FEATURE (Category: Asia | Myanmar | all seasons | cultural-historical | traditional peoples | religion | cycling)..................REGISTER for LIGHTBOXMyanmar: The Rebirth of BurmaMyanmar, former Burma, is often in the news recently. And mostly in a positive way. Now that the rough edges of military rule are being polished, Mick Palarczyk went off to have a look. He concluded that Burma is one of the most beautiful countries of southeast Asia and found that the people are heart-warmingly friendly and very spiritual. The country certainly is poor, at the same time the landscape is dotted with gold-covered pagodas. Mass tourism is far off, but Myanmar starts to attract more visitors. Mostly they come for highlights such as the medieval Bagan temple-complex and the mountain locked Inle Lake. But it is while travelling its tree-shaded countryside roads that the true beauty of this mystical country reveals itself. Please read excerpts of this article.
FEATURE (Category: Asia | Myanmar | all seasons | cultural-historical | traditional peoples | religion | cycling)..................REGISTER for LIGHTBOXMyanmar: The Rebirth of BurmaMyanmar, former Burma, is often in the news recently. And mostly in a positive way. Now that the rough edges of military rule are being polished, Mick Palarczyk went off to have a look. He concluded that Burma is one of the most beautiful countries of southeast Asia and found that the people are heart-warmingly friendly and very spiritual. The country certainly is poor, at the same time the landscape is dotted with gold-covered pagodas. Mass tourism is far off, but Myanmar starts to attract more visitors. Mostly they come for highlights such as the medieval Bagan temple-complex and the mountain locked Inle Lake. But it is while travelling its tree-shaded countryside roads that the true beauty of this mystical country reveals itself. Please read excerpts of this article.
FEATURE (Category: Asia | Myanmar | all seasons | cultural-historical | traditional peoples | religion | cycling)..................REGISTER for LIGHTBOXMyanmar: The Rebirth of BurmaMyanmar, former Burma, is often in the news recently. And mostly in a positive way. Now that the rough edges of military rule are being polished, Mick Palarczyk went off to have a look. He concluded that Burma is one of the most beautiful countries of southeast Asia and found that the people are heart-warmingly friendly and very spiritual. The country certainly is poor, at the same time the landscape is dotted with gold-covered pagodas. Mass tourism is far off, but Myanmar starts to attract more visitors. Mostly they come for highlights such as the medieval Bagan temple-complex and the mountain locked Inle Lake. But it is while travelling its tree-shaded countryside roads that the true beauty of this mystical country reveals itself. Please read excerpts of this article.
[BURMA 24.853] ’Donom, a Padaung woman.’ Donom, a woman from the Padaung tribe, lives currently in Indein, a village on the west shore of the Inle Lake. She has sought refuge here from political unrest in her home Kayah State, which lies south of the Inle Lake. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
[BURMA 25.004] ’Owl.’ At Inwa (south of Mandalay) an owl topped by a hti (pinnacle of a stupa) guards a pagoda within the town walls of the ruined royal city. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
