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Temporary encampment of locals beside the road from Bagan to Mandalay after they were flooded out by the rising lake waters. <br /> <br /> Everyone seemed to so completely at home with the situation that I had the feeling that this had happened many times in the past and they were ready to cope with it again.
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Temporary encampment of locals beside the road from Bagan to Mandalay after they were flooded out by the rising lake waters.

Everyone seemed to so completely at home with the situation that I had the feeling that this had happened many times in the past and they were ready to cope with it again.

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  • Temporary encampment of locals beside the road from Bagan to Mandalay after they were flooded out by the rising lake waters. <br /> <br /> Everyone seemed to so completely at home with the situation that I had the feeling that this had happened many times in the past and they were ready to cope with it again.
  • Ducks galore, road to Mandalay, Myanmar
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  • Man and his prize pig on the road to Mandalay, Myanmar
  • Bailing out her dugout canoe.<br /> <br /> On the road from Bagan to Mandalay recent heavy rains had flooded the area, and the only high ground was the road itself. This woman was trying to get her canoe floating again. The action is best seen at larger sizes.
  • Lay person stoking the fire to prepare the monk's midday meal, Mahagandayon Monastery, Amarapura, Myanmar
  • Traditional cooking over wood fire for monk's midday meal, Mahagandayon Monastery, Amarapura, Myanmar
  • Lay worker preparing onions for monk's midday meal, Mahagandayon Monastery, Amarapura, Myanmar
  • Kitchen with huge cooking pots, Mahagandayon Monastery, Amarapura, Myanmar
  • Woman lay worker peeling garlic for use in the monk's midday meal, Mahagandayon Monastery, Amarapura, Myanmar. <br /> <br /> This monastery is a teaching monastery and preparing lunch for several hundred hungry young monk's requires a lot of garlic and other types of food. Much of the labour for this, and the food, is donated by the surrounding community. Other photos about the preparing the monk's midday meal can be seen here: <a href="http://goo.gl/Jkmzh3">http://goo.gl/Jkmzh3</a><br /> Don't be too grossed out by my 'rice and flies' photo!<br /> <br /> 25/09/13 <a href="http://www.allenfotowild.com">http://www.allenfotowild.com</a>
  • Basket of rice 'peppered' with flies and 'flavoured' with mold (best seen at the largest sizes)<br /> <br /> Photographed in the kitchen, Mahagandayon Monastery, Amarapura, Myanmar.<br /> <br /> Update: I think that this is left over rice that is not for human consumption. No idea of its eventual use. It might be for animal or fish consumption, or maybe for use as fertilizer.
  • Lay workers preparing onions and squash for monk's midday meal, Mahagandayon Monastery, Amarapura, Myanmar
  • Lay workers preparing onions and squash for monk's midday meal,Mahagandayon Monastery, Amarapura, Myanmar
  • Lay worker preparing steaming cauldrons of rice, Mahagandayon Monastery, Amarapura, Myanmar
  • Lay worker pouring steaming soup into serving pails in the kitchen, Mahagandayon Monastery, Amarapura, Myanmar
  • Elderly woman lay worker tending the fire under a steaming cauldron, Mahagandayon Monastery, Amarapura, Myanmar
  • Arthritic old woman carrying a shuttle of burning wood down the road, Mahagandayon Monastery, Amarapura, Myanmar
  • Monks lining up with their bowls to receive their midday meal, Mahagandayon Monastery, Amarapura, Myanmar<br /> <br /> Other shots of the monks can be seen here: <a href="http://goo.gl/YHw9mv">http://goo.gl/YHw9mv</a><br /> <br /> 27/09/13 <a href="http://www.allenfotowild.com">http://www.allenfotowild.com</a>
  • Monks lining up with their bowls to receive their midday meal-2, Mahagandayon Monastery, Amarapura, Myanmar
  • Monks dishing out rice, Mahagandayon Monastery, Amarapura, Myanmar

  • johnchapmanphotographer

    on May 3, 2016

    Hi, Nice capture.

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