Myanmar 2010, day XV

Night falls in Yangon (Rangoon), the former capital and the largest city of Myanmar.

Myanmar 2010, day XIV

Men of all ages work out and practice lethwei at the gym of YMCA in Yangon, Myanmar.

Myanmar 2010, day XIII

Japanese tourists photographing the sun rise over the pagodas and temples of Bagan in Central Myanmar.

Myanmar 2010, day XII

Festival crowd celebrates as a balloon carrying firecrackers takes off succesfully at Taunggyi balloon festival in Myanmar. The Taunggyi balloon festival is an annual event that pays homage to the Sulamani Pagoda in heaven by sending up decorated balloons. The decorated paper balloons are 5-15 meters tall carrying a long tail loaded with firecrackers or candles. Taunggyi is the capital of the Shan state of Myanmar, every year almost 200 000 people attend the festival.

Myanmar 2010, day XI

A balloon carrying firecrackers fails to take off and falls into the crowd at Taunggyi balloon festival in Myanmar. The Taunggyi balloon festival is an annual event that pays homage to the Sulamani Pagoda in heaven by sending up decorated balloons. The decorated paper balloons are 5-15 meters tall carrying a long tail loaded with firecrackers or candles. Taunggyi is the capital of the Shan state of Myanmar, every year almost 200 000 people attend the festival.

Myanmar 2010, day X

Novice monks finish a game of soccer at Swhe Gu Kyaung monastery in Nyaung Swhe near Inle lake in  central Myanmar.

Myanmar 2010, day IX

Three women in the kitchen of Nga Phe Chaung floating monastery on Inle lake in Myanmar.

Myanmar 2010, day VIII

Night falls in the small town of Nyaung Shwe by Inle lake in central Myanmar.

Myanmar 2010, day VII

The brick constructed base of the unfinished Mingun Paya near Mandalay, Myanmar. Had the stupa been finished it would have been the largest but even the brick base of it remains the largest single pile of bricks in the world.

Myanmar 2010, day VI

Young man swings up to the air holding on to the cabin of a manual ferris wheel to control the speed of it in Mandalay. The man-powered ferris wheels together with a team of young men operating them tour the pagoda festivals in Myanmar.

Myanmar 2010, day V

Young monks take a morning bath at Mahagandayon monastery near Mandalay, Myanmar.

Myanmar 2010, day IV

A man standing ready to load the boxes of fish on a truck at the fishing port in Yangon, Myanmar.

Myanmar 2010, day III

A pot making business generates a daily income of 5-6$ for the family in the pottery town of Twante near Yangon, Myanmar

Myanmar 2010, day II

Cock fight in action at the Chinese quarters of Yangon, Myanmar

Myanmar 2010, day I

A rickshaw by the Sule Paya in Yangon, Myanmar

Bangkok nights III

Bangkok streets at night, Thailand.

Bangkok nights II

Bangkok streets at night, Thailand.

Kouvolan AMK

Photoshoot at Kouvola AMK school for NRT architects, Finland.