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Most viewed - 2006: Myanmar |
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birds all hanging out50 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 this49 views
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men working in the hilly plateau while a train passes by49 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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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 gardens49 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 here49 views
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weaving silk on Inle lake49 views
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the Myanmar version of a rickshaw - the passegers sit in a sidecar, one facing forward, one back48 views
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sign in Burmese - one of the most incomprehensible scripts we've seen, all squiggles48 views
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one of the field workers smiling after our driver had given her some paan48 views
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a woman from the Pa-O tribe - they wear only black48 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!48 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 timing47 views
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