Photo with Essay tagged with 'YANGON' (5/13)

Live Chickens Were Sold, But I Never Once Saw A Butcher Wringing A Chicken

The Butcher, Who Is Boringly Rustling The Chicken, Seems As If He Thinks He Should Be Doing Something Else

A Peddler Carrying A Carrying Pole Can Do Business Anywhere

In The Messy Workshop, The Man Was Working With A Machine

It Is Said That About 4% Of The Population Is Muslim, But I Don't Know If This Includes The Rohingya People

Dried Shrimp Is An Everyday Ingredient In Myanmar Cuisine, Just As It Is In Thai Cuisine

The Owner Of The Loud Laughter Was Perched Solidly On The Other Side Of The Pomegranate

In The Midst Of A Noisy Open-air Market, The Man Was Silent And Pensive

The Woman Was Slumped Over, Waiting For Customers To Come In To Buy Oranges As If I Didn't Exist

Standing At The Edge Of The Open-air Market, The Woman Had A Tray Piled High With Grapes Around Her Neck

The Woman Who Looked Like She Was Still Wearing Her Beauty Pack Was Also Waiting For The Bus

The Man Was Sitting In Front Of A Jewish Synagogue

Silvery Torah Arks Were Enshrined In The Back Of The Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue

When You Order Food, A Plate With Vegetables Is Served Separately From The Food, But I Don't Know How To Eat It

Fresh Betel Leaves, Bright Green, Were Spread Out On The Table

The Stores Lining The Main Street, Where Sidewalks Were Also Provided, Were All Small

The Bicycle Cab Has A Sidecar-like Device Attached To The Side Of The Body

The Man Who Just Bought A New Appliance Gave Me The Thumbs Up On The Saiq-ka

In Contrast To The Expanding Power Of Automobiles, The Human-powered Bicycle Cabs Seemed To Be Slowly Declining In Power

No One Was Sitting On The Seat Of The Bicycle Cab, And A Speaker Was Placed In Its Place

Compared To Cities In Other Southeast Asian Countries, The Overseas Chinese In Yangon Seemed To Be Well Integrated Into The Burmese Ethnic Group

Bicycle Cabs For Shoppers Were Also Waiting For Customers On The Side Of The Road

Shrimps Sold Everywhere Are Peeled, So People In Yangon May Like To Eat Them, But Not So Much To Peel Them

The Electronic Scales Were Ostentatious Compared To The Atmosphere Of The Modestly Run Butcher Shop

The Young Man Didn't Seem Too Keen On Selling Beverages

The Skewers Were Arranged Around The Pot, And All That Remained Was To Wait For The All-important Guests To Arrive

The Name Of The Street, Maha Bandula, Comes From A Real-life Person Who Was The Supreme Commander Of The Royal Burmese Army

Although There Are Still Many Majestic Buildings From The British Era In The Downtown Area, The Custom Of Playing Cricket Apparently Never Took Root

Many Pedicabs Are Waiting For Customers At The Ferry Terminal Where Many People Come And Go

It Seems Strange Now, But Myanmar Was Once Part Of The British Indian Empire

Fine Colonial-era Buildings Still Remain In The Plots That Were Developed During The British Colonial Period

In A Corner Of A Row Of Government Buildings, A Man Was Engaged In Typewriting Documents To Be Submitted To The Government

Used Bookstores On The Street Not Only Sell Books, They Also Reinforce Them

Sule Pagoda, A Major Tourist Attraction, Is Built On An Island In The Middle Of The Roundabout

Like Shwedagon Pagoda, Sule Pagoda Has Its Share Of Shady Characters Who Are After Worshippers

The Girls Were More Into Their Phones Than Visiting The Temple

To Enter Sule Pagoda, One Must Cross The Road At The Roundabout

The Taste Of Kun, Which Look The Same At First Glance, Varies Slightly From Store To Store

The Girl Holding The Cat Seemed To Be Working Gracefully

The Woman Did Not Seem To Think She Would Be The Subject Of The Photo, And Was Embarrassed When I Pointed The Camera At Her