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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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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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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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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 Yangon32 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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we were able to get pretty authentic tasting caipirinhas at this little place in the town of Nyaung Shwe. some tourist had taught the owner how to make them. we were so happy!32 views
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sign in Burmese - one of the most incomprehensible scripts we've seen, all squiggles31 views
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men working in the hilly plateau while a train passes by31 views
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as foreigners, we had to pay a special fee to enter the Inle area31 views
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