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, … Continue reading Life on Inle Lake, Myanmar (part 4)
This is the third 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, … Continue reading Life on Inle Lake, Myanmar (part 3)
This is the second set of photos of the people of Inle Lake. They live in mostly wooden homes resting on stilts. As they live in and on a lake, the primary mode of transport is these small wooden boats or … Continue reading Life on Inle Lake, Myanmar (part 2)
The people of Inle Lake live in mostly wooden homes resting on stilts. As they live in and on a lake, the primary mode of transport is these small wooden boats or canoes. This series of photos highlight the Inle … Continue reading Life on Inle Lake, Myanmar (part 1)
Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda (also spelled Paung Daw Oo or Hpaung Daw U or a mix of any of these) is a pagoda complex in the Inle Lake area. The pagoda houses five small gilded images of Buddha, which are believed … Continue reading Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda – Inle Lake, Myanmar
The fishermen of Inle Lake have a unique way of rowing. Essentially they stand on the very far end of their small boats, and wrap one leg around the oar and then use this to row. The lake is full … Continue reading The Leg Rowing Fishermen of Inle Lake, Myanmar
Nga Phe Chaung is a wooden monastery built on stilts and the oldest & largest one in Inle Lake. Approxmately 200 years old, it’s also known as the Jumping Cat Monastery. In previous years the monks there trained a few … Continue reading Nga Phe Chang Monastery – Jumping Cat Monastery – Inle Lake, Myanmar
The Shwe Inn Tain Pagoda complex was pretty amazing, so I figured a second post about it with a few more photos was in order. The first post is the Ruins and Ruining of Shwe Inn Tain Pagoda. As a reminder, The … Continue reading Ancient stupas at Shwe Inn Tain Pagoda – Inle Lake, Myanmar
So finally, as promised the blog post about the Shwe Inn Tain Pagoda complex! The Shwe Inn Tain pagoda is near the Inn Dain Khone village on the western bank of Inle Lake. There are apparently 1054 pagodas, but I confess, … Continue reading Ruins and Ruining of Shwe Inn Tain Pagoda – Inle Lake, Myanmar
The day we visited Shwe Inn Tain Pagoda complex (which will be coming up shortly in a future post) we also visited the Shwe Inn Tain Monastery and a small market. On our way to the pagoda complex, we walked through some of the villages … Continue reading Village life near Shwe Inn Tain Pagoda complex – Inle Lake, Myanmar
A short distance from the main Shwe Inn Tain Pagoda complex (which will be coming up shortly in a future post) is the Shwe Inn Tain Monastery and this small market. Many of the market sellers were of the Pa’o ethnic group. Many of … Continue reading Pa’o Market near Shwe Inn Tain Pagoda complex – Inle Lake, Myanmar
One of the things we did while visiting the area near Shwe Inn Tain was to visit a local school at a village. The tour company we were travelling with supports the local school with donations and technology. The school was … Continue reading School near Shwe Inn Tain – Inle Lake, Myanmar
Just near the market, a short distance from the main Shwe Inn Tain Pagoda complex (which will be coming up shortly in a future post) is the Shwe Inn Tain Monastery. This handful of crumbling ruins provides a stark contrast to the bustling … Continue reading Shwe Inn Tain Monastery – Inle Lake, Myanmar
This is the second part of the photos from a produce market we visited near Bagan. As I mentioned in the previous post, the markets in Myanmar were a real highlight for us so I couldn’t resist doing a second post … Continue reading Produce Market near Bagan, Myanmar (part 2)
About 50kms from Bagan is Mount Popa. At the top of a flight of 777 stairs (no I didn’t count them) is a monastery at the summit of Taung Kalatt. This is a popular pilgrimage site as its considered the home … Continue reading Mount Popa near Bagan, Myanmar
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