walking through the town of Nyaung Shwe at dawn. already lost of people around, everyone is going to Inle Lake for the festival67 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 State67 views
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Intha fisherman on Inle lake rowing standing up with one leg67 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 gardens67 views
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view from top of Mandalay Hill. at sunset thousands of dragonflies were dancing around the hill in giant clouds67 views
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a floating church66 views
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Chuck on the Naga bridge with Angkor Wat up ahead66 views
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pushing a buddha statue on a cart. apparently, hundreds of Monday born people sweep the Shwe Dagon on Mondays (and Tuesday born do so on Tuesdays and so on for the other days of the week) to earn merit66 views
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one of the field workers smiling after our driver had given her some paan66 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 place66 views
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women lined up on the roadside to collect alms, just before entering Inle66 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 timing66 views
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