Road Making (III) Burmese Style

 

 

Making roads has become the theme for the week.

While the concrete laying and raking and sweeping of the Thai road makers is fairly basic, the Burmese road workers have an even tougher life. 

One group we passed on a road were pouring asphalt from buckets and wearing gumboots or thongs.  It was hot weather and hot work.  

Another group in Mandalay could be seen carrying baskets of stones and crushing them by hand (with hammers) on the side of the road.  

Rollers were the only machines to be seen. 

Once again hot and hard work on a hot day.  

Regardless this lady still gave us a smile.