Inle Lake, February 2014
A family is loading up in a long boat after a trip to the market.
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A family is loading up in a long boat after a trip to the market.
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A family is loading up in a long boat after a trip to the market.
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A family is loading up in a long boat after a trip to the market.
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Woman selling items in the market. Note her dedicated coworkers!
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Some items are obviously for tourists, but it is a full working market.
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You see men dredging the river by hand.
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Woman Bathing
Like I said, all the life is by the water.
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A restaurant on the edge of the village.
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Note the traditional Intha Leg Rowing technique.
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Mom and the kids out running errands.
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A long boat speeds by one of Inle Lakes fancy resorts.
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The Golden Kite Restaurant, Inle Lake.
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On the way to our next stop we passed this rather nice Inle Lake stilt house.
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Our next stop is the Ko Than Hlaing Silk and Lotus Weaving shop and factory.
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Here a girl shows how the lotus stem is broken open to expose the "silk."
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I really liked this lady working the spinning wheel.
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Our guide explains how the dyes are made. The safron color is for the monks robes.
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Break Time.
The lotus "silk" is more coveted and expensive than the real silk.
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Out next stop is the USein + Daw Tin Nu Blacksmith Family Workshop.
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It was great fun watching them work, they didn't miss a beat.
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I bought a really cool pair of scissors here. It's like something from 200 years ago.
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The bellows operator. When they thought no one was looking they used an electric blower! Haha.
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