http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Inle-Lake/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Burma , Inle Lake en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:53:40 +0000 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:53:40 +0000 A group of monks here in Inle Lake had a bit of time on their hands and a group of smarterthanaverage cats in their monastery. All the fun started when the cats began to jump up on the monks' laps while they were meditating and then through their clasped hands. The monks realized the cats' acrobatic potential and taught them to jump through little hoops for treats. Now it's a major tourist http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Inle-Lake/blog-459283.html Sometimes it is hard to believe that this isn't all a dream. This morning we had breakfast at dawn under our large acacia tree. The full moon was low on the horizon and we had a perfect view of its reflection in the Ayeyarwady River. Our flight today to Inle Lake was at 815am. Our phenomenal guide and driver Aung Shwe and Minmin picked us up at the hotel at 645am for the ten minute drive http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Inle-Lake/blog-459282.html ...But I will try to put Inle Lake into words... I think I fell in love with this place. It's definitely not for the restaurants they are seriously lacking here but in everything else there is so much natural beauty that it's crazy. I did a few things while here.. rented a bike and cycled for about 1215 miles. I went out to Inle Spa where I was the only person there. Made for a nice time to rel http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Inle-Lake/blog-437298.html Before we left Kalaw we paid a visit to the Catholic Church photo in previous blog and met the lovely priest Father Paul. It was interesting how many places of worship there were in this small town a mosque various Christian Churches and numerous temples. Nevertheless the government has been known to discriminate against those who are not Buddhist so while people practice different religi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Inle-Lake/blog-424969.html Der zweit groeste See in Myanmar. Ein Bootsausflug zu auf Stelzen stehenden Doerfern. Optische betracht eine Mischung aus Venedig und Neusiedler See jedoch von beidem nur das Schoene. Also Taubenscheisse auf alten Tretbooten Bekannt ist der See fuer seine schwimmenden Gaerten und den einbeinigen Ruderern. Das ist kein Behindertenintegrationsprojekt sondern eine Technik die eine schnelle Fortbew http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Inle-Lake/blog-414023.html Myanmar Part II Day 66 74 Day 6 of Road Trip We arranged a boat trip for the day around Inle Lake. The river along Naungshwe eventually opened up into the huge expansive shallow Inle lake. Zaw Zaw had bought some treats along that we got to throw up to the seagulls that flew right up to us hovering about 3 feet above us waiting for us to throw the treats. Another interesting thing about the l http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Inle-Lake/blog-384951.html De 2 vorige bijdragen waren reeds gepubliceerd maar zijn nu geheel bijgewerkt. Deze hadden jullie nog volledig tegoed inclusief fotorsquos. Enjoy22102009Onersquos destination is never a place but a new way of seeing things Henry Miller Dinsdag 24022009 Naar het InlmeerZoals gewoonlijk vroeg uit de veren om onze binnenvlucht te halen van Mandalay naar Heho Shan State toegangsp http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Inle-Lake/blog-379450.html Vampires and fishermenSorry for the lack of photos so far no CD drives in Internet cafe's here in Myanmar The next morning John and I hired a motor boat to take us around the lake for the day. We split the cost and that is one of the boons of traveling together with someone it mitigates the desire to go independent which I certainly had at the time. We managed to avoid the commission system of http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Inle-Lake/blog-377801.html Hi allThis is my first backdated entry. I apologize for being disorienting but I'm going to be going back in time meaning eventually you might get to hear about the start of my trip. Now I feel it's important to offer you this warning.At some point in your lives my dear friends you may come across a decision that will have you choose between comfort and a 20hour bus ride. I entreat you. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Inle-Lake/blog-371449.html Inle Pancake Kingdom has moved from being a home away from home for tourists looking for a delicious banana and chocolate pancake and fresh strawberry smoothie to also doing virtual tourism. They also have a great site with very interesting slideshows of various places in MyanmarBurma. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Inle-Lake/blog-357721.html Day 265 on the road I arrived in Inle Lake famous for its people living on and close to the water on a gruesome 16 hour overnight journey from Bago. The roads were awful as was the state of the bus and the temperature inside close to freezing especially since they left the main door open at all times for some strange reason. We arrived here at the ungodly hour of four in the morning but l http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Inle-Lake/blog-356645.html Inle Lake Myanmar Pictures July 2008 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Inle-Lake/blog-349330.html So many times when we get on a bus in a country where no one speaks english and we can't read the writing I wonder to myself how do we know where to get off. Every time the bus stops we look at each other and think...Is this our stop You can't go by the time either a 4 hr bus once took us 14hrs in China because the bus drove BESIDE the highway rather than on it. long story So here we are o http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Inle-Lake/blog-341635.html 'Yes it's a beautiful country and the people are wonderful. There's only one thing that is not nice in this country'. De monnik een jongeman van ongeveer mijn leeftijd maakt zijn zin niet af. In plaats daarvan kijkt hij me diep in de ogen aan. 'Snap je wat ik bedoel' zeggen zijn ogen. 'Yes I know' antwoord ik. Zo moeilijk is het niet om te begrijpen wat hij bedoelt. Bovendien ben ik al vier http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Inle-Lake/blog-336788.html n.b. alle foto's zijn onbewerkt z.s.m. meer http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Inle-Lake/blog-333970.html Dag allemaal't is weer een tijdje geleden maar we hebben niet stil gezeten. Van Bangladesh zijn we naar India teruggekeerd om van daaruit een vlucht te nemen naar Bangkok. In Thailand hebben we een week lang zalig niks gedaan in afwachting van een Birmees visum. De dagen vlogen nochtans voorbij op Koh Chang met fantastisch lekkere strandbarbecues wat zwemmen brommerritjes en een goed boek. De http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Inle-Lake/blog-313857.html Hello world just a short notice .. we will be travelling to Myanmar tomorrow June 27th and intend to stay until July 9th. Due to the lacks in infrastructure and communication and some wellknown restrictions we might not post updates photos during that timeframe. But we will take many pix and show them to you after our return in BKK.Yeah still strolling thru SE Asia among friendly people http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Inle-Lake/blog-291979.html We12288headed next to big beautiful Inle Lake about 22 km long and 11 km wide and surrounded by misty high hills. The road there is dreadful but it's worth making the trip. The main town on the lake is Nyaung Shwe where we stayed at the Au Mingala Hotel for 18night breakfast included. The hotel bungalows are clean quiet and you can catch up on the news on the hotel's one English chan http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Inle-Lake/blog-274080.html Burma has suffered immensely over the last century. First there were the three AngloBurmese 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 selfrule within one http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Inle-Lake/blog-257617.html MingalabaI can easily say that so far I have been in a couple of countrys around the world but Burma...the largest country in mainland Southeast Asia is definitely one of my favourites so far It is GREAT Country with 3 million monks in their red dresses one gold pagoda on almost every corner or small hill men wearing long skirts longyis women covering their faces with tanaka old and c http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Inle-Lake/blog-246228.html