Kalahari Bushmen telling stories while they build a fire using the local grass and sticks. The Bushmen have relied on stories as the way to transfer their extensive and vital knowledge of their environment for tens of thousands of years, almost unchanged. Only the modern garb on the youngest bushman gives away the century.
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Men unloading Rice Sacks by hand from a freighter in Yangon Loading Docks, and dropping a stick to hel pthe count. Longshoreman make about five dollars per day doing this heavy labor in Myanmar, Burma, Southeast Asia
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Agricultural Farm Fields with scattered trees in the Inle Lake Area, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia
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Buddha Shrines in Pindaya Cave, featuring amazing Caverns with over 8000 Buddha images, Inle Lake Area, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia
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Old Diesel Locomotive Engine pulling the tran from Yangon to Kalaw, Shan State near Heho, Myanmar, Burma, Southeast Asia
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Shan Tribal Elder Woman Grandmother at her house in a Shan Village near Kalaw, Shan State near Heho, Myanmar, Burma, Southeast Asia
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Kitchen in Traditional Shan house with wood fire and hanging chickens in Shan village near Kalaw, Shan State near Heho, Myanmar, Burma, Southeast Asia. The Shan family who own and live in the house had never had Westerners as guests before but welcomed us in as we walked by and treated us with great respect and hospitality.
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Monks in Prayer Robes at Evening Prayers at Theravada Buddhist Monastery in Kalaw, Shan State near Heho, Myanmar, Burma, Southeast Asia
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Inle Lake Area, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia 1/ 60s, at f/8 || E.Comp:-3 / 6 || 22mm || WB: AUTO 0. || ISO: 800 || Tone: || Sharp: || Camera: NIKON D300on: 2009:01:14 13:44:33
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Inle Lake Area, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia 1/ 20s, at f/8 || E.Comp:3/6 || 20mm || WB: AUTO 0. || ISO: 800 || Tone: || Sharp: || Camera: NIKON D300on: 2009:01:14 13:32:52
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Golden Sunset through the clouds over Inle Lake Area, Shan State, Myanmar, Burma, Southeast Asia
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Local Village School on Stilts in Inle Lake showing reflection, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia
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Inle Lake Area, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia 1/ 350s, at f/13 || E.Comp:-6 / 6 || 120mm || WB: AUTO 0. || ISO: 800 || Tone: || Sharp: || Camera: NIKON D300on: 2009:01:14 08:00:25
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Inle Lake Area, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia 1/ 3s, at f/5.6 || E.Comp:0 || 60mm || WB: AUTO 0. || ISO: 800 || Tone: || Sharp: || Camera: NIKON D300on: 2009:01:13 18:00:00
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Inle Lake Area, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia 1/ 1000s, at f/6.7 || E.Comp:0 || 150mm || WB: AUTO 0. || ISO: 800 || Tone: || Sharp: || Camera: NIKON D300on: 2009:01:13 16:29:29
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Inle Lake Area, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia 1/ 2000s, at f/6.7 || E.Comp:0 || 135mm || WB: AUTO 0. || ISO: 800 || Tone: || Sharp: || Camera: NIKON D300on: 2009:01:13 16:27:03
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Inle Lake Area, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia 1/ 750s, at f/11 || E.Comp:0 || 150mm || WB: AUTO 0. || ISO: 800 || Tone: || Sharp: || Camera: NIKON D300on: 2009:01:13 16:42:14
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Wooden Home built on Stilts in In Paw Khon Village South of Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia
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School Children returning home from elementary school in a dugout canoe serving as their neighborhood bus showing their houses on stilts in a tiny village in the Inle Lake Area, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia
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Inle Lake Area, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia 1/ 125s, at f/11 || E.Comp:-3 / 6 || 200mm || WB: AUTO 0. || ISO: 400 || Tone: || Sharp: || Camera: NIKON D300on: 2009:01:14 16:58:11
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Inle Lake Area, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia 1/ 250s, at f/16 || E.Comp:-6 / 6 || 35mm || WB: AUTO 0. || ISO: 560 || Tone: || Sharp: || Camera: NIKON D300on: 2009:01:14 07:45:01
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Inle Lake Area, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia 1/ 750s, at f/6.7 || E.Comp:0 || 56mm || WB: AUTO 0. || ISO: 400 || Tone: || Sharp: || Camera: NIKON D300on: 2009:01:13 16:22:15
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Inle Lake Area, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia 1/ 500s, at f/8 || E.Comp:-3 / 6 || 112mm || WB: AUTO 0. || ISO: 400 || Tone: || Sharp: || Camera: NIKON D300on: 2009:01:14 16:41:54
