Stilt house along the canal linking Inle Lake with Ywama to the west |
Inn Than Lay-2 Restaurant |
Inn Than Lay-2 Restaurant |
A pair of monks in front of a long boat with their heads wrapped |
Dark-stained wood of an old canal-side building just east of Ywama |
Bridge over the canal, Ywama |
Ywama, a canal-laced town on the western shore of Inle Lake |
Long boat on the east-west canal of Ywama |
Htun Htun Restaurant, Ywama |
Phaung Daw U Paya from the water |
Phaung Daw U Paya from the water |
Htun Htun Restaurant, Ywama |
East-West canal linking Ywama with Inle Lake |
Phaung Daw Oo Paya |
Naga (serpent), Phaung Daw U Pagoda, Ywama |
Naga (serpent), Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, Ywama |
Phaung Daw U Pagoda, the holiest site in southern Shan State |
The five golden statues of Phaung Daw U |
These are paraded around Inle Lake during the Phaung Daw Oo festival |
In 1965, the Royal Barge capsized and they sank into the lake |
Detail of the silver base of one of the gold images |
1934 photograph of the 5 images...you can see how much more gold leaf has been applied since then |
Painting of a Royal Barge on Inle Lake |
Phaung Daw U Pagoda, Ywama |
Our Inle guide, Nyi Naing |
Map of northern Inle Lake |
Phaung Daw U Pagoda, Ywama |
Phaung Daw U Pagoda, Ywama |
Phaung Daw U Pagoda, Ywama |
...not how the spire is wrapped in some kind of protective sheathing... |
Phaung Daw U Pagoda, Ywama |
Boat shed for the Royal Barge, Phaung Daw Oo |
Stern of the Royal Barge built in 1997 |
Detail of the Royal Barge, Inle Lake |
Detail of the Royal Barge, Inle Lake |
Royal Barge, Inle Lake |
Platform where 4 of the 5 golden images are placed (since the 1965 accident they leave one behind at the temple) |
Royal Barge in the boat shed of Phaung Daw Oo Paya |
...looks like a Golden Chicken... |
Detail of the royal barge |
Phaung Daw Oo, Ywama |
Phaung Daw Oo, Ywama |
North Canal of Ywama |
Canal bridge at Ywama |
Phaung Daw Oo Paya |
Phaung Daw Oo Paya |
Phaung Daw Oo Paya |
Village of Ywama, Inle Lake |
Royal Barge, Phaung Daw U Paya |
Restaurant Mr. Toe, Ywama |
Long boat speeding down the main canal of Ywama |
Shwe Hintha Restaurant & Hand Weaving Centre,Ywama |
Canoe with four men, Ywama |
...three sitting, one standing |
Soe San Kaung Restaurant, Ywama |
Another restaurant right next to Soe San Kaung, Ywama |
Ywama is famous for its gold and silversmiths |
Ywama |
Ywama |
Monastery in Ywama |
Monastery in Ywama |
Houses along one of the canals in Ywama |
Young man in front of Sein Thamadi Gold & Silver Smith |
He was nice enough to give our boat a push when it grounded in the shallow water |
Tourist boat passing beneath a bamboo bridge, Ywama |
Silversmith workshop, Ywama |
Young silversmith at work, Ywama |
Sein Damati Gold & Silver Smith, Ywama |
Hand-made jewelry at Sein Damati, Ywama |
Sein Damati Gold & Silver Smith |
Silver boxes, Sein Damati Gold & Silver Smith, Ywama |
Uncut stones and polished gems, Sein Damati Gold & Silver Smith |
Sein Damati Gold & Silver Smith, Ywama |
Ywama |
At first I thought the floating souvenir sellers were cute, but they latch on and don't go away easily |
Ywama |
Ywama |
Inn Shwe Pyi - house of long neck women, Ywama |
Inn Shwe Pyi, Ywama |
Inn Shwe Pyi Centro Tradizionale Lavorazione con Telaio a Mano dei Padaung |
Padaung Long-Necked-Woman working in Ywama |
Rather than stretch the neck, the rings depress the collar bone |
She showed us how part of the rings can be loosened to sleep at night |
Rings of the Padaung Hill Tribe's long-necked-women |
A girl of the Padaung Hill Tribe |
Inn Shwe Pyi Center, Ywama |
Souvenir boat that uses two cute little girls to latch onto tourist boats |
Our boat accosted by a floating souvenir boat |
Annoying, but cute... |
Another souvenir boat prowling the canals of Ywama |
Ywama |
Dozens of stupas along the canal in Ywama |
Ywama Pagoda |
Bamboo bridge over the canal |
Ywama Pagoda |
Ywama |
Ywama |
Airy Ywama canal-side house |
"Floating Market", Ywama |
Canal in front of Ywama Pagoda |
"Floating Market" Ywama |
Ywama Pagoda |
Canoe on a canal in Ywama |