Inle Lake, February 2014

We had a full day of exploring Inle Lake by traditional long boat. It was a great experience and definately a highlight, if not the highlight, of the trip. I wish we had had at least another full day in this area. While what we saw was "touristy" by Myanmar standards in reality all of it was traditional to the local lifestyle. Even in a touristy place in Myanmar you are greatly outnumbered by the locals, and people are genuinely happy to see you.

Blacksmith at work.
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Blacksmith at work.
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Finished!
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Time for lunch at the "Nice" restaurant.
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Wathcing the world go by on a beautiful afternoon. Not bad.
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Time for some Myanmar Beers!
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A boat full of monks speeding by.
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A man paddles a boat with the Phaung Daw Pagoda in the background.
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A monk shares a boat.
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Old teak structure. Are the guys valet parking?
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Sorry Ladies.
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Offerings.
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A tooth hat of course.
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If you need an offering for the temple this guy can help you out.
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It's getting late in the day, but we wanted to check out the floating gardings.
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Woman rowing through floating gardens, Inle Lake.
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Woman rowing through floating gardens, Inle Lake.
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It occurs to me that these people dress better to row a boat than most Americans dress to fly on a plane.
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Woman with hat in floating gardens.
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Woman with hat in floating gardens.
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Woman rowing past traditional Inle Lake houses.
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Man working in the floating gardens.
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Man working in the floating gardens.
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Girl rowing traditonal boat past floating gardens.
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Girl rowing traditonal boat past floating gardens.
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Notice that the spinning wheel is an old bicycle wheel.
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Woman rowing through floating gardens, Inle Lake.
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Girl rowing traditonal boat past floating gardens.
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Boy in afternoon light, Inle Lake.
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This man was driving his big longboat up the canal towards Nyaungshwe.
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Girl rowing traditonal boat past floating gardens.
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Leg rowing boy.
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Leg rowing boy.
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Man paddling with crops in baskets.
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Leg rowing man at floating gardens.
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Woman rowing with flowers.
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Everyone seems to be headed back to town towards the end of the day.
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Hello!
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Fisherman in the afternoon.
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A long boat delivering a water tank.
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This man was driving his big longboat up the canal towards Nyaungshwe.
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This man was driving his big longboat up the canal towards Nyaungshwe.
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Disembarking back at Nyaungshwe.
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Your heros enjoying a fancy dinner out after a big day.
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Your heros enjoying a fancy dinner out after a big day.
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Your heros enjoying a fancy dinner out after a big day.
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