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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 legs44 views
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Intha fisherman on Inle lake rowing standing up with one leg44 views
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chuck resting in the shade of a temple with some devotees43 views
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female monks and schoolgirls praying at the temple on full moon day43 views
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riding a bullock - standing up!43 views
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how many people can you fit on a truck?43 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 gardens43 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 here43 views
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the Myanmar version of a rickshaw - the passegers sit in a sidecar, one facing forward, one back42 views
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chilling out with Myanmar beer, a long leisurely lunch by the lakeside. Yangon has many lakes, and wide tree-lined boulevards - such a green old-world city42 views
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Burmese are always celebrating some Buddhist festival - one of the most spiritual countries i've been in, their lives truly revolve around religion. it was full moon day, everything was closed, & here's someone in a costume collecting alms42 views
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these kids were cute - they all have thanaka paste on their faces (it acts as sunblock)42 views
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a woman from the Pa-O tribe - they wear only black42 views
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lunch at a small charming Nepalese restaurant in Kalaw. we ordered a bottle of local "wine"42 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 place42 views
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local transportation with a tractor engine42 views
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as foreigners, we had to pay a special fee to enter the Inle area42 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 festival42 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 State42 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)42 views
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