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| Only in Burma girls and women use tanaka as make up and sun protection |
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| as here to sell fruits at the market |
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| in the countryside |
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| The Shwedagon pagoda in Rangoon is huge... |
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| with monks .... |
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| and people all barefoot |
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| It's worth spending one full day! |
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| outside of Rangoon, beautiful rice paddies... |
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| with a lot of farmers... |
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| some with a buffalo pulling the plough |
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| Pagan is an old capital with hundreds of pagodas which rivals with Angkor |
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| Mandalay is another former capital with the U Bein's bridge |
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| and a royal palace covered with gold |
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| Young girl use tanaka and flower to look more beautiful |
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| and to sell painting with her brother |
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| this young monk paused for me |
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| while others travel by truck |
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| yes, I was charmed by this young girl! |
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| this San woman in traditional costume was very shy |
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| I hiked in the hills to a Akka tribe village... |
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| where they live in primitive conditions |
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| old women blacken their teeth |
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| mothers practice breast feeding |
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| but young girls have a more modern look |
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| Afraid of fire, this woman uses a coconut shell as an ashtray |
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| The market is where you have to go to buy or sell |
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| At lake Inle they have a floating market |
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| and a regular one |
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| fishing is a big activity... |
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| but rice is the main staple and these young girls carry 20Kg. of rice straw |
