As we crossed the border to Burma, things immediately became a lot poorer and the facilities more basic. Nevertheless, we enjoyed the Inle Lake where whole communities live in houses over the water. We then went on the Mandalay where there were a lot and temples and statues of Buddha to look at. October 2017.
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customs building in mae sai, thailand
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welcome to tachileik, myanmar
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monks in a songthaew
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tachileik airport
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tachileik airport
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cows crossing the road
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man riding a bull
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jill on inle lake
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silversmith
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bernd having burmese tea
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living on inle lake
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betel nut manufacturer
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market time on inle lake
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jill with a pig
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burmese tea always comes with a selection of pastries
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spice stall
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these snacks didn't taste great
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spinning of a yarn
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morning routine
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phaung daw oo paya
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jill is not allowed to enter there
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but men with skirts are
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men putting gold leaf on some rocks
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this young boy is going to be a monk
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inle boy shovelling the water out of our boat
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sleeping cats at the jumping cats monastery
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floating post office
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nuns on their way to nga hpe kyaung
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floating tomato garden
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nuns at the nga hpe kyaung monastery
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monk at the nga hpe kyaung monastery
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bernd in a longyi
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buddhist squirrel
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monks
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tomato market
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yadana man aung paya
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very gory depictions of past events
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and a golden chicken
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yadana man aung paya
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hazardous footpath in nyaung shwe
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aung san suu kyi is everywhere
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when you order a curry in myanmar you get all this
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inle lake
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local tribe on their way across the inle lake
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inle boy
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samkar
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samkar
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jill and our boat
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big burmese spider
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view over the river at samkar
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takhaung mwetaw pagoda
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takhaung mwetaw pagoda
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we're stuck
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another pagoda three more giant buddhas
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inle lake fisherman
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he didn't catch anything
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melons
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oranges
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you can get quite a lot of people on a truck
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and quite a lot of boxes too
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mandalay food tour
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people buying their breakfast
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a lot of deep frying going on
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jill and our food tour guide sitting in a tea shop
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burmese tea and burmese cigarette
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dried beef being sold in a market stall
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traditional makeup/sun protection is made from grinding these thanaka logs
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dried fish merchant
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chicken lady
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cat chills out at the market
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weighing meat for sale
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mandalay market
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traditional shampoo
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tea leaf salad
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mandalay food tour
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mandalay food tour
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stop
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sitagu buddhist academy
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view over sagaing
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soon u pon nya shin paya
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giant frog
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big buddha with christmas lights indicating enlightenment
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our mode of transport in inwa
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driving a horse cart while being on your mobile phone seems to be fine in myanmar
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little buddha in bagaya kyaung teak monastery
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bagaya kyaung teak monastery
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our horse and driver in inwa
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daw gyan
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our pm doesnt get that much support from the people
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maha aungmye bonzan
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little buddha in maha aungmye bonzan
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u bein bridge
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maha ganayon kyaung
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is there anything the buddha can't do?
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having never touched petrified wood before i was up for a surprise
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botanical garden in pyin oo lwin
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botanical garden in pyin oo lwin
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posing in a waterfall in front of a cave
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depiction of a story in the life of buddha in the cave
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big buddha statue
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many small buddhas
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waterfall without a cave
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food stall on our way back from pyin oo lwin
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this means toilet in burmese
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van packed full of flowers on its way to mandalay
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motorbike packed full of flowers on its way to mandalay
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gold leaf workshop
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monk accessories
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ready made meal
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kuthodaw pagoda
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kuthodaw pagoda
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pre wedding photo shoot at kuthodaw pagoda
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mandalay hill
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mandalay hill
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puppy on mandalay hill
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souvenir/drinks stall on mandalay hill
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mandalay hill
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golden chicken on mandalay hill
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scary green man on mandalay hill
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cat on mandalay hill
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stupas near the top of mandalay hill
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the top of mandalay hill
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buddhas bell ringer
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mandalay hill
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cat on mandalay hill
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24 vases full of water on top of mandalay hill
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monks on mandalay hill
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daily xylophone performance at our hotel
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waiter at our hotel doing the sums
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daily puppet performance at our hotel