Fishing on Inle Lake

The lake is very shallow so they canoe around until they see a fish and then they drop the net over it trapping it. A spear is then used to pierce the trapped fish! And just to make things more difficult they paddle around standing on one foot so that they can see into the water better.

Beautiful Burma (Memorable Myanmar)

March 22nd 2008
Burma has suffered immensely over the last century. First there were the three Anglo-Burmese Wars with Britain. Then World War II with the Japanese and British fighting for control of Burma. Finally in 1947 Bogyoke Aung San (the father of Aung San Suu Kyi) met with the colony's executive deputy chairman of the Governor's Executive Council and signed a pact which stipulated self-rule within one ... read more

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Britain conquered Burma over a period of 62 years (1824-1886) and incorporated it into its Indian Empire. Burma was administered as a province of India until 1937 when it became a separate, self-governing colony; independence from the Commonwealth wa... ... read more

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