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walking around Scotts market - huge place with warren of shops54 views
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shan women working in the fields54 views
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we stopped at Anna's Restaurant in the middle of the lake to get some food at 9 in the morning (we'd been up 5 hours by then).54 views
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the Phaung Daw U Pagoda on Inle lake. thousands of people thronged here to pray to the 5th Buddha who stays in the pagoda while the the other 4 travel to the monasteries on the lake to bless them during the festival period54 views
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another burmese lottery game54 views
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many many buddhas meditating53 views
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the many little pagodas perched along the steep sides and the entrance winding up the side53 views
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tribal woman carrying enormous baskets of cabbages53 views
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us in Scotts market52 views
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on the steps to the entrance of the great Shwe Dagon temple complex52 views
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carved ceilings and walls of the stairway52 views
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chuck liked this funky building with its stained glass like window panes52 views
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Chuck and I with Lubna Aunty (Khalu's wife) at the Commonwealth cemetary for the soldiers who died in World War II (very similar to the Mainamati commonwealth war cemetary in Bangladesh - i have pics of that in the Comilla section)52 views
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in Shan State - ONE OF OUR ALL-TIME FAVOURITE PLACES! some of our most amazing travel experiences in Asia were in Shan State (this is just after landing in Heho, I still have the Air Mandalay sticker on my arm)52 views
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the Shwe Dagon is the main conical gold stupa in the back, although all the hundreds of temples set in a circle around make up the entire Shwe Dagon complex51 views
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monks hanging out51 views
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with Shanti, one of seven sisters. the owner of the restaurant has 7 daughters, and the restaurant is nicknamed Seven Sisters (reminded me of the fairy tale)51 views
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the barge takes the buddhas from village to village around Inle Lake to bless each monastery, which takes 20 days to complete since there are so many monasteries on the lake51 views
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barge carries 4 buddhas, even though there are 5. the story goes that in 1965 the barge, which was carrying all 5, capsized & sank in a storm. only 4 were recovered but back at the pagoda 5th was sitting there covered in weeds; so now he never leaves51 views
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spinning silk. this woman was so old, hard to believe she was still working51 views
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i finally couldn't resist the temptation - had to eat one of these yummy crepes, despite my earlier resolve to stay away from street food. and we didn't get sick from it!51 views
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vendor at one of the numerous stops along the way51 views
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Jeffrey (my uncle's driver) with Chuck. His mother's Scottish - she left when he was 15 around the time when Burma was closed off to the world and he never heard from her again. super nice guy (used to be in the army, hard to believe)50 views
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these carvings were more mischievous looking than the regular serious ones50 views
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