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These Shan fisherman are famous for their one-legged rowing technique which allows them to use both hands for their fishing nets while still using an oar with one leg to propel their boats forward. Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia
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Shan villager plowing his farm field with his ox and by hand in the Inle Lake Area, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia
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Women harvesting rice who are paid by acre for the land they harvest. Shan villagers in the Inle Lake Area, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia
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Fishmonger at the local morning market in Sittwe, a poor port city near Bangladesh, Rakhine Kingdom, Myanmar, Burma, Southeast Asia
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Street scene on typical dirt road in Western Burma among the many temples found near Mrauk U. North of Sittwe at Mrauk U, Rakhine Division, Arakhan Kingdom, Myanmar, Burma, Southeast Asia
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Street scene on typical dirt road in Western Burma among the many temples found near Mrauk U. North of Sittwe at Mrauk U, Rakhine Division, Arakhan Kingdom, Myanmar, Burma, Southeast Asia
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Stone carved Buddha Statue in an arched niche in a crypt under the famous Sit-Thaung temple near Mrauk U, Rakhine Kingdom, Western Myanmar, Burma, Southeast Asia
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Sittwe and Mrauk U, Rakhine Division, Arakhan Kingdom, Myanmar, Burma, Southeast Asia 1/ 350s, at f/9.5 || E.Comp:-3 / 6 || 29mm || WB: AUTO 0. || ISO: 560 || Tone: || Sharp: || Camera: NIKON D300on: 2009:01:08 17:31:39
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Young Burmese Girl running across a rice paddy field near Mrauk U, Rakhine Division, Arakhan Kingdom, Myanmar, Burma, Southeast Asia
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Row of Buddhas and emerging Monk Statues in the garden outside the Mahamuni location near Mrauk U, Rakhine Division, Arakhan Kingdom, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia
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Replacement Mahamuni Buddha after theft, near Mrauk U, Rakhine Division, Arakhan Kingdom, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia
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Member of the ruling military offers gold as gilding, as traditional for the Buddhist relition, to the replacement Mahamuni Buddha north of Mrauk U, Rakhine Division, Arakhan Kingdom, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia
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Outer Crypt at Koe Thaung Temple showing some of the many thousands of Buddha carvings in the wall and some of the many Buddha statues sunlight near Mrauk U, Rakhine Division, Arakhan Kingdom, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia
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Golden Buddha Statue Sitting in Crypt under Dukkanthein Buddhist Temple at Mrauk U, Rakhine Division, Arakhan Kingdom, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia
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Mrauk U and Chin Villages, Rakhine Kingdom, Myanmar, Burma, Southeast Asia 1/ 1000s, at f/8 || E.Comp:0 || 200mm || WB: AUTO 0. || ISO: 560 || Tone: || Sharp: || Camera: NIKON D300on: 2009:01:10 12:11:51
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Chin children studying on their holiday at their local school, built by eco-tourist donations. Their teacher, a university graduate who could not find a job in the city teaches the one-room school for $10/month. The Chin are one of the oppressed minorities in Burma. Chin Villages near Mrauk U, Rakhine State, (Arakhan Kingdom), Myanmar, Burma, Southeast Asia
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Mrauk U and Chin Villages, Rakhine Kingdom, Myanmar, Burma, Southeast Asia 1/ 2000s, at f/4 || E.Comp:0 || 18mm || WB: AUTO 0. || ISO: 560 || Tone: || Sharp: || Camera: NIKON D300on: 2009:01:10 12:21:56
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Mrauk U and Chin Villages, Rakhine Kingdom, Myanmar, Burma, Southeast Asia 1/ 1000s, at f/8 || E.Comp:0 || 82mm || WB: AUTO 0. || ISO: 560 || Tone: || Sharp: || Camera: NIKON D300on: 2009:01:10 12:05:40
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Mrauk U and Chin Villages, Rakhine Kingdom, Myanmar, Burma, Southeast Asia 1/ 30s, at f/8 || E.Comp:0 || 24mm || WB: AUTO 0. || ISO: 560 || Tone: || Sharp: || Camera: NIKON D300on: 2009:01:10 11:52:25
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Mrauk U and Chin Villages, Rakhine Kingdom, Myanmar, Burma, Southeast Asia 1/ 1500s, at f/8 || E.Comp:-3 / 6 || 135mm || WB: AUTO 0. || ISO: 560 || Tone: || Sharp: || Camera: NIKON D300on: 2009:01:10 11:14:34
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Mrauk U and Chin Villages, Rakhine Kingdom, Myanmar, Burma, Southeast Asia 1/ 1500s, at f/8 || E.Comp:-3 / 6 || 135mm || WB: AUTO 0. || ISO: 560 || Tone: || Sharp: || Camera: NIKON D300on: 2009:01:10 11:14:32
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Mount Popa Resort, on the mountains near Bagan, Plain of Temples and Surrounding Villages, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia
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