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Authentic Street Photography in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)

Every Myanmar itinerary should have a stop in Yangon, an incredible Southeast Asian city, where every street and market is an authentic place to see city life.

Written by Dan

Posted in Myanmar (Burma)

Diversity in culture and architecture among buildings of downtown Yangon with Chinese, English and Burmese signs A street market on a local street with pastel colored buildings in Yangon Chinatown Crowded and old pastel colored building facades with balconies in Chinatown of Yangon Myanmar Old colonial architecture on a pastel colored building on a local street in Chinatown of Yangon Myanmar City traffic backup as seen from a viewpoint in Chinatown of Yangon Myanmar Historic British style red brick building at the end of a stone pathway in Chinatown of Yangon Myanmar Woman carrying a bundle on her head at a busy crowded street market in Chinatown of Yangon Myanmar Burmese school boy in uniform crossing the street market of a busy road in Chinatown of Yangon Myanmar Working-class street scene in Chinatown of Yangon Myanmar where local Burmese people tend to their industrial shops Heavy traffic in downtown Chinatown of Yangon Myanmar on one of the city main roads View from above in a traffic circle of downtown Chinatown of Yangon Myanmar Tired Burmese woman resting on a bench in the circle train line of Yangon Myanmar Lower-class Burmese locals wait on the train platform for the circle line Yangon metro in Yangon Myanmar Burmese locals walking down a stairwell of an elevated pedestrian walkway at a crossroads in Yangon Myanmar Men in longyi walking past a construction site in downtown Yangon Myanmar Burmese locals shopping on a commercial neighborhood street in downtown Yangon Myanmar Local Burmese man wearing traditional dress of a longyi in downtown Yangon Myanmar Modern Burmese woman walking down a busy street at golden hour in Yangon Myanmar Two local Burmese men wearing traditional longyi dress on a busy street at rush hour in Yangon Myanmar Local Burmese man holding a car door open with cigarette in hand at rush hour in Yangon Myanmar Young men in traditional and modern dress walk down a neighborhood street in Yangon Myanmar Burmese locals board a public city bus in downtown Yangon Myanmar Burmese peddler riding a bicycle in downtown Yangon Myanmar wearing a traditional conical rice hat Young Burmese Buddhist monk carrying a bag and walking in Yangon Myanmar Wealthy Burmese couple taking engagement and wedding photos outside famous hotel in Yangon Myanmar Indian Burmese locals wait to cross the street at a busy road in Yangon Myanmar Aging and discolored residential apartment buildings near Chinatown in Yangon Myanmar

Last updated on May 11th, 2020

Becca Siegel Dan Gold
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