birds all hanging out27 views
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Intha fisherman on Inle lake rowing standing up with one leg27 views
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flying off as our boat approaches27 views
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weaving silk on Inle lake27 views
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girls from the Pa-O tribe waiting patiently by the roadside to collect alms for the local monastery26 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 timing26 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 gardens26 views
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loading cabbage25 views
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chuck sitting in the car we had rented while i'm taking photos25 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)25 views
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train winding its way up to Kalaw24 views
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lunch at a small charming Nepalese restaurant in Kalaw. we ordered a bottle of local "wine"24 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 this24 views
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local transportation with a tractor engine24 views
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women lined up on the roadside to collect alms, just before entering Inle24 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!24 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 festival24 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 State24 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 legs24 views
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one of the field workers smiling after our driver had given her some paan23 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 place23 views
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Chuck & I at the hotel overlooking Kalaw23 views
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how many people can you fit on a truck?23 views
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here comes the barge that everyone's been waiting for. shaped like a mythical bird, it's carrying 4 buddha images from the 12th century (except over the years, devotees have been plastering them with gold leaf so they're shapeless lumps now)23 views
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a woman from the Pa-O tribe - they wear only black22 views
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riding a bullock - standing up!22 views
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