This is my first try with a Triptych. Taungbi monastery near Bagan

This young novice had eaten his midday meal and was getting ready to leave and adjusting his robe. He knew I was clicking away at him and really didnt mind.

The Burmese people are predominantly devout Theravada Buddhists, although there is a small proportion of Christians, animists and Muslims in Myanmar. The people of Bagan inherit their way of life from ancestors who lived along the Ayerwaddy River long before the coming of foreigners like Marco Polo, who was the first westerner to document the archaeological splendor of Bagan.