Gallery: Hill Tribe Market, Inle Lake, Burma
The day began when our boatman collected us at our guesthouse at the north end of Inle Lake, a shallow and beautiful body of water surrounded by mountains in Shan State.
The day began when our boatman collected us at our guesthouse at the north end of Inle Lake, a shallow and beautiful body of water surrounded by mountains in Shan State.
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The 13 pictures which follow are from a day spent with a friend in a long boat on Inle Lake in central Burma's Shan State. We boarded with our boatman on a waterway that leads from Nyaungshwe, about 3 miles from the north end...
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World famous, Mandalay Marionettes Theatre is keeping this traditional performance art form alive for the Burmese people and for visitors to this northern Burma city. Originally a royal entertainment, it’s now available to all.
This gallery is just what it says, details, noticed as I went here and there during a sojourn in rural China.
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On the second day of a 2-day tour of Fujian tulou clusters, begun with a large Chinese group on a bus and finished the next day alone on foot, I walked along a road with my non-English speaking guide and came upon this beautiful house.