Spot-on Yangon

For practical (flight) reasons, a visit to Myanmar usually begins in Yangon. It's a great place to hang around for a few days, to observe old times and new times merge together in most peculiar ways. I'll show you some of them.

 

Yangon rundt

Siden de fleste fly til Myanmar lander i Yangon, er det her de fleste besøk i landet begynner. Det er et supert sted å bare gå rundt i noen dager og se hvordan fortiden og fremtiden flettes inn i hverandre på mange rare måter. La meg vise deg noen eksempler.

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About the photos:
* Taken with a Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX400 (fixed lens, not an SLR)
* These 54 photos were selected from about 1,000 photos I took during this visit 
* Some photos were processed using PaintShop Photo Pro X5 and Nik Color Efex Pro 3

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(Where you can also download my travel book, One for the Road, for free!)