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Burmese are always celebrating some Buddhist festival - one of the most spiritual countries i've been in, their lives truly revolve around religion. it was full moon day, everything was closed, & here's someone in a costume collecting alms51 views
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riding a bullock - standing up!51 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 festival51 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)51 views
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it was amazingly relaxing sitting at this restaurant surrounded by water and mountains, watching the occasional fisherman or lake people going by on their canoe51 views
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dimensions of the reclining Buddha, supposedly the biggest in the world (longer than the one in Bangkok). this temple is about an hour's drive from Yangon50 views
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Chuck & I at the hotel overlooking Kalaw50 views
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how many people can you fit on a truck?50 views
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women lined up on the roadside to collect alms, just before entering Inle50 views
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flying off as our boat approaches50 views
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check out the Buddha's feet49 views
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young novice monks49 views
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hmm, which way is Bangladesh from here?49 views
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chuck sitting in the car we had rented while i'm taking photos49 views
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as foreigners, we had to pay a special fee to enter the Inle area49 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)49 views
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Intha fisherman on Inle lake rowing standing up with one leg49 views
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lunch at a small charming Nepalese restaurant in Kalaw. we ordered a bottle of local "wine"48 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 place48 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 State48 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 legs48 views
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