Andaman Sea: Anchored

Just Another Day by the Andaman Sea

April 2017, Bokpyin Township, Thaninthayi Region, Myanmar:  On the week before the annual celebration of the “Thingyan” or Water Festival, Myanmar’s equivalent to the New Year Holidays; I visited Bokpyin, a remote town… Continue reading →

Shrimp Men

‘Til the Last Drop of Sunlight

Dusk at River Pathein

Rest

Early Morning at Haigyikyun Beach

Haigyikyun Township, Myanmar:  A woman carries a net for catching tiny shrimps in Haigyikyun along the coast of the Bay of Bengal. Many other fishermen use motorbikes to get to their preferred fishing… Continue reading →

Life along the River

The Pathein River and its tributaries divide the township of Ngaputaw in Myanmar into several splinters of islands and small land masses.  Travelling on a tugboat in some of these waterways, I always… Continue reading →

Morning Scene at the Bay of Bengal

A village lady with a basket of goods on her head walks on the beach covered with crisscrossing tire tracks in Haigyikyun, Ngaputaw Township, Myanmar.  Nearby villagers, come to this beach mostly on… Continue reading →

Combing the Tide

I wrote of villagers of Haigyikyun and how the village men battle tide to catch a specific bounty from the sea: tiny shrimps (see The Fisherfolks of Haigyikyun).  In the course of the… Continue reading →