Burma (Myanmar) 1980 picture notes

1. Arakan temple, Mandalay: Papier mache owls of all sizes for sale in the temple

2. Mandalay Hill: These imposing creatures guard the start of one of the long sets of covered steps which ascend the hill

3. Shwe Dagon, Rangoon: The largest and most imposing of the temples in the capital of Burma

4. Shwe Dagon, Rangoon: Just one of the many thousands of Buddha images in the temple complex

5. Rangoon festival: A full-sized ferris wheel with no motor, but powered by men wearing longhis and plastic sandals, climbing out to the edge of the highest buckets

6. Arakan temple, Mandalay: Burmese fashion and offerings for sale in the approaches to the centre of the temple