This online shoebox contains random pictures, notes, whatever. I've been a professional writer-photographer for so many years now. It's a damn good excuse to carry a camera around.

Friday, Sep 4, 2009 6:16 PM
Posted By Lester V Ledesma
No, its not "The Road to Mandalay" - Rudyard Kipling owns that :P

Mandalay Road

A Burmese couple walks home after visiting the Kuthodaw Pagoda in Mandalay, Myanmar.
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Categories: culture, travel, Asia, Myanmar, religion, Lester, Ledesma, Mandalay
 
Saturday, Feb 28, 2009 3:21 PM
Posted By Lester V Ledesma
Nobody smokes more beautifully than this Intha Tribesman from Lake Inle, Myanmar: Cheroot
It was in the midst of the annual Phaung-Daw-Oo festival celebrations when I saw him inside a Buddhist temple with his fellow male elders. They were all sitting on a rug, enjoying a big pile of cheroots (local cigars) while the women prayed to Buddha. I sauntered up to him, and when I raised my camera to take his headshot, he seemed to know the portrait that I had in mind. The man exhaled slowly, a rich cloud of smoke oozing from his mouth. This is one of my favorite headshots ever. And man, that cigar really tasted good. I bought a US$1's worth - that's about 2 dozen cheroots!
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