Pagodas are everywhere, including industrial areas.

Approach to the huge Shwe Dagon temple complex in Rangoon.

Part of the enormous solid central structure of the Shwe Dagon

Part of the walking area surrounding the stupa.

Here we are posing before the stupa with an indication of the continual maintenance.

For images of the Buddha, the bigger the better. This is the largest "lying" image.

Typical city bus - these date to the 1930s and have rear access and ventilation. Cars are mainly right hand drive as are the roads!

Hand blowing of glass with furnace behind. Protective clothing is not used.

Local buses are converted lorries. This is a fairly empty one.

General view of Rangoon with the central station in the foreground.

The Commonwealth War Cemetery outside Rangoon where over 27,000 men are buried or commemorated.

Typical electrical wiring - power cuts are frequent (Click to enlarge).

Kitchen in monastery at Bago outside Rangoon. Monasteries are always open and the monks eat once a day at 1100.

Monks queuing for their daily meal.

Litter bin at a temple complex in Bago.

Street scene a Bago. All bikes, including motor, are banned in Rangoon, as is the use of horns.

Steam locomotives are still in use in the Bago area.

Young novice monk studying near Inle Lake.

Wooden monastery near Inle Lake. Wood is commonly used for country dwellings due to cost and being in an earthquake zone.

The ladies enjoying shopping at a local market.

Dredging a canal at Inle Lake.

Traditional fishermen on the very shallow Inle Lake.

A fisherman showing the "leg-rowing" style, using one arm and a leg, unique to the lake. This leaves one arm free.

So you think cats can't be trained to jump through hoops? Ask the monks in the monastery on Inle Lake how it is done.

Typical tourist narrow boat powered by a very noisy Chinese 2-stroke diesel with no silencing.

Typical village houses on Inle Lake

A few of the abandoned stupas at Indein. Buddhists earn more points for the next incarnation by building new rather than by repairing old.

River scene at Indein off Inle Lake. Bamboo is a popular structural timber.

Floating village high street on Inle Lake with tourist narrow boat in the foreground.

Earning myself some points for the next life by applying gold leaf to a temple Buddha in Mandalay.