BURMA 2009

Actually I have been inside Burma from November 2008 to January 2009, but I am filing the photos in the 2009 folder.

This time I have mostly travelled to the Shan refugee camps and Shan State Army camps along the Thai / Burma border, as my focus this time was my research for my Shan text-book and not for taking photos.

My deepest thanks go to everyone, who I met on this travel and who told me their sometimes very personal stories.

A young boy holding a candle during the Thai King birthday celebrations by the Shan people of Loi Tai Leng. - 05. December 2008

An Akha woman with her traditional costume on her way back from Sunday's church in Loi Kaw Wan.

View on the refugee camp Loi Kaw Wan, where Shan, Akha, Lahu and some Chinese people live.

A Lahu woman in the refugee camp at Loi Kaw Wan.

A dentist at work in the clinic of Loi Tai Leng.