Sunrise in Bagan, Myanmar
Nikon D2H
Processed using Photokit Color
Just the name Burma conjures up images of hot jungles
and bitter conflict. One of the most deadly theaters of WWII Burma was a
place much in the news and on everyone�s mind in that period. Then,
renamed Myanmar and taken over by a virtual lynch mob of generals who
have suspended elections after placing their elected president under
house arrest the country has increasingly become a throwback to a
different time.
Unlike neighboring Thailand and China, Myanmar has
largely been left out of the Asian economic boom because of its insular
and repressive government and backwards economic policies--amplified by
a US trade embargo. The result is a country with many modern issues but
set in a nearly historic backdrop.
David Cardinal is a veteran travel and nature photographer who specializes in Southern Africa and Southeast Asia as well as North American mammals and birds.
