Inle Lake, Myanmar (23rd March 2010)
Our second day at Inle Lake started at dawn with a bird watching expedition out on the lake. We then headed across the lake where we visited a temple, cloth workshop and blacksmiths.
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Inle Lake, Myanmar (22nd March 2010)
After spending the night in Ka Law, we rose early and visited the old railway station as well as a Christian church (nice change from all the Buddhist temples!). We then drove to Inle Lake, stopping at a teaching monastery on the way, and visited the local market in Naungshwe town, where people from the surrounding hill tribes had come to sell their goods. From there we took one of the long boats to our hotel at Inle Princess Resort. After dumping our bags, we crossed the lake for lunch, and in the afternoon visited a silver smiths workshop, and saw the Karen "long necked" women, and finished with a boat ride through the floating gardens and stilted houses, stopping briefly at the "jumping cat" monastery, before heading back across the lake to the hotel.
Ka Law, Myanmar (21st March 2010)
Another early flight from Mandalay brought us to Heho airport, from where we drove for a couple of hours to the Pindaya caves, limestone caverns full of thousands of carved Buddhas. We then visited a handicraft shop where they made paper and beautiful parasols by hand. From there we drove to the hill fort of Ka Law, which was frequented by the British in Colonial times, to escape the heat of the plains.
Mandalay, Myanmar (20th March 2010)
Day two in Mandalay started with a boat trip up the Ayeyarwady River to Mingun, where we visited to 87 ton Mingun bell, the Hsimbuye Paya and unfinished Mingun Paya. In the afternoon we drove to Sagaing Hill, the living centre of Buddhist faith in Burma today. Finally on our return drive to Mandalay, we stopped at the U Bein teak bridge, built in 1851.
Mandalay, Myanmar (19th March 2010)
Bagan, Myanmar (18th March 2010)
Bagan, Myanmar (17th March 2010)
Yangon, Myanmar (16th Mar 2010)
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