Pulled into Inle Lake at 4am, to a big change in the temperature- a chilling 40 degrees! Our nice taxi driver drove us to this really cute guesthouse, $12/night with breakfast included! They used bamboo to decorate the rooms-original! Inle Lake is famous for its natural beauty, traditional fishing, and hill tribe people. Our original plan was to stay here for 3 days, but we both ended up getting sick and we stayed for 5 instead. One day we took a boat tour around the lake.
De Mandaly nos fuimos al lago Inle, la verdad un lugar muy tranquilo y muy lindo.
La idea era quedarnos 3 dias pero primero Kelly y despues yo nos enfermamos un poco asique al final nos quedamos 5 dias, en uno de ellos hicimos un tur en bote alrededor del lago.
De Mandaly nos fuimos al lago Inle, la verdad un lugar muy tranquilo y muy lindo.
La idea era quedarnos 3 dias pero primero Kelly y despues yo nos enfermamos un poco asique al final nos quedamos 5 dias, en uno de ellos hicimos un tur en bote alrededor del lago.
Inle is a small town, easy to get around by walking or bicycle!
A water buffalo cooling off!
Children running out of school, towards home, at 11am for lunch!
More Buddhas!
Children in their school clothes in front of a typical house
Our boat! Apparently it NEVER rains in January......we got the only day ever!
Traditional fishing, the fisherman rows by using his foot to push the ore! Hello balance!
In the middle of the lake were these floating Islands, where the people grew flowers and vegetables. The houses are on stilts.
An entire village on stilts, no cars needed! We even saw pigs in their pigpens on stilts!
This is a rotating market, each day it changes its location.
This is a silk factory, the process to make silk is so lengthy....I cant believe it doesn't cost more than it already does.
Apparently these are Buddha images.....they are protected in a case and worshiped daily!
These are the women of the hill tribes. At age 9 they receive their first 5 rings that are worn 24 hours a day, seven days a week for ever! At different stages in their lives they receive more rings. They also wear rings around their knees and ankles! I spoke with one young girl and she said that its not that painful and you get used to it. She showed me she can turn her neck and reach down to touch her toes! They also explained that the rings don't actually make the neck longer, but it pushes the shoulders down. It was really interesting speaking with them. The rings are very heavy and are actually one continuous ring that is bent around their necks. At age 50 a woman has 25 rings! Ouch!
They are making bags that take 3 days to make and are sold for $15 each.
Floating gardens
This was a cat that the monks have taught to jump through hoops! Very impressive!
Traditional fishing-the man places the cage in the water then sticks a pitchfork in and out and hopefully stabs one.....he didn't catch any as we watched!
The Aung Traditional Puppet show!
This man is a third generation puppeteer. He runs the shows out of his house and charges $3 a show.
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