BURMA 2005

It has been my first travel to Burma and also my first journey to Asia as well. I visited Burma from March to April.

This country has the longest existing military junta in the world, and the government is controlling most parts of tourism and the people are constantly suppressed by this brutal dictatorship. In the border regions a civil-war is raging against the ethnic minorities since more than 60 years.

The holy Buddhist Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon.

Young street vendor with his stall in downtown Rangoon.

A young girl, painted with Thanaka in her face. - Amarapura

A detailled pagoda in Pegu.

A shy young boy at the Shwedagon pagoda in Rangoon.

A shy young girl at the Mandalay Hill.

Meditating Buddha in Mandalay.

The water festival, which is taking place at New Year in April, where young and old are splashing each other with water to wash away evil spirits. - Rangoon