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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A stevedore picks up a bag of rice on a barge docked on the Twante Canal in Yangon. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122028.jpg
  • 18 JUNE 2013 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Stevedores unload a river freighter on the docks in Yangon, Myanmar.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ScenesOfYangon165.jpg
  • 03 NOVEMBER 2015 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Stevedores carry cargo down to a boat on the Yangon docks.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonDockFeatures002.jpg
  • 08 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Stevedores carry bags of rice to shore from a riverboat on the Yangon waterfront. Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon, Burma). Yangon, with a population of over five million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial center.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014126.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Stevedores offload 110 pound (50 kilo) sacks of fish meal from a river freighter on the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014115.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Stevedores unload a shipment of rice from a barge docked on the Twante Canal in Yangon. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges. From here, export quality rice will be repackaged and shipped overseas and rice for domestic consumption will be shipped to other cities in Myanmar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122030.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  A woman peels sugarcane sold to stevedores and port workers as a snack in one of the small domestic cargo ports on the Twante Canal in Yangon.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122019.jpg
  • 18 JUNE 2013 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Stevedores unload a river freighter on the docks in Yangon, Myanmar.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ScenesOfYangon166.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Stevedores unload a shipment of rice from a small barge (in the background) docked on the Twante Canal in Yangon. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges. From here, export quality rice will be repackaged and shipped overseas and rice for domestic consumption will be shipped to other cities in Myanmar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122037.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Stevedores wait to go to work offloading 110 pound (50 kilo) sacks of fish meal from a river freighter on the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014113.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  A woman peels sugarcane sold to stevedores and port workers as a snack in one of the small domestic cargo ports on the Twante Canal in Yangon.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122020.jpg
  • 08 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Stevedores carry bags of rice to shore from a riverboat on the Yangon waterfront. Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon, Burma). Yangon, with a population of over five million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial center.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014128.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Stevedores unload a shipment of rice from a small barge (in the background) docked on the Twante Canal in Yangon. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges. From here, export quality rice will be repackaged and shipped overseas and rice for domestic consumption will be shipped to other cities in Myanmar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122038.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Stevedores unload a shipment of rice from a barge docked on the Twante Canal in Yangon. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges. From here, export quality rice will be repackaged and shipped overseas and rice for domestic consumption will be shipped to other cities in Myanmar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122033.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Stevedores unload a shipment of rice from a barge docked on the Twante Canal in Yangon. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges. From here, export quality rice will be repackaged and shipped overseas and rice for domestic consumption will be shipped to other cities in Myanmar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122035.jpg
  • 03 NOVEMBER 2015 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Stevedores carry cargo down to a boat on the Yangon docks.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonDockFeatures003.jpg
  • 08 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Stevedores carry bags of rice to shore from a riverboat on the Yangon waterfront. Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon, Burma). Yangon, with a population of over five million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial center.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014125.jpg
  • 08 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Stevedores carry bags of rice to shore from a riverboat on the Yangon waterfront. Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon, Burma). Yangon, with a population of over five million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial center.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014124.jpg
  • 18 JUNE 2013 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Stevedores unload a river freighter on the docks in Yangon, Myanmar.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ScenesOfYangon164.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Stevedores offload 110 pound (50 kilo) sacks of fish meal from a river freighter on the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014116.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Stevedores unload a shipment of rice from a barge docked on the Twante Canal in Yangon. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges. From here, export quality rice will be repackaged and shipped overseas and rice for domestic consumption will be shipped to other cities in Myanmar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122036.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Stevedores unload a shipment of rice from a barge docked on the Twante Canal in Yangon. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges. From here, export quality rice will be repackaged and shipped overseas and rice for domestic consumption will be shipped to other cities in Myanmar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122029.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Stevedores unload a shipment of rice from a barge docked on the Twante Canal in Yangon. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges. From here, export quality rice will be repackaged and shipped overseas and rice for domestic consumption will be shipped to other cities in Myanmar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122032.jpg
  • 08 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Stevedores carry bags of rice to shore from a riverboat on the Yangon waterfront. Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon, Burma). Yangon, with a population of over five million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial center.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014127.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Stevedores unload a shipment of rice from a barge docked on the Twante Canal in Yangon. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges. From here, export quality rice will be repackaged and shipped overseas and rice for domestic consumption will be shipped to other cities in Myanmar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122034.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Stevedores unload a shipment of rice from a barge docked on the Twante Canal in Yangon. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges. From here, export quality rice will be repackaged and shipped overseas and rice for domestic consumption will be shipped to other cities in Myanmar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122031.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Workers put coconuts brought to Yangon on a river barge into a basket on a bike for delivery within Yangon.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122015.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Porters unload coconuts from a riverboat on the banana jetty. They unload the coconuts by throwing each coconut from the boat to a waiting truck on the shore. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014095.jpg
