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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)21 views
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the men standing on the elevated pole in the middle of this slender boat are singing and dancing21 views
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weaving silk on Inle lake21 views
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one of the field workers smiling after our driver had given her some paan20 views
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a woman from the Pa-O tribe - they wear only black20 views
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riding a bullock - standing up!20 views
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train winding its way up to Kalaw20 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 place20 views
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Chuck & I at the hotel overlooking Kalaw20 views
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chuck sitting in the car we had rented while i'm taking photos20 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 this20 views
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local transportation with a tractor engine20 views
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men working in the hilly plateau while a train passes by20 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 State20 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 legs20 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)20 views
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as foreigners, we had to pay a special fee to enter the Inle area19 views
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