People in longyis hawk drinks, snacks and machinery parts.

Rickshaws, bicycles and vehicles compete on bumpy roads.

Botataung Pagoda was first built over two millennia ago to house one of Buddha's hairs. A thousand men accompanied the journey from India.

Seeking independence from British colonizers, the Burmese joined Japanese forces in World War II only to find a crueler master.

The pagoda turned to blackened ruins after Royal Air Force bombing.

Rebuilt during post-war independence,

Hollow Zedi boasts golden walls and relics.

Turtles climb the miniature mountain and avoid visitor 'food'.

Broken souls sit in the pathway, Buddha statues watching.