River Cruise
July 2016: Weary passengers patiently wait as their boat chugs along the Pathein River in the Ayeyarwady Region of Myanmar to the township center of Ngaputaw. Access between the township center and the… Continue reading
A seemingly unearthly sight of a living human head ethereally suspended, almost separated, from the body by a pile of brass rings — a sight that I once naively thought could only belong… Continue reading
Myanmar, December 2016: Tucked at the southernmost tip of the Ayeyarwady Region of Myanmar, at the point where the mystic currents of the Andaman Sea meet the glorious tides of the Bay of… Continue reading
July 2016: Weary passengers patiently wait as their boat chugs along the Pathein River in the Ayeyarwady Region of Myanmar to the township center of Ngaputaw. Access between the township center and the… Continue reading
Fate has so decided that they be born in a remote village of an obscure township called Ywangan. Situated in the hilly region of Southern Shan State in Myanmar, the place can be… Continue reading
A morning scene along the river banks of Ngaputaw in the delta region of Ayeyarwady in Myanmar. Locals have constructed a jetty and mooring poles made of bamboo for the passenger boats that… Continue reading
Ngaputaw Township, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar / July 2016: Mingling with community members, I couldn’t help but wonder what the future lives of the kids would be in a very remote village where majority… Continue reading
Ngaputaw Township, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar: A local fisherman sets shrimp traps along the banks of a river. The grove of palm trees that line the river banks provide a perfect habitat for river… Continue reading
Ngaputaw Township / July 2016: A couple of ladies carefully make their way to shore through a makeshift bamboo jetty. Passenger boats ply a river network that connects remote villages to the town… Continue reading
Inle Lake, Myanmar / September 2016: Situated almost almost 3,000 feet above sea level in the Shan Hills of Myanmar, Inle Lake receives a lot of rainfall and serves as a catch basin… Continue reading
Inle Lake, Myanmar / September 2016: Finding this man, armed with a fishing line attached to a bamboo pole and ready with a big basket and a teapot; I asked my boatman to… Continue reading
Inle Lake, Myanmar / September 2016. Just like any touristy place in the world, there are locals who pose to entertain tourists and there are those who do it because it has always… Continue reading