   f/1.4
Location:   21° 58' 44.3310513447" N – 96° 4' 39.3273927393" E –  m.a.s.l.     ISO:   100