Inle Lake (Inlay Lake), Shan State


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February 28th 2014
Published: March 1st 2014
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We had two fantastic days at Inle Lake (aka Inlay Lake). The lake is very large and is famous for its fishermen who row their boats standing up using one leg to balance and the other to row with as they lay or gather their nets or use their bamboo cone shaped fish traps and fork to stab, but not kill the fish (fish don't go off if they are still alive!). We traveled about the lake in longb... Read Full Entry



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extracting thread from lotus stemsextracting thread from lotus stems
extracting thread from lotus stems

The most expensive of thread. US$100 for a scarf made of lotus thread, only US$50 for one made of silk and lotus
noivice monks on their food collection roundnoivice monks on their food collection round
noivice monks on their food collection round

They pass the hotel we were staying at at 6.45 each mouth IMG and the manager dishes out rice to them. There were 37 of them the morning I got up to see them
smoothing the plastering job using just a piece of bamboosmoothing the plastering job using just a piece of bamboo
smoothing the plastering job using just a piece of bamboo

They may be doing an incorrect restoration job but they are very skilled craftsmen



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