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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 legs46 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)46 views
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Intha fisherman on Inle lake rowing standing up with one leg46 views
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a floating house on the Tonle Sap lake - it's the largest freshwater lake in southeast asia45 views
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the Myanmar version of a rickshaw - the passegers sit in a sidecar, one facing forward, one back45 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 Yangon45 views
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check out the Buddha's feet45 views
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these kids were cute - they all have thanaka paste on their faces (it acts as sunblock)45 views
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female monks and schoolgirls praying at the temple on full moon day45 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 place45 views
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as foreigners, we had to pay a special fee to enter the Inle area45 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 festival45 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)45 views
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