Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Inle Lake, Myanmar (part 1)

Back in July we visited Inle Lake in central Myanmar for a weekend. It is the second largest lake in Myanmar - 22km long and 10km wide - and home to the lake dwelling Intha people, who inhabit stilt villages and tend floating gardens.

We stayed at one of the hotels along the banks of the lake and spent three days exploring the lake via boat. Even though it was rainy season, it was quite a bit drier and cooler up at the lake, which allowed us to have a great time exploring and learning about the people native to the area.




 Stilt villages


 Silversmith


 A number of Buddhist pagodas and temples line the banks of the lake and canals. Many of them only accessible by boat. It is really amazing to float by these elaborate and ancient places. 





 A family of Padaung women live at Ywama village on Inle Lake. They create beautiful textiles. 



 We also visited a shop that makes beautiful paper umbrellas. Piper helped lay the flower petals on the paper fabric.

 A completed and dried piece of paper fabric.

 Making the handles / some finished products

At lunch Piper found a few friends!

 Back at the hotel we enjoyed the pool overlooking the lake and the fresh coconuts!



Lotus flower

Map of Inle Lake

More pictures coming up!

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