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Most viewed - 2006: Myanmar |
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Chuck and Khalu (my uncle)39 views
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an outdoor reclining buddha as we're driving by39 views
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female monks and schoolgirls praying at the temple on full moon day39 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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girls from the Pa-O tribe waiting patiently by the roadside to collect alms for the local monastery39 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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how many people can you fit on a truck?39 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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Intha fisherman on Inle lake rowing standing up with one leg39 views
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flying off as our boat approaches39 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 here39 views
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chilling out with Myanmar beer, a long leisurely lunch by the lakeside. Yangon has many lakes, and wide tree-lined boulevards - such a green old-world city38 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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walking through the town of Nyaung Shwe at dawn. already lost of people around, everyone is going to Inle Lake for the festival38 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)38 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 legs38 views
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