I’m not feeling inspired to write much today; too preoccupied with worrying about all the cracks they are finding in the runways at Bangkok’s new airport, not to mention all the gray hairs I’m seeing in the mirror. In the meantime, here are some assorted photos from my recent trip to Myanmar.

What? You mean I can’t wear my feet?

Tourists take a pony cart tour of Inwa.

Colony of bats near a riverside village west of Bagan.

Orange sellers push their cart in Mandalay.

The “leaning tower” of Inwa.

Fortuneteller at the Kuthowdaw Pagoda in Mandalay.

A street sweeper and her young daughter in Nyaungshwe.

Sittana Paya near New Bagan.

Novice monks play volleyball in Kaung Daing near Inle Lake.

Pilgrims apply gold leaf to the “Golden Rock” at Kyaiktiyo.

After losing my way, this village woman gave me directions to the orphanage in Maing Thauk.

U Tet Tun, director of the Maing Thauk Orphanage.

Picking peanuts in a field south of New Bagan.

Logs used to make thanaka paste for sale at a market in Bago.

Teak carving at Bagaya Kyaung in Inwa.

Young nuns at the Ananda pagoda festival in Bagan.

Stir-frying a batch of sunflower seeds in Pyin U Lwin.

No more room for passengers on this Mandalay mini-bus. Or is there?

Fixing a road in Maing Thauk.