Some Random Pictures of Myanmar and its Inhabitants

Kim with a new friend. This was when our ship, the RV Pandau 1947, docked and we were the first Westerners this village had ever experienced.

Street food: small fish, shrimp, fried corn and other ???? It smelled wonderful but alas we didn't have any.

This is a teak bridge we walked half way across and then were taken back in this boat. It is two kilometers long.

This card was on the desk in oneof our rooms. Please read the whole thing. This says it all if you know what I mean.

Boys playing on a hay stack in the pottery making village

Sun setting over Bagan. Every blip you see is a pagoda.

Etching a lacquer pot in the lacquer "factory." Literally everything is done by hand.

Little girl waving. Her cheeks are covered with thanaka which is the make-up/sunscreen that most Burmese women wear. It is considered very charming and beautiful. I brought some home if anyone wants to try it.

Dried fish in the market in Bagan

Inside one of the pagodas in Bagan. These reclining Buddhas are in great shape, probably restored, but still very old.

Just another view of the Ananda Pagoda. If you click on it and make it larger, you can see the panorama of pagodas around it and the different sizes they are.

Young lad climbing up the "toddy palm" to collect the sap. I think I said in the blog he shimmied up, but I just noticed he had the help of a makeshift ladder. Still a little hard on the feet I would think.

Imelda and NuNu modeling their longyis. NuNu had given a demonstration of how to tie them and Imelda caught on immediately. It's not that easy!

A bridge over a waterway at the Inle Princess. Amazing vegetation.

The bed at the Inle Princess shrouded in a mosquito net.

The Inle Princess from the water. This is the main building but it was flanked on both sides by cottages.

Another view of regular life on Inle Lake. The stilt houses are raised up so that when the lake is high during the rainy season they won't be submerged.

Tom and new friend. This is the monk that NuNu didn't think was for real. I think he was.

Children offering us a flower from their boat to ours.

This is one of the restaurants we had lunch in on Inle Lake. It sits right in the middle of the lake, open to the elements, very posh, with an orchid garden in the back.

Another view of a fisherman with his conical net, poling his boat, searching for fish.

Some women trying to sell us their wares by coming right up to our boats in their boats.

These boats selling all sorts of goods are very common on the lake. It's another type of "floating market."

A detail of one of the ruined pagodas behind the market at Inle Lake. Note the inside mosaics. Imagine what it looked like in its prime.

Another view of the pagoda complex at Inle Lake