Trip To The Local Market- Various Location In Mynmar

Been traveling for sometime and seeing many things. Something’s are exciting and some aren't. I believe that the most exciting things are usually found in the market, from vegetables to meat, flowers, yummylious food and in the case of Myanmar absolutely everything even gambling.

At times, when you are lucky you also will see interesting events. This time around I saw two scenes, (i) two lady selling goods fighting with each other and ii) two man and a lady (prostitute), one of the man was trying to take the lady away, but she cried and pleaded to be free. At one point he was angry, he slit his hand into his shirt and pull out a handcuffs. Only then I knew he was undercover police in LONGY.

Apart from that, most amazing people are found at the market. They may at times cheat with the pricing as you are foreigner but they always smile, and be kind and trying to be chatty as they are so curious what in the world is this tourist doing in the market. Many times smiles, signage and calculator is all needed to communicate.

Here are some of the pictures taken from various markets in Myanmar.

 Fake flowers, Yangon

 Green leaves and beans in Yangoon

 veges

 fishes

 Fresh noodles

 anchovies

semi grown beans

 Jewelleries

 Mellon juice with lemon

 beans

 junk food

 nails and screws

 sugar cane

 fried vadai's, bajji and tofu

 noddle soup

 fake money for prayers

 dried fish

 onions

 Decoration flowers

 Bananas

 onions and garlics

 dried meat

 dried food for cooking

 By the way unlike Vietnam, the dog is not for sale

 cauliflower

 Chilies

 Not sure whats this

 tomatoes

 fresh flowers

 beans and nuts

 papadam

 medicines

Murukus

Gambling



Trip to Vineyard- Inle Lake, Mynmar 12.02.2011

It has always been my dream to visit apple farm or vineyard. I wish to plucked it, rubbed in on my shirt to take the dust away and bite it. Unfortunatley, apples and grapes are only found in places where flight are expensive. 

So, when a new found friend in Mynmar told me that there were vineyard in Inle Lake, I agreed to meet him up in the evening without hesitation. It's on the hill top and we cycled there. The place was beautiful, rows and rows of green and red grapes in bunches, all ready to harvest. We tested the grapes, but not the wine, as there is NO FREE TESTING. A glass cost US3 and the bottle US10. I didn’t get either of it, only free dinner from the friend.

Here are some pictures taken at the vineyard.

 So yummy!!!

Yuri and me