  • 12 JUNE 2013 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Steverdores unload rice barges along the Irrawaddy River in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar, formerly Burma, was to be the biggest rice producer and exporter in the world before World War II. But since the war, Myanmar's rice production has plummeted and now it is a rice importer.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Myanmar1004.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A boatman waits for customers on the Twante Canal in Yangon. The small boats shuttle passengers across the canal or up and down the canal to other piers in Yangon.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122024.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Workers unload coconuts from a barge docked on the Twante Canal in Yangon. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122010.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Workers put cases of Burmese liquor onto pallets before it's loaded into the hold of a cargo ship taking the liquor up the Irrawaddy River. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122005.jpg
  • 27 OCTOBER 2015 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  Unloading rice from a river freighter at a pier along the Twante Canal in Yangon.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonDailyLife1027043.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Porters unload bananas from a river boat at the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014108.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Betel vendors on the banana jetty.  The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014086.jpg
  • 12 JUNE 2013 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Steverdores unload rice barges along the Irrawaddy River in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar, formerly Burma, was to be the biggest rice producer and exporter in the world before World War II. But since the war, Myanmar's rice production has plummeted and now it is a rice importer.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry010.jpg
  • 12 JUNE 2013 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Steverdores unload rice barges along the Irrawaddy River in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar, formerly Burma, was to be the biggest rice producer and exporter in the world before World War II. But since the war, Myanmar's rice production has plummeted and now it is a rice importer.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry004.jpg
  • 12 JUNE 2013 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Steverdores unload rice barges along the Irrawaddy River in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar, formerly Burma, was to be the biggest rice producer and exporter in the world before World War II. But since the war, Myanmar's rice production has plummeted and now it is a rice importer.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry001.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Unloading bananas on the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014093.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Porters unload bananas from a river boat at the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014101.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: One of the small domestic ports on the Twante Canal. The small boats are river taxis that take customers across the canal or up and down the river. Commercial freighters tie up at the jetties along the canal to off load cargo for the Yangon or take on cargo to be sent into the interior of Myanmar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122022.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Workers unload bags of cement from a freighter docked on the Twante Canal in Yangon. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122014.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Porters unload bananas from a river boat at the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014098.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Porters unload coconuts from a riverboat on the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014091.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Men on a mango boat wait out a monsoon storm on the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014087.jpg
  • 12 JUNE 2013 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Steverdores unload rice barges along the Irrawaddy River in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar, formerly Burma, was to be the biggest rice producer and exporter in the world before World War II. But since the war, Myanmar's rice production has plummeted and now it is a rice importer.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry002.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: One of the small domestic ports on the Twante Canal. The small boats are river taxis that take customers across the canal or up and down the river. Commercial freighters tie up at the jetties along the canal to off load cargo for the Yangon or take on cargo to be sent into the interior of Myanmar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122021.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: The owner of a river taxi rests on his boat at a pier on the Twante Canal in Yangon.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122001.jpg
  • 27 OCTOBER 2015 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  Men load rum and other products onto a freighter at a pier along the Twante Canal in Yangon.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonDailyLife1027041.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   A porter unloads coconuts from a riverboat on the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014114.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Porters unload bananas from a river boat at the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014100.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Porters unload bananas from a river boat at the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014099.jpg
  • 12 JUNE 2013 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Steverdores unload rice barges along the Irrawaddy River in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar, formerly Burma, was to be the biggest rice producer and exporter in the world before World War II. But since the war, Myanmar's rice production has plummeted and now it is a rice importer.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry012.jpg
  • 12 JUNE 2013 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Steverdores unload rice barges along the Irrawaddy River in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar, formerly Burma, was to be the biggest rice producer and exporter in the world before World War II. But since the war, Myanmar's rice production has plummeted and now it is a rice importer.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry011.jpg
  • 12 JUNE 2013 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Steverdores unload rice barges along the Irrawaddy River in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar, formerly Burma, was to be the biggest rice producer and exporter in the world before World War II. But since the war, Myanmar's rice production has plummeted and now it is a rice importer.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry006.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Workers unload bags of cement from a freighter docked on the Twante Canal in Yangon. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122013.jpg
  • 27 OCTOBER 2015 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  Men load rum and other products onto a freighter at a pier along the Twante Canal in Yangon.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonDailyLife1027040.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Workers put cases of Burmese liquor onto pallets before it's loaded into the hold of a cargo ship taking the liquor up the Irrawaddy River. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122006.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Porters unload bananas from a river boat at the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014109.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Porters unload coconuts from a riverboat on the banana jetty. They unload the coconuts by throwing each coconut from the boat to a waiting truck on the shore. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014096.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Porters unload coconuts from a riverboat on the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014092.jpg
