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Some more pictures from my visa run wanderings around Bangkok last year. I’m not sure I could live there, but I always enjoy spending time in Bangkok; there’s always something new to discover...

https://jonsanwell.com/2019/07/01/bangkok-interludes-ii/

One of the features of expat life in Myanmar is the visa run. Every ten weeks (or longer if you’re lucky and your employer has sprung for a longer term visa) you have to leave the country and p...

https://jonsanwell.com/2019/06/23/bangkok-interludes-i/

Some more pictures from the streets of Yangon, taken in February and March last year. I’ve still not been doing much in terms of new pictures, but I will continue to share pictures from my negl...

https://jonsanwell.com/2019/04/04/yangon-miscellany/

Chinese New Year in downtown Yangon, two weeks ago.

https://jonsanwell.com/2019/02/21/here-be-dragons/

There are a lot of pagodas in Yangon. A lot. And someone has to do all that skillful carving, shaping, welding and engraving. In the city’s Kyeemyindaing neighbourhhood last March, I came acros...

https://jonsanwell.com/2019/02/14/metallurgy/

This time last year, I made a couple of visits to Nyaung Tan jetty, a small but thriving fishing port on Pazundaung Creek, near where I live in Yangon. Huge amounts of fish pass through here ever...

https://jonsanwell.com/2019/02/07/a-song-of-ice-and-fish/

This is my first post in quite a while. I’ve been neglecting all aspects of photography for some time now. The truth is I’ve become a little disillusioned with the whole process – not just ...

https://jonsanwell.com/2019/01/31/abbey-road-and-other-pictures/

Portraits taken on the street in Yangon. I call them Yangon street portraits.

https://jonsanwell.com/2018/09/04/yangon-street-portraits-6/

Under the unforgiving light of bare bulbs or in the glow of mobile phone screens, the street life of Yangon continues after night falls.

https://jonsanwell.com/2018/08/28/yangon-nightfall-ii/

I’ve had this post – and a couple of others – on the backburner for a while. I haven’t posted them because, while I’m fairly happy with the pictures, I’ve been stuck for something to ...

https://jonsanwell.com/2018/06/03/yangon-on/