Sometimes an image is worth a thousand words… and sometimes an image can take you back in time to a moment long ago.
These 30 pictures were taken in 2016 yet their stories reveal a time very different to the modern day.
All photos are my own.
Buffalo Carts in the outskirts of Siem Reap, Cambodia
Historic City of Ayutthaya, Thailand
Temple in Hanoi City, Vietnam
Men playing volleyball in Mandalay, Myanmar
Old WWII Jeeps turned into public transport in Manila, Philippines
Lady drying rice in a small remote village of North Sumatra
Houses on Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia
Filipino farmer tills the soil using a buffalo
Old modes of transportation in UNESCO city Melaka, Malaysia
Fisherman and farmers on the Irrawaddy River, Myanmar
Children on a school break in Vang Vieng, Laos
A small boat in Cambodia’s Chi Phat region
Farming family in Kalaw, Myanmar
Hmong children in Sapa, Vietnam
Temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Vietnamese woman in the Mekong Delta
Yangon street sellers, Myanmar
A small boat community in Balicasag Island, Philippines
Traditional houses in Laos’ Pakse district
The old trains of Myanmar
Thien Mu Pagoda, Hue, Vietnam
Auto-Rickshaw, Donsol, Philippines
Temples of Bagan, Myanmar
Fruit sellers, Hanoi, Vietnam
Farmers and builders transporting bamboo in a small village near Mingun, Myanmar
Lady watering her vegetable farm in Hoi An, Vietnam
Girl carrying pots in an Indian village outside Yangon, Myanmar
Locals sell seafood on the streets of An Thoi, in southern Phu Quoc, Vietnam
Children play in the trees of a village just outside Yangon, Myanmar
Fisherman on Myanmar’s Inle Lake
These are some of the moments I witnessed in this beautiful region of the world. If you like this post please share it on any of your social channels.