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Hugh Byrne

2014 Myanmar

December trip to Myanmar, with stops in Mandalay, Bagan, Kalaw, Inle Lake, Mawlamyaing, Kyaikhtiyo, and Yangon
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Pounding gold into leaves
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Pounding gold into leaves

Gold pounding district in Mandalay. Each gold ingot is pounded for 5 hours to flatten it into wispy leaves.

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  • Pasting gold on the Buddha at Mahamuni Paya
  • Ringing the bell at Mahamuni Paya
  • Pounding gold into leaves
  • World's largest book
  • Wholesale fish market, Mandalay
  • Mingun
  • Sunrise at Mandalay Palace
  • The daily market in Mandalay
  • Morning meal at Maha Ganayon Kyaung
  • Umin Thounzeh in Sagaing
  • Student protest near Inwa, Myanmar
  • Elephant in novitiate procession
  • Buddhist Novitiate
  • Yedanasimi Paya
  • Maha Aungmye Bonzan
  • Schoolgirl near Bagan
  • Bagan at dusk
  • Sunset in Bagan
  • Twilight in Bagan
  • Dusk in Bagan
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