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georgeaye: Arriving at our resort on Inle Lake. The "floating huts" were unbelievable - water on 3 sides.
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georgeaye: The long boat that we rode in, all around the lake.
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georgeaye: Floating huts on Inle Lake
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georgeaye: Riding the long boat
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georgeaye: Heading out on our first day at Inle
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georgeaye: Our lovely guide, Augustina. The boat had parasols for each of us, which was handy because it was so sunny!
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georgeaye: Passing through the entrance to our resort.
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georgeaye: Heading out
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georgeaye: Intha fisherman plunging his net into the lake
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georgeaye: Balancing on one foot, on the end of his boat (they all do this)
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georgeaye: Pushing the net down with a stick
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georgeaye: Intha fisherman
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georgeaye: Intha fisherman
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georgeaye: Pulling up the net - it was empty. Few fish today.
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georgeaye: Intha fisherman. Since he demonstrated his fishing for us, we had to give him a tip.
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georgeaye: Other long boat
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georgeaye: This is how everyone gets around at Inle Lake. No cars, just long, skinny boats.
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georgeaye: Kid at an Inle Lake house
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georgeaye: Silversmith
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georgeaye: Silver fish that is flexible from so many tiny scales
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georgeaye: Silver artisan
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georgeaye: Silversmith
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georgeaye: All the structures on Inle are built on poles, on earth that was dug up from the lake. It is a community that lives on the water.
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georgeaye: Woman making paper
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georgeaye: Dispersing flower petals throughout the paper
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georgeaye: Paper, ready to be dried
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georgeaye: Random enormous Bic lighter hanging from ceiling inside silver shop
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georgeaye: These five little Buddhas have been gilded over so many times over the years, they have lost their original Buddha form and instead just look like lumps of gold!
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georgeaye: Monk gilding one of the Buddhas, with tiny thin sheets of gold leaf
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georgeaye: Gilding the already-very-gold Buddha