Gallery: Hill Tribe Market, Inle Lake, Burma
March 5, 2014
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.
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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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 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…
There’s sometime viscerally disconcerting about looking into the eyes of an alligator. Dark, non-blinking, but clearly focused on you, it sends a shiver up my spine. Something being tickled in the primitive parts of my brain — prey…
Tacoma is a city I’ve driven through numerous times but never thought much about. I was aware it was a port city situated on Puget Sound, and that it had a huge dome (Tacoma Dome) just off the I-5 freeway. I knew Tacoma is…
Sintra is a town that’s had two “Golden Ages,” nearly a thousand years apart. They have left Sintra with so many things to visit that it is not only one of Portugal’s biggest tourist attractions but also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Starting…
I’m not sure I’ve ever had a more enjoyable vacation that being on safari in Africa! There are a number of countries where animal viewing is good, these photos being highlights of some of the larger animals we saw during a week spent in…
This gallery is just what it says, details, noticed as I went here and there during a sojourn in rural China.
The United States has some of the planet’s finest scenery and boasts dozens of great drives. From the California’s Pacific Coast Highway, to Montana’s Going to the Sun Road, to Newfound Gap Road in the Smoky Mountains, there’s scenic drives in…
On a quiet side street in the Silom district of this dynamic Southeast Asian capital is a peaceful oasis which, after a number of visits to the city, I only found by accident.
My father lives in Winnipeg and I visit him several times a year. During these weekend visits we mostly relax and catch up but we both enjoy going out to explore and see things. Never know what you might find when you do! Like most…