Life on Inle Lake, Myanmar (part 4)

Posted by The Sock Mistress ⋅ May 30, 2015 ⋅ 8 Comments

Filed Under asia, Burma, history, homes, houses, Inle Lake, lake, Myanmar, river, travel

This is the forth set of photos from Inle Lake. The people live in mostly wooden homes resting on stilts which is what this set mostly contains.

Click these links to see the other photos in this series, part 1, part 2, part 3, part 5.

To see more about our visit to Myanmar, click here. Upcoming posts about Bagan and more on Inle Lake will be coming in the next few weeks, so be sure to follow my blog.

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8 thoughts on “Life on Inle Lake, Myanmar (part 4)”

Interesting-
– the Sat TV dishes
– the “tourists” boats seems to have a hydraulic drive.
– spires ( what are they called? and purpose?

What does your husband/boyfriend think of your travel addiction?

Posted by akagai1 | May 30, 2015, 4:30 pm

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- A lot of the buildings also had solar panels too. The spires are called stupas – they usually contain religious objects, statues or relics.
  
  He’s happy to go along with the addiction – sometimes he comes along for the journey and sometimes he doesn’t 🙂
  
  Posted by The Sock Mistress | May 30, 2015, 4:56 pm
  
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