Nun resting on a bench at Wat Burapha Phiram (วัดบูรพาภิราม) in Roi Et, Thailand

Nun resting on a bench at Wat Burapha Phiram (วัดบูรพาภิราม) in Roi Et, Thailand in November 2019

An old nun bent nearly double waking with a cane at Wat Khomniyaket in Khao Lak, Thailand

An old nun bent nearly double waking with a cane at Wat Khomniyaket in Khao Lak, Thailand in August 2017

Nuns kneeling in front of monk statues at Wat Khomniyaket in Khao Lak, Thailand

Nuns kneeling in front of monk statues at Wat Khomniyaket in Khao Lak, Thailand in August 2017

Yangon nun

A nun in Yangon, Burma in August 2010

Nuns soliciting alms in a shop in Yangon, Burma

Nuns soliciting alms in a shop in Yangon, Burma in August 2010

Young nuns

Two young nuns in Yangon, Burma in August 2010

Begging nun

A nun with her alms bowl in Yangon, Burma in August 2010

The monk and the nun

A monk and a nun as part of a display in the garden at Wat Doi Suthep temple, Chiang Mai, Thailand in September 2012

Young nuns

Young nuns near Kandawgyi Lake, Yangon, Burma in August 2010

Catholic nuns

Catholic nuns in the car park of the Center Point shopping centre in Yangon, Burma in August 2010

Young nuns crossing the road

Young nuns on  Anawrahta Road crossing Ba Soon Pat street in Yangon, Burma in August 2010

Buddhist nun

A Buddhist nun at a night market in Taipei, Taiwan in August 2010

Young nun

Young nun on Kyee Myindaing Kanner Road in Yangon, Burma in August 2010

Nun on the phone

Monk and nun at a Buddhist festival in Darling Harbour, Sydney, in May 2011. Love the nun on the phone

Young nuns

Young nuns on Anawhrata Road in Yangon, Burma in August 2010

Seeking alms

Young nuns seeking alms in Yangon, Burma in August 2010

Shwedagon nuns

Nuns at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Burma in August 2010

Lifecycle

A beautiful painting for sale in a shop in Pai, northern Thailand, taken in December 2009. Superb.

Nuns looking for food

Nuns in Yangon, Burma in August 2010 going for their daily alms' exercise, with their alm bowls and their parasols. Quite a sight!

Floriade nun

Interesting looking visitor at the Floriade Flower Festival in Canberra in September 2009