'I was living in hell'

QUAKE: TOLL CLIMBS SHARPLY AS NATION COMES TO GRIPS WITH DEVASTATION

- 

Bare-handed monks slowly pick away the rubble that was once the wall of a historic Buddhist monastery in Mandalay, its exposed side a searing reminder of the deadly earthquake that rocked the city five days ago.

"Some of the buildings have been around for longer than me," said Wayama, a grey-haired monk at the place of worship in Myanmar's second city.

"It makes me sad to see them destroyed," he said.