This is the 2nd Largest City in Myanmar. The U-Bein Bridge at 1.2 km long was built around 1850 and is believed to be the longest and oldest teakwood bridge in the world. Many crafts people work in the traditional way and it has some wonderful pagodas.
1 The Pounding of Gold Leaf for the Ornaments for the Temples and Stupas
2 Marking out on the Ornament for the Temple
3 Cooking Lunch and Offering us a Taste
4 The Old Lady of the House
5 Children Sleeping and Playing while their Mothers Work on the Stalls
6 Coffee Break at the Privately Run Mingon Buddhist Home for the Aged
7 The Male Ward
8 Out side the 2nd Ward for Women
9 The 3rd Ward the Ladies were into Crafts
10 Buddhist Home for the Aged, Mingon
11 One of the Three Wards with all their Worldly Goods around them
12 Buddhist Home for the Aged, Mingon
13 Enjoying her Cigar
14 At 96 she was still Knitting and Sitting Amidst her Many Personal Items
15 The Lady who took us Aroung the Home
16 Beautiful Local Girl
17 Artist working on the U-Bein Bridge
18 Sleeping on one of the Food Stalls on the Bridge
19 The U-Bein Bridge at 1.3 km Long Made of Teak Crossing the Taungtaman Lake
20 U-Bein Bridge at Sunset
21 Early Morning Coffee Before the Sun Rises at the U-Bein Bridge
22 A Monk on the U-Bein Bridge
23 Looking Down from the Bridge
24 Early Morning at the Lake
25 U-Bein Bridge at Sunrise
26 Fisherman with his Net at Sunrise
27 Fisherman with his Net at Sunrise
28 Fisherman with his Net at Sunrise
29 Colourful Girls with their Produce
30 U-Bein Bridge at Sunrise
31 Field Worker on the Banks of the Lake
32 Taungtaman Lake
33 Breakfast Time at the Mahagandayon Monestery
34 Mahagandayon Monestery
35 Mahagandayon Monestery
36 Mahagandayon Monestery
37 Monk and Woman Washing Up
38 Food is Provided by a Different Company each Day for the Monks
39 The Kitchen
40 Worker Resting at the Workplace of Statues
41 Clay Moulds
42 Finishes Brass Head
43 The Street of Marble Workers Covered in Dust
44 Street and Trees almost White from the Dust
45 Head Lying at the Roadside
46 Polishing the Marble
47 Painting the Eyes
48 Looking at the Jade
49 A Good Games at the Jade Market
50 The Jade Market - Discussing the Current Market price
51 Ku Tho Taw Pagoda
52 Ku Tho Taw Pagoda
53 Ku Tho Taw Pagoda-The Alter
54 Close up of the Flowers at the Alter
55 Ku Tho Taw Pagoda
56 Ku Tho Taw Pagoda
57 Sunset at the Ku Tho Taw Pagoda
58 Impressionist View of the Ku Tho Taw Pagoda at Sunset
