Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning


Feb 23, 2015: Ayarwaddy River Walk

This morning after breakfast, I walked along the river just to see what there was to see. It all started with herds of cattle being moved down the road followed by monk's collecting breakfast

feb 23 5683 monday cattle movement

Morning Cattle

feb 23 5683 morning cattle

Monk breakfast collection

feb 23 5698 monk breakfast collection

Rice buckets

feb 23 5700 rice buckets

Street food breakfast

feb 23 5727 street food breakfast

Happy smile

feb 23 5728 happy smile

Morning girl

feb 23 5731 morning girl

River village wakeup - These places are all temporary - as when the river rises, they will all be under water

feb 23 5732 river village wakeup

River food

feb 23 5735 river food

Stacks of bamboo

feb 23 5739 bamboo stacks

Sort of upscale river homes

feb 23 5744 upscale river homes

Cooking

feb 23 5746 cooking

Outside kitchen

feb 23 5750 outside kitchen

Grandmother

feb 23 5757 grandma

Wrinkles

feb 23 5766 wrinkles

morning chores

feb 23 5769 morning chores

Flood plane village

feb 23 5774 flood plane village

Monks using a water taxi to cross the river

feb 23 5776 3 monks water taxi

Morning milk (fresh)

feb 23 5795 morning milk

Cattleman watching

feb 23 5803 cattleman watching

Watching

feb 23 5805 watching

Fetching water

feb 23 5815 fetching water

A lone tree

feb 23 5820 lone tree

Two monks a walking

feb 23 5834 two monks awalking

I did not understand what this lady was doing - later I figured out she was cleaning garlic

Cleaning garlic

feb 23 5838 clearing garlic

What I call the garlic walk - sort of stomping on the garlic and breaking the covering skin

feb 23 5846 garlic walk

More garlic cleaning

feb 23 5851 garlic cleaning

There are lots of garlic things in these baskets - which in the water seem to loosen the covering skin

feb 23 5856 garlic stomping

Here is a video of the ladies stomping and cleaning the garlic

Beyond the garlic ladies - some guys fishing and ladies washing

feb 23 5871 temple fishing washing

Fishing and washing

feb 23 5879 fishing washing

Then I turned around and started walking back to the hotel - past the garlic ladies. And down wind - it was clear this was garlic - lots of it

feb 23 5897 garlic stomp

River village

feb 23 5907 river village

Family

feb 23 5908 family

Washing breakfast dishes

feb 23 5921 breakfast washing

Lady walking

feb 23 5933 lady walking

Lady walking

feb 23 5934 lady walking

Later - dinner on the rooftop of the Ayarwaddy Riverview Hotel and sunset

feb 23 5949 sunset

Sunset

feb 23 5954 sunset

Sunset

feb 23 5961 sunset

Quiet night Ayarwaddy river

feb 23 5971 river night

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C. Frank Starmer

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