13 Jun 2017

Memoirs of Myanmar II: people

Continuing from the previous post, I will share here my visual recollections of the people we encountered along the way during our trip across Mandalay, Bagan and Inle lake last January. People in Myanmar belong to very different ethnic groups but they all have one thing in common: their warmth and their friendliness. Despite the never-ending trips (land transportation is still precarious in many parts of the country, though it's developing quickly), people make even the dullest moments enjoyable, and those are memories that survive longer than any other thing. In this post, therefore, I will show a small collection of images of people of all kinds and sorts taken along our trip in the country.

Old and new, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Stairhat, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 15mm
Statue and flesh, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 15mm
Sunset balloons, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Sunset in U Bein Bridge, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Sunset in Mandalay, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 15mm
Golden hour, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Bubbles, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Razor and flow, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Shoerack, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 15mm
Masks I, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 15mm
Masks II, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 15mm
Masks III, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 15mm
Study time, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
School window, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Novice school I, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Novice school II, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Novice school III, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Children's games I, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Children's games II, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Wood carriers, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
The tree I, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
The tree II, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Playground I, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Playground II, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Wise age I, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Wise age II, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Wise age III, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Layers, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Eyes in the puddle I, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Eyes in the puddle II, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Closing time, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 15mm
Disagreement, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 15mm
Shadows, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 15mm
Bike stop, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Patters, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 15mm
The jump, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 15mm

5 Jun 2017

Memoirs of Myanmar I: landscapes

To celebrate the Near Year (plus, coincidentally, my own birthday) I decided to visit my neighbor country again, a country I had been to twice before and that I really love for its warm people and beautiful landscapes, Myanmar, but this time I would travel a bit further up North for the first time and visit the culturally rich cities of Mandalay and Bagan plus the scenic area of Inle Lake. This would again be a family trip, for I would be traveling with my sister and partner, and it would be the last stretch of my Christmas holiday before resuming work the second week of January, so I was excited and eagerly anticipating the day we would fly there. I will divide the images I have selected from the trip in two articles, the first of which is going to be about the places, sights and landscapes that doted our 10 days in the country.

Sunrise in Bagan I, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Sunrise in Bagan II, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Sunrise in Bagan III, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Sunrise in Bagan IV, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Sunrise in Bagan V, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Sunset in Bagan I, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 15mm
Sunset in Bagan II, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Bike and toilet, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 15mm
Laundry, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 15mm
Parasol, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Plumes I, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Plumes II, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Falling petals, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 15mm
Waterlily, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Hpo Win Daung Caves, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 15mm
Buddha, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 15mm
Mandalay Hill, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 15mm
Reflection in Bagan, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 15mm
Inle Lake I, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Inle Lake II, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Inle Lake III, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Laykyun Setkyar, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 15mm
Balloons over Bagan I, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm
Balloons over Bagan II, GX80 + Panasonic Leica 42.5mm