Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)

Tourists at Shwedagon Pagoda. Yangon, Myanmar.

A young girl visiting Shwedagon Pagoda. She is wearing traditional cosmetic paste called "thanaka". Thanaka paste is made by grinding the bark, or wood, of several types of trees with a small amount water. Yangon, Myanmar.

Two women reading the Buddhist sutra inside Kaba Aye Pagoda. Yangon, Myanmar.

Shwedagon Pagoda. Yangon, Myanmar.

Two young women selling gold leaf to be used for merit making. The gold leaf is placed on buddha statues. Shwedagon Pagoda. Yangon, Myanmar.

A young couple visiting Shwedagon Pagoda. Yangon, Myanmar.

Fish on display at 3am in the busy San Pya fish market. Yangon, Myanmar.

Men moving fish at 3am in the busy San Pya fish market. Yangon, Myanmar.

Fish on display at 3am in the busy San Pya fish market. Yangon, Myanmar.

Shwe Padauk Fish Market Hlaing township - 4:30am. Traders were meant to move to new facilities here from San Pya - although few have. Yangon, Myanmar.

Shwe Padauk Fish Market Hlaing township - 4:30am. Traders were meant to move to new facilities here from San Pya - although few have. Yangon, Myanmar.

Just after 4am in the morning at Thiri Mingalar fruit and vegetable market. Yangon, Myanmar.

Just after 4am in the morning at Thiri Mingalar fruit and vegetable market. A man places fans on top of piles of green chilies to dry them. Yangon, Myanmar.

Three young women get a little extra sleep just after 5am at Thiri Mingalar fruit and vegetable market. Yangon, Myanmar.

Just before sunrise at Thiri Mingalar fruit and vegetable market. Yangon, Myanmar.

Inside the gilded halls of the Botataung Pagoda. Yangon, Myanmar.

A train arriving at Baukhtaw Station - part of the circle line railway in Yangon, Myanmar.

Commuters ride the early morning circle line train to work. Yangon, Myanmar.

An 18-year-old Burmese girl on her way to work via the circle line train. She is wearing traditional cosmetic paste called "thanaka". Thanaka paste is made by grinding the bark, or wood, of several types of trees with a small amount water. Yangon, Myanmar.

Two guards working on the circle line train. Yangon, Myanmar.

A young man, mother and child on the early morning circle line train. Yangon, Myanmar.

A women selling green/sour mango and sauce on the circle line train. Yangon, Myanmar.

An apprentice monk walking along the circile line railway in Yangon, Myanmar.

A young girl surveys the view alongside the circle line train. Yangon, Myanmar.

Vendors with produce from the local vegetable market waiting to board the train at Danyingon station. Yangon, Myanmar.

Vendors with produce for sale in Yangon boarding the train at Danyingon station. Yangon, Myanmar.

Passengers on the circle line train heading towards Yangon Station.

Yangon Railway Station. Yangon, Mynamar.

One of the many six- to nine-storied terraced apartment buildings in downtown Yangon.

Shopkeepers in downtown Yangon.

A young Buddhist nun - wearing a pink robe, and referred to as athila-shin or sila-rhan - meaning “keeper of morality.” Young girls often become nuns to escape poverty.

Young apprentice monks in downtown Myanmar.

Pedestrians crossing the road in downtown Yangon.

An Indian man, now living in Los Angeles, visits his ailing mother in Yangon.

A young girl and her older brother next to their stand selling produce on the side of the road in Yangon (a few seconds after she'd stuck her tongue out at me).

A man sells meat on a side street market in Yangon, Myanmar.

Ma Aye Aye Mar - the young niece of a shop owner on Bogyoke Road. Aye Aye Mar is wearing traditional cosmetic paste called "thanaka". Thanaka paste is made by grinding the bark, or wood, of several types of trees with a small amount water. Yangon, Myanmar.

Love in the age of smartphones. A young man sits on a sculpture inside People's Square and Park - Yangon.

A young women approaches the roller coaster at the amusement park inside People's Square and Park, Yangon.

I have no idea what this means. A sculpture of a strong-man in front of a plane in the amusment part inside People's Square and Park, Yangon.

Riding the big swing in an amusment part inside People's Square and Park - Yangon.

Women walking in People's Square and Park - Yangon.

Playing football in People's Square Park - Yangon.

Apprentice monks in front of Shwedagon Pagoda.