girls from the Pa-O tribe waiting patiently by the roadside to collect alms for the local monastery40 views
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Chuck & I at the hotel overlooking Kalaw40 views
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how many people can you fit on a truck?40 views
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local transportation with a tractor engine40 views
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we were on our boat on Inle Lake at 5 am. this day was the culmination of the Phaung Daw U festival, which takes place here over a period of 20 days, and is the biggest festival of the year in Shan State40 views
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the leg-rowing boat competition has started. the Intha men (who live on Inle Lake) row standing up, with one leg. each of the procession boats has people playing music, drumming, singing while the rowers row away in unison with their legs40 views
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flying off as our boat approaches40 views
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all kinds of stalls had been set up on the pagoda grounds in the lake for the festival. there were thousands of tribal people here40 views
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a woman from the Pa-O tribe - they wear only black39 views
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loading cabbage39 views
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the town of Kalaw. it's an old colonial British hillstation, about 4500 ft above sea-level. the temperature's nice and cool, and its a quiet and charming little place39 views
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women lined up on the roadside to collect alms, just before entering Inle39 views
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as foreigners, we had to pay a special fee to enter the Inle area39 views
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walking through the town of Nyaung Shwe at dawn. already lost of people around, everyone is going to Inle Lake for the festival39 views
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Inle Lake filling up with boatloads of people. thousands of people & the many tribes of Shan State come for pilgrimage at this time (the town of Nyaung Shwe was packed for the festival with fairs, food stalls - excitement was in the air everywhere)39 views
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Intha fisherman on Inle lake rowing standing up with one leg39 views
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lunch at a small charming Nepalese restaurant in Kalaw. we ordered a bottle of local "wine"38 views
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walking around hilly terrain with baby strapped in front, big basket of goods in the back and an umbrella in your free hand. in the US you'd probably be reported to child welfare agencies for "endangering" your baby like this38 views
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men working in the hilly plateau while a train passes by38 views
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doing laundry. there are many of these villages on the lake. since the lake isn't deep (although it's big), houses are built on stilts and people have floating vegetable plots and gardens38 views
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weaving silk on Inle lake38 views
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we were able to get pretty authentic tasting caipirinhas at this little place in the town of Nyaung Shwe. some tourist had taught the owner how to make them. we were so happy!37 views
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we felt so lucky to be in Inle on this day. we hadn't planned our trip to Burma to coincide with this festival, but once there & we'd heard about it of course we had to experience it. what amazing timing37 views
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