Caves of Hpa-an

The underworld of myanmar

Hpa-an, Myanmar - 01. Sep. 2018

It is dark, cold and humid. I’m stumbling with no shoes over sharp stones and bat excrement deeper into this cave. In front of me a huge stalagmite is building up. I try to keep my balance on the slippery ground. He must be build up in thousands of years. A fresh breeze of wind from behind reminds me that I have almost reached the exit of the cave. The first sunbeams fall into the darkness and reveal the true extent of this cave.

Mawlamyaing

Searching for reality

Mawlamyine, Myanmar - 30. Aug. 2018

Mawlamyaing, Mawlamyine or Moulmein. Even the name sounds exotic promising. And even promising is the fact that this city is not on the “normal” route through myanmar. This is reason enough to visit this city once and find a piece of normality in Myanmar.

Eleven hours

A trainride from Yangon to Mawlamyine

Yangon, Mawlamyine, Myanmar - 25. Jan. 2018

At first glance, little has changed. Yangon struggles to catch up with decades of military dictatorship. This succeeds in breathtaking speed. Meanwhile, it is an advanced metropolis and in the same breath with Bangkok, Saigon or other major Asian cities to call.