sagaing, mandalay division, myanmar
only six months ago thousands of monks, later supported and joined by tens of thousands of civilians, marched the streets of mandalay and yangon. at first, the military regime didn’t interfere and even let the peaceful protesters march towards aung san suu kyi’s house. after a few days however, police and military forces brutally ended the demonstrations - officially - killing ten and injuring several dozens. the picture was taken in september 2007 in village near mandalay barely a week before the first major demonstrations started.
March 5th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
cool! An other interesting perspective might have to take this pict. from the sight while the monk gazes in front of him and then verically.. did you do that as well?
March 5th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Fantastic, reminds me of Burma, but this is Thailand, right? :)
March 6th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
rikjan, good idea but didn’t take it though at that time
joe, it is burma: near mandalay in the north. see also info above ;)
March 7th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
nice, like the way the rays emanate from his head !!
March 7th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Love it!
Dont remember you were in Burma before the demonstrations…cool picture!