local transportation with a tractor engine35 views
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flying off as our boat approaches35 views
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really pretty silk; it was interesting watching the process of making fabric like this35 views
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train winding its way up to Kalaw34 views
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Chuck & I at the hotel overlooking Kalaw34 views
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chuck sitting in the car we had rented while i'm taking photos34 views
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Chuck happy on our boat. we're not morning-people and getting up before dawn is anathema to us. but this was definitely worth it34 views
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the men standing on the elevated pole in the middle of this slender boat are singing and dancing34 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 gardens34 views
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weaving silk on Inle lake34 views
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a woman from the Pa-O tribe - they wear only black33 views
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girls from the Pa-O tribe waiting patiently by the roadside to collect alms for the local monastery33 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 this33 views
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how many people can you fit on a truck?33 views
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women lined up on the roadside to collect alms, just before entering Inle33 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 festival33 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 State33 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 timing33 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)33 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 legs33 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)33 views
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one of the field workers smiling after our driver had given her some paan32 views
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riding a bullock - standing up!32 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 place32 views
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