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Inle Lake, nested among high hills, is a site of great beauty. It is home to the Intha people, who have developed a unique way of living. Their villages are built in the middle of the lake, complete with floating gardens of extraordinary fertility. All commutes and several markets are held on water. They are known for their technique of rowing wrapping one of the legs around the oar to relieve and free arms for fishing.

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The gate of the lake, sunrise. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Resort cottages at dawn. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Fence, birds, and hill at dawn. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Group of Intha fishermen on misty waters. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Sun piercing mist behind Intha fishermen. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fishermen standing on stern of their boats to fish. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fishermen in the distance using spears to stir fish, below tall hills. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Shrine in the middle of the lake. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Floating gardens. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Children commuting to school on small boat. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Canal intersection. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Small boats and shrines, Ywama Village. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Market, boats, and village houses on stilts. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Weaving workshop with Kayan women of the Padaung tribe. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Jumping cat and monk. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Woman praying at Nga Phe Kyaung monastery. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Stupas surounding Shwe Indein Pagoda. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Pier and hills, Maing Thauk Village. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fishermen with conical baskets seen from above. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fishermen on long flat-bottomed boats at sunset. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fishermen carrying lanterns at dusk. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Sunken canoe and rippled water. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Group of Intha fishermen at dawn with surface mist. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Group of Intha fishermen at dawn. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fishermen gathering in dawn mist. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fisherman standing on boat stern to lift net basket. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fishermen and sun. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fisherman using spear sticking through the top of basket to expose fish. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fisherman, sunrise. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Two Intha fishermen. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fishermen rowing boats in early morning mist. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fishermen with conical baskets in morning mist. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fisherman with freshly caught fish in basket. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fisherman lifting conical net basket. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fishermen and reflections. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Group of Intha people fishing. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fisherman prepares to release conical basket. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Fisherman retrieves net. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fisherman gathering net. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fisherman on duggout with net. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Fisherman pulling up net while leg-rowing. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fishermen with conical baskets in warm afternoon light. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fishermen row with leg and hold conical baskets. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fishermen row with backlit conical nets. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fishermen use spear to stir weed and expose fish. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Above view of Intha fishermen. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fishermen with setting sun. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fishermen row with leg with setting sun. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fishermen lifting traditional conical net at sunset. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha fishermen lifting conical basket net at sunset. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Leg-rowing Intha fishermen with lanterns at dusk. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Young schoolchildren, Nyaung Shwe. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Group of schoolchildren, