Marn Htoo Myint
In Memoriam
In November of last year I went on my first visit to Myanmar. On our first full day in Myanmar we were met by our guide for the Mandalay region, a young man by the name of Marn Htoo Myint. Suffice to say after many adventures we had all become good friends and saying goodbye to Marn as we moved to the Bagan region was bittersweet.
By this time we had connected on Facebook and we shared the experiences of the rest of our trip with Marn. Back in Australia I kept in touch and Marn and I were in the process of planning a return trip, this time with Kelly, back to Myanmar with Marn as our guide. Marn was excited to have us come back and was planning to show us more of his home town.
Late tonight I found out that I will never get the opportunity to see him again as he passed away after a motor vehicle accident two days ago.
Even though it was a brief amount of time spent together, it was full of very happy moments. Marn was so full of life and loved to share his country with others.
I took this shot of Marn on that first day we met.
The world will not be the same without him, I miss him very much 😢
Mandalay Street Scenes
It’s my first day in Myanmar and there was this young woman cooking corn on a open fire at the intersection of two rather busy streets. The smell of the grilling corn was hard to resist but after the early dinner/late lunch I couldn’t eat another thing.
Douglas C-53 Skytrooper - Crash Site
During our recent Ponant cruise of the Kimberley Region of Australia. We wet landed at Anjo Peninsula in Vansittart Bay, and visited the remains of the wreck of a C-53 Skytrooper plane, that came down during World War II.
Places Lost: #1 Anglican Church, Samarai Island
In 2006, Sir Michael Somare, the then Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, in an address to the National Executive Council Meeting, said, "I declare Samarai Island a National historical Heritage island. In declaring it an historical heritage island we aim to restore basic services and refurbish its monuments and buildings as a tourist attraction. Ten years of inaction later this is the result.