Chuck happy on our boat. we're not morning-people and getting up before dawn is anathema to us. but this was definitely worth it40 views
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the men standing on the elevated pole in the middle of this slender boat are singing and dancing40 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)40 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 canoe40 views
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at a silver workshop on the lake40 views
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really pretty silk; it was interesting watching the process of making fabric like this40 views
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the causeway leading to Angkor Wat39 views
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a floating village on the lake - more than 1 million people live on or around the Tonle Sap39 views
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Chuck & I hired one of these boats by ourselves and went around the lake39 views
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selling vegetables and fruits39 views
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a floating village39 views
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a little girl canoeing her family39 views
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the steps were so narrow and so steep it was like climbing a vertical stone wall, with no railing to hold on to & the steps falling apart in places. once you started climbing, changing your mind was out of the question, & the only way to go was up39 viewsi could only imagine falling and cracking my skull on the stone courtyard below. my fingers were all slippery with sweat in fear, which made it even harder to grasp the crevices in the narrow smooth stone steps. apparently, they designed the towers with such steep & narrow steps like this to create an impression of reaching to the heavens, and also to make it difficult for mere mortals to reach the gods (gods are not supposed to be easily accessible).
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landing at the airport in Yangon39 views
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Chuck and Jeffry (my uncle's driver) looking at an one of the hundreds of old colonial buildings all over Yangon39 views
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