Bangkok Backstreet

During my visit in Myanmar I stumbled upon a sign near the entrance of a military domain in the centre of the ancient capitol Mandalay. On the billboard I read the magical words: “People’s Desire”. The sign is located on a major intersection and every day thousands of people pass the sign without looking at it. Maybe because it is written in English and most Burmese hardly speak any English. The sign is definitely meant for the Western tourists on their way from the old Royal Palace to Mandalay Hill…
The message is clear:
* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views
* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and the progress of the nation
* Oppose Foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the state
* Crush all internal en external destructive elements as the common enemy
I wonder if this really is the desire of the Burmese people…

Novices in Naung-U, Bagan.

Girl selling Postcards in Bagan

Enjoying the view in Bagan

Cow herder in Old Bagan

Herder in Old Bagan.

Women praying In Bagan

1000 year old temple in Bagan.

Young monk studying in Mandalay.

Monks, lining up for Breakfast near Mandalay.

Mandalay.

Graffiti on de wall of the Golden Palace watchtower.

Monk in the Shan mountains.

Resting farmer in the Shan Mountains

Playing Burmese footbal in the streets of Yangon.

A young Novice in Naungswhe.

Selling fish near Inlay Lake

Naungswhe

Restaurant in Naungswhe.

Boy, wearing Thanaka in Yangon.

Monk at Swhedagon Pagoda, Yangon

Boy in Yangon.

Monks, studying in Bago.

Teashop in Bago.

Monks getting donations, Naungswhe.

Inlay Lake village.

Pa-o tribe children in the Shan mountains.Children in a Shan mountain village.

Young Pa-O women.

Old Pa-O woman cooking lunch.

Pa-O in a small Shan mountain village.

Shan Mountains.

Monks in Kalaw.

Naungswhe.

Naungswhe.