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these kids were cute - they all have thanaka paste on their faces (it acts as sunblock)35 views
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women lined up on the roadside to collect alms, just before entering Inle35 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!35 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)35 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 legs35 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 gardens35 views
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young novice monks34 views
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how many people can you fit on a truck?34 views
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as foreigners, we had to pay a special fee to enter the Inle area34 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 Yangon33 views
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sign in Burmese - one of the most incomprehensible scripts we've seen, all squiggles33 views
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one of the field workers smiling after our driver had given her some paan33 views
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men working in the hilly plateau while a train passes by33 views
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