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yangon and beyond

yangon. was the former capital of the union of myanmar, before moved to nyapyidaw, nearby pyanmana, about 400 km from mandalay.

as the capital city from the former british era, yangon was enchanting. tree-lined boulevards with so many old colonial buildings. and top of the city views is the gorgeous shwedagon paya.

but what we see nowadays is a tragic beauty. politics and military rules made the people live in poverty. they are smiling to us. but by looking into their eyes, we found a hidden sadness.

pictures (c) ukirsari ingram  
COMMENTS
Shector said at 10:19 a.m. on Jan 16, 2008:
bellissimo tabblo'..le mie preferite la prima e l'ultima..
Tishfish said at 10:19 a.m. on Jan 16, 2008:
Very tragic for people to lose their familiar way of living. Hopefully the ruler will change.
Ukirsari-nicholas said at 10:36 a.m. on Jan 16, 2008:
thanks a lot for dropping by, shector and doreen.
- doreen, we do hope the same. you can see the beauty, but you feel their pain also. strange feeling when we go travel in myanmar!
Andre. said at 11:22 a.m. on Jan 16, 2008:
I do like your "urban-style" Shots. I'd miss half of it. Nice:)
JuDeck said at 11:45 a.m. on Jan 16, 2008:
Love your pictures and narrative. It almost looks like the smartly dressed man in the last picture has a bouquet of flowers in his hand.
Anjad said at 12:30 p.m. on Jan 16, 2008:
Very good tabblo. The first shot is wonderful!
Ania said at 1:11 p.m. on Jan 16, 2008:
Very good pictures, ngreat tabblo!!!
Debdog said at 2:28 p.m. on Jan 16, 2008:
we take for granted the freedoms we have...thanks :) LOVE that first shot :)
Candlepower said at 3:30 p.m. on Jan 16, 2008:
Wonderful shots so intersting!
Hhwind said at 12:39 a.m. on Jan 17, 2008:
Great pictures especially the first and the last, Yangon is a tragic tale of a country going to the dogs so to speak where dictatorship and corruption is the norm of the day
Ukirsari-nicholas said at 3:17 a.m. on Jan 17, 2008:
thanks for comments, steve, andre, jude, anja, ania, debbie, pat and teo :)
- yes andre, coincident urban-style snap shots!
- jude, the smartly dressed man with a bouquet of flowers ... we'll going wrong if thinking he'll go somewhere for a date. he's not! he present those flowers to the temple. you believe that?!
- yes anja, first picture was taken from our balcony. glittering in the night and looks wonderful.
- debbie and teo ... hoping the freedom will come soon for them ...
Noe said at 2:57 p.m. on Jan 23, 2008:
Fantastic shots and place too... great work! =)
Ukirsari-nicholas said at 9:19 p.m. on Jan 23, 2008:
mucho gracias, noe! yes, fantastic place with tears in our eyes ....
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