  • 12 JUNE 2013 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Steverdores unload rice barges along the Irrawaddy River in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar, formerly Burma, was to be the biggest rice producer and exporter in the world before World War II. But since the war, Myanmar's rice production has plummeted and now it is a rice importer.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry009.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Workers unload bags of cement from a freighter docked on the Twante Canal in Yangon. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122012.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   A crewman on a banana boat holds up a stalk of bananas. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014112.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Porters unload bananas from a river boat at the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014107.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Merchants buy and sell bananas on the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014103.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Porters unload bananas from a river boat at the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014097.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Porters unload coconuts from a riverboat on the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014089.jpg
  • 12 JUNE 2013 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Steverdores play a form of jacks while taking a break from unloading a rice barge along the Irrawaddy River in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar, formerly Burma, was to be the biggest rice producer and exporter in the world before World War II. But since the war, Myanmar's rice production has plummeted and now it is a rice importer.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ScenesOfYangon022.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A worker sleeps on sacks of rice on a barge docked on the Twante Canal in Yangon. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122027.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A river taxi comes into a pier on the Twante Canal in Yangon. The small boats shuttle passengers across the canal or up and down the canal to other piers in Yangon.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122026.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Workers store Burmese liquor in the hold of a cargo ship taking the liquor up the Irrawaddy River. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122011.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Workers load pallets of Burmese liquor onto a cargo ship taking the liquor up the Irrawaddy River. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122003.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Workers store Burmese liquor in the hold of a cargo ship taking the liquor up the Irrawaddy River. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122002.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Porters carry boxes candles to a waiting river boat on the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014085.jpg
  • 12 JUNE 2013 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Steverdores unload rice barges along the Irrawaddy River in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar, formerly Burma, was to be the biggest rice producer and exporter in the world before World War II. But since the war, Myanmar's rice production has plummeted and now it is a rice importer.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A passenger steps off a river taxi at a pier on the Twante Canal in Yangon. The small boats shuttle passengers across the canal or up and down the canal to other piers in Yangon.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A worker unloads a load of bananas brought into Yangon on a truck before loading them onto a barge to take them into the interior of Myanmar. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122018.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A man pushes a bike load of bananas through a market in Yangon.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122016.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   A banana boat comes to the jetty in Yangon. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014110.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Merchants buy and sell bananas on the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014104.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Porters unload coconuts from a riverboat on the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014088.jpg
  • 12 JUNE 2013 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Steverdores unload rice barges along the Irrawaddy River in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar, formerly Burma, was to be the biggest rice producer and exporter in the world before World War II. But since the war, Myanmar's rice production has plummeted and now it is a rice importer.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry005.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Porters unload bananas from a river boat at the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014106.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: One of the small domestic ports on the Twante Canal. The small boats are river taxis that take customers across the canal or up and down the river. Commercial freighters tie up at the jetties along the canal to off load cargo for the Yangon or take on cargo to be sent into the interior of Myanmar.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122023.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A worker unloads a load of bananas brought into Yangon on a truck before loading them onto a barge to take them into the interior of Myanmar. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122017.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Workers unload coconuts from a barge docked on the Twante Canal in Yangon. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122009.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Workers unload coconuts from a barge docked on the Twante Canal in Yangon. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122008.jpg
  • 27 OCTOBER 2015 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  Men load rum and other products onto a freighter at a pier along the Twante Canal in Yangon.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonDailyLife1027042.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   A small banana boat comes into shore at that banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014105.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Unloading bananas on the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014094.jpg
  • 12 JUNE 2013 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Steverdores unload rice barges along the Irrawaddy River in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar, formerly Burma, was to be the biggest rice producer and exporter in the world before World War II. But since the war, Myanmar's rice production has plummeted and now it is a rice importer.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry013.jpg
  • 12 JUNE 2013 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Steverdores unload rice barges along the Irrawaddy River in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar, formerly Burma, was to be the biggest rice producer and exporter in the world before World War II. But since the war, Myanmar's rice production has plummeted and now it is a rice importer.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry008.jpg
  • 12 JUNE 2013 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Steverdores unload rice barges along the Irrawaddy River in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar, formerly Burma, was to be the biggest rice producer and exporter in the world before World War II. But since the war, Myanmar's rice production has plummeted and now it is a rice importer.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MyanmarRiceIndustry007.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Workers put cases of Burmese liquor onto pallets before it's loaded into the hold of a cargo ship taking the liquor up the Irrawaddy River. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122007.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2017 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Workers load pallets of Burmese liquor onto a cargo ship taking the liquor up the Irrawaddy River. Myanmar's road system lags behind its neighbors in Southeast Asia and a lot of cargo is still moved by ships and barges.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonRiverfront1122004.jpg
  • 03 NOVEMBER 2015 - YANGON, MYANMAR: Men move empty oil barrels on the Yangon docks.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 OCTOBER 2015 - YANGON, MYANMAR:  Men load rum and other products onto a freighter at a pier along the Twante Canal in Yangon.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YangonDailyLife1027051.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   Porters unload bananas from a river boat at the banana jetty. The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Yangon2014102.jpg
  • 10 JUNE 2014 - YANGON, MYANMAR:   The "banana jetty" is on the Yangon River north of central Yangon on Strand Road. Bananas, coconuts and other fruit are brought in here from upcountry, sold and reshipped to other parts of Myanmar (Burma). All of the labor here is done by hand. Porters carry the produce to the jetty and porters load the boats before they steam upriver.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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