Travel Photography ASIA: Amazing faces & places discovering Yangon, Myanmar. ~ Welcome Friends..(အခ်စ္သေကၤတ)

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Travel Photography ASIA: Amazing faces & places discovering Yangon, Myanmar.

12:18 AM Unknown No comments

Exploring and discovering Yangon, Myanmar…
the faces and places.

Photo above: This old Buddhist Monk in the market of Yangon is probably suffering from a skin condition called Vitiligo, a condition in which white patches develop on the skin, due to destruction of pigment-forming cells known as melanocytes.

Yangon also known as Rangoon, is a former capital of Burma, Yangon as it is called now has a population of over four million and continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial center.
Interesting to note is that Yangon has the largest number of colonial buildings in Southeast Asia today, a Photographers haven with its busy markets and very interesting Dock/Harbor area.
But most impressive is the Shwedagon Pagoda that has existed for more than 2,500 years, making it the oldest historical pagoda in Burma and the world.

Copyright all Rights reserved. Mandatory credit with image use:
© Gunther Deichmann - www.deichmann-photo.com
At the Shwedagon Pagoda, the stupas during a full moon, Yangon, Myanmar

Shwedagon Pagoda_Monk_Bell_Myanmar

Copyright all Rights reserved. Mandatory credit with image use:
© Gunther Deichmann - www.deichmann-photo.com
At the Shwedagon Pagoda, Buddhist Monk meditating near very large Bell, Yangon Myanmar

Shwedagon Pagoda_Monks_ Yangon_ Myanmar

Copyright all Rights reserved. Mandatory credit with image use:
© Gunther Deichmann - www.deichmann-photo.com
At the Shwedagon Pagoda, gathering of visiting Buddhist Monks
Yangon Myanmar

Shwedagon Pagoda_praying_Girl_Yangon_Myanmar

Shwedagon Pagoda_praying_Girl_Yangon_Myanmar

Copyright all Rights reserved. Mandatory credit with image use:
© Gunther Deichmann - www.deichmann-photo.com
A teenage girl worshipping at the Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon Myanmar

According to some historians and archaeologists, the pagoda was built by the Mon people between the 6th and 10th centuries CE.
The gold seen on the stupa is made of genuine gold plates, covering the brick structure and attached by traditional rivets and the crown or umbrella is tipped with some 5,448 diamonds and 2,317 rubies.
But if you like action and watch hard working-man then a trip to the Port of Yangon situated on the Yangon River is a must. Here is where the real hustle and bustle takes place, dock-workers unloading small and large boats with all types of goods.

Copyright all Rights reserved. Mandatory credit with image use:
© Gunther Deichmann - www.deichmann-photo.com
Hard at work, Port of Yangon situated on the Yangon River, Myanmar

worker_dock-Yangon_Myanmar

Copyright all Rights reserved. Mandatory credit with image use:
© Gunther Deichmann - www.deichmann-photo.com
Hard at work, Port of Yangon situated on the Yangon River, Myanmar

Another interesting place for a visit is the Yangon Circular Railway the local commuter rail network that serves the Yangon metropolitan area. The 39-station loop system connects satellite towns and suburban areas to the city. The railway has about 200 coaches, runs 20 times and sells 100,000 to 150,000 tickets daily.

Copyright all Rights reserved. Mandatory credit with image use:
© Gunther Deichmann - www.deichmann-photo.com
Boy playing inside the Railway Carriage, Yangon
Circular Railway, Myanmar

Yangon_trainstation_boy_Myanmar

Copyright all Rights reserved. Mandatory credit with image use:
© Gunther Deichmann - www.deichmann-photo.com
Railway station in Yangon, Circular Railway, Myanmar

Copyright all Rights reserved. Mandatory credit with image use:
© Gunther Deichmann - www.deichmann-photo.com
On the way to Insein inside the Railway Carriage, Yangon Circular Railway, Myanmar

Train_Yangon_Myanmar-Women

Copyright all Rights reserved. Mandatory credit with image use:
© Gunther Deichmann - www.deichmann-photo.com
Young child on the Yangon Railway station platform

During our last GD Photo Workshop we took a short but memorable trip for about an hour, passing by villages and observing the lively and colorful life of the rural Burmese people en route.

Copyright all Rights reserved. Mandatory credit with image use:
© Gunther Deichmann - www.deichmann-photo.com
At the Insein station about 45 min from Yangon,
Yangon Circular Railway, Myanmar

We disembarked at the small town of Insein, meet with the friendly locals before returning to Yangon to explore the amazing downtown of Yangon exploring Chinatown and Little India.But Yangon has so much more to offer besides the sights mention above, an amazing city, with its Buddhist monasteries, shrines and temples, I continue soon and talk about this another day.

Copyright all Rights reserved. Mandatory credit with image use:
© Gunther Deichmann - www.deichmann-photo.com
Sisters at their small store in Little India, Yangon, Myanmar

Little India_Man_Indian_Myanmar_Yangon

Copyright all Rights reserved. Mandatory credit with image use:
© Gunther Deichmann - www.deichmann-photo.com
Red teeth from chewing Beetle nut, shoe vendor in Little India,
Yangon, Myanmar

Yangon_Myanmar_Muslim_Boy

So why you don’t join us in June 2012 for an incredible Journey to Myanmar where we discover the undiscovered and explore other unique places seldom visited by others.