Bagan

Palaung woman

Pankam village. This woman was photographed in a National Geographic many years ago. She is still amazingly attractive.

Sunset

Sunset from our "private" temple in Bagan. We were the only ones here!

Lastwagen voll mit Kindern

Pyin Oo Lwin

Marché de nuit à Hsipaw

Choisir ses légumes avec la lumière d’une bougie ? Oui, c’est possible au Myanmar.

Bekki beim Friseur

Kann ich das an einen Perrueckenmacher verkaufen?!

Des filles à Hsipaw

Bekki with a paper umbrella

Bagan

View from the train

Crossing the Gokteik Viaduct

John planning our itinerary

John working out the next leg of our itinerary in our hotel in Bagan.

Kolja und Bekki

Nach unserem Besuch beim Friseur, war's ein bisschen spaet und wird sind per Pferdekutsche zurueck zum Hotel, wo uns unserer erstaunten Maenner erwarteten.

Kolja montre des photos

à des villagois dans l'Etat de Shan

Hon Kaw Village

Night number two on our trek from Hsipaw through this mountainous region. We were some of the first foreigners to ever set foot in this village.

Baugerüst in Myanmar

In Pyin Oo Lwin

Der Dorffernseher in Khon Kaw

in unserer zweiten Nacht auf der Wanderung im Gebirge um Hsipaw. Waehrend wir Karten spielen, sitzen neben uns um die 40 Frauen und Kinder beim abendlichen Fernsehen. Aber an diesem Abend sind wir wohl interessanter als das Fernsehprogramm...

Sunrise in Bagan

Erdbeeren!!!

Sooo lecker! Sooo süss! Und völlig unbehandelt.

Rice for a song

Nuns begging their morning rice in Mandalay

Strawberry love

Best tasting strawberries ever!

Des moines dans notre pickup

I found a way up!

Bekki standing on top of our "private" temple in Bagan

Bekki balancing a basket of shoes

Hsipaw

Marché de nuit à Hsipaw

Nachtmarkt in Hsipaw

Never seen a foreigner

Just saw a foreigner...

Khon Kaw village

Calling the wind

Villagers in Man Loi village separating rice grains from their husks. The man on the ladder whistles to call up the wind.

Black chili

Man Loi village

Lion man

Notre guide nous montre comment faire des bulles avec une plante

Dorfeinwohner bei der Teezubereitung

Tot Pai Village

We are among the first foreigners to set foot in these tribal minority villages of Shan State

Comcombre sauvage

Khon Kaw village

Auf dem Rückweg von der Feldarbeit

Check out her earings

Two village women we met in Khon Kaw

Unsere Unterkunft

Khon Kaw village

Khon Kaw village at sunset

Bamboo rice cooker

Villagers fill bamboo trunks with rice and then cook it over a fire

John bei der Teeaussortierung

Tot Pai village

Children in Tot Pai village

This is the first time most of these children have seen foreigners, so they gathered to watch us eat lunch

Tea drying

The team

On our three day hike through the mountains around Hsi-Paw

Manu and Lion man

Pankam village, Palaung tribe

Woman washing clothes

Traditional style... On the way to Pankam village

Young boy

Cool tree man!

Jump rope contest

Girls racing with jump ropes in Hsipaw for the Myanmar independence day celebration

Albino water buffalo

This rare albino water buffalo has to work just as hard as all of the others. Apparently only albino elephants get to soak up luxury

Sunset in Bagan

New pet?

I am going to call her Porkchop

Shan noodles drying

Hsipaw

Lunch in Hsipaw

Bagan

Vu sur Bagan depuis notre temple "privé".

Fantasy?

Boisson sucrée birman.

Kolja traversant la rivière

Kolja en train de traverser une rivière lors de notre trek de 3 jours dans l’état de Shan, pas loin de Hsipaw.

Unsere Profifotografen

John und Manu beim Fotovergleich