Inle Lake

Inle Lake

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December 19th 2006

Published: January 6th 2007

I had no idea what to expect from Burma. Out of all the travelers I have met along the way, only two had actually been there before. Everyone else had stories of people they knew who knew other people who had dared to risk traveling within Myanmar's untouched territory. I couldn't seem to get 'the bus ride from hell' story out of my head no matter how hard I tried. A guy I met knew another guy w... Read Full Entry

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Inle Lake Fisherman

He pushed the basket down into the water...

Inle Lake Fisherman II

...and then pulled it back up again. I couldn't see that he caught any fish though so I'm not too sure how the basket fishing actually works

The Sun Over Inle Lake

Another Fisherman

Here with Bindal and our boat driver

We hired a boat for the day for $10 USD. Such a great tour of the lake - so picturesque and absolutely breathtaking. One of the top highlights of my entire trip actually

Our driver

Frank & Yvonne

We met these guys on the bus from Yangon and shared the boat tour. There were a lot of laughs, such a good day!

Which way is up?

Floating Village

*check out that satellite dish on top of the house! classic.

Floating Village II

Random little water alley

Longneck Village Visit

I had already seen these villagers in northern Thailand, but it was nice to see the women in their homeland.

The Grandmother

She wears 6kg around her neck

One of the girls

Tiger Protection

We were told that the practice of putting rings around the female's calfs and necks was to protect them from being mauled by tigers - these days its for beauty and in keeping with longstanding tradition.

Floating Garden

The villagers grow gardens on the lake and sell their produce in the markets

Water Lilly

Floating Garden II

Boys on a boat

The 'jumping cat' Temple

This place was just weird. They have all these cats that hang around there and they force them to jump through hoops for the tourists. I thought it was very cruel and the cats were clearly unimpressed!

Cute Little Kid

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