An Ode to the People of Myanmar
(1/320, F5.6, ISO200, 154mm)
The last month of absence in the blogosphere was spent traveling Cambodia and Myanmar. Both were amazing experiences, but I have to admit the spontaneity, enthusiasm and hospitality of the people of Myanmar stole my heart.
Combine that with Myanmar´s amazing scenery, hardly any tourism and therefor some amazing sights only to be shared with locals and monks.
(1/320, F5.6, ISO200, 154mm)
When traveling on the bouncing train from old capital Yangon to Bago we made one stop to buy watermelon, samosas and other food from the people on the tracks.
This was another opportunity to expand my horizons by photographing some of the faces of Myanmar.
Thanks for making me and my friend feel so welcome!
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Beautiful ~ there are not two other countries where I’d rather be seeing history (both the beautiful distant past and the sad recent path) and living within a culture that has such a great handle on current simplicity and happiness. Great photos!
I’ve had two friends to visit Myanmar and came away with similar thoughts and feelings. So glad you hd such a wonderful experience.
The images reflect your feelings
I didnt meet anybody on my travels around here that didnt fall in love with Myanmar and its people; still a place where going off the beaten track is very worthwile.
Have a great holiday season and end of 2014!
Greetings, Ron
I’d like to spend some time there. I just spent a few hours once renewing my Thai visa. Nice shots.
fantastic portraits!
Prachtig!
Beautiful portraits Ron and what an experience!
Mooie mensen en kleuren.
Wonderful portraits, Ron. I doff my imaginary cap to you!
Great travel photos. Thanks for stopping by my blog and liking my posts. I am looking forward to viewing more of your photography.
Thanks a lot, Marisa, enjoyed your art! All the best and thanks for stopping by, greetings,
Ron
Wonderful post, Ron!
Gracias, Malin! Knowing the train would move on any moment I was brave enough to take some photos from these faces 😉
Have a good weekend
I just recently read an article about Myanmar in a travel magazine recently and a lot of it talked about the different temples and shrines scattered throughout the country. It also mentioned the lack of tourism too. One of these days I’ll make it to Asia! Nice to see some people for a change in your pictures.
The whole country is covered with golden pagodas coming out of the fields and forests and standing on top of all hills, very mystical, and monks everywhere.
I didnt visit the most famous places (Bagan & Inle lake), but heard that these are already starting to overflow with tourists; unbelievable how fast it goes, but the area i visited was almost empty and spent great times with locals in amazing places!
Thanks, Amelie, couldnt resist these faces on the trainstop 😉
Have a great weekend
What language did you communicate in? Looking forward to more pics…
Some English, but mostly gestures, smiles and imitating anything, which must have been a funny sight 😉
Thanks for stopping by, Annette, more coming, no portraits, maybe some humans, but not that close…
Greetings, Ron
Super images Ron! 🙂
Thanks, Adrian, glad my try on photographing some people worked for you!
Have a great weekend,
Ron
the eyes.
Thanks, Gav, thought they spoke about the cruel history of Myanmar in some way.
Enjoy your weekend
Not my impression of what the people of Myanmar might look like, based on media coverage!
These are tremendous photos.
Thank you very much, Judith! I´m not sure, these were probably men on their way to work, and I guess the photos of the pretty smiling kids and portraits of monks are more common?
Hope all is well, greetings,
Ron.
Beautiful!
Thank you very much, Leya!
Very different from your previous photos, but just as emotionally involving. Thank you!
Thanks a lot, Margaret, glad to hear you enjoy these too!
Your support is and has always been so encouraging, thank you for that.
Hope all is great,
Ron
Very beautiful expressions, great shot!
Thank you very much, Pat! So nice to hear these work for you!
Greetz, Ron.
The captures of their eyes are just stunning! These two great photos tell stories, very moving.
Thats very kind of you to say, Amy, glad they came out right and thinking of the recent history of this country these men definitely have something to tell!
Thanks for the compliment, really very encouraging, all the ebst to you,
Ron
Two beautiful photos. This must have been a wonderful trip.
Thank you very much, Angeline! It was absolutely amazing, because of the friendly, hospitable people and the feeling you were really exploring unvisited places!
Hope all is great, greetings,
Ron.
Very nice shots. Looking forward to see more.
Gracias, Cardinal, not much more portraits i´m afraid, lots of other stuff from Myanmar and maybe a little Cambodia (only brought small compact there for memories, but not liking those too much 😉
Have a good week,
Ron
Des beaux portrait avec des regards intenses.
Bonne journée a toi
Merci beaucoup, Soizic y bonne jour a toi aussi!
Ron
I loved Thailand for similar reasons and my brother who has traveled more extensively there said I would fall in love with Cambodia and Vietnam. The whole region is amazing.
Compared to what I´ve seen from Thailand, it´s uncomparable to Myanmar, because most of Thailand has heavy tourist traffic and that definitely changed the people that have to deal with the,. Myanmar was hardly visited, especially the places where I went. Must say the week before I was in Cambodia and that felt already like yuo could get closer to the locals and it looked like they enjoyed the tourists and lived together with them happily!
Just personal observations ofcourse, like all travel 😉
Hope all is great with you, thanks for stopping by, Noelle!
I don’t remember seeing portraits on your blog before. These are really good Ron. 🙂 What are samosas?
Definitely never did portraits, maybe one or two people in my photos somewhere, but definitely not like this!
Thank you, Paula, great to hear you like em.
Samosas are triangular pastries filled with anything, in these areas its mainly vegetarian curries 😉
🙂 sounds good
Well seen and beautifully captured Ron. I’m looking forward to more from your trip.
Hi Louis, thanks for saying that, relatively new in point my camera at people, but this opportunity I couldn´t miss
Have a great week, Ron.