Meet Pho Htay and Kyaw Zaw

Meet Pho Htay and Kyaw Zaw

Day: 65Distance covered: 9,045 km (5,620 miles)Subjects found: 33Our search for this boy, photographed at a village wedding almost five years ago, led us to a monastery an hour’s walk to the south. Pho Htay is his name. He’s eleven years old, a nephew of...
Meet Soe Nge, Daw Ae and Oo Khin

Meet Soe Nge, Daw Ae and Oo Khin

Day: 65Distance covered: 9,040 km (5,617 miles)Subjects found: 31In the hills of Myanmar’s Shan State, Marinho and I continued the hunt for guests from a village wedding which took place almost five years earlier, and discovered an unexpected connection between...
Meet Yinn Ae, Moun, Zin Moe and Cho Cho

Meet Yinn Ae, Moun, Zin Moe and Cho Cho

Day: 64Distance covered: 9,032 km (5,612 miles)Subjects found: 28Almost five years ago, my brother and I passed through a small Danu minority village in Myanmar’s Shan State where preparations for a Buddhist wedding were taking place. The village had only two...
Meet Nga San

Meet Nga San

Day: 63 Distance covered: 9,029 km (5,610 miles) Subjects found: 24 We’re back to break the silence, and we have so much to tell you.  Marinho and I have spent the past two weeks trekking between minority villages in search of our final subjects here in Myanmar....
Meet Phyu Chaw and Ei Ei Nyein

Meet Phyu Chaw and Ei Ei Nyein

Day: 60Distance covered: 8,745 km (5,434 miles)Subjects found: 23It was a day of false expectations.Until now, my memories of Asia have been remarkably accurate, and I remembered nothing good about this place. In fact, I’d scrawled WORST TOWN IN MYANMAR beside its...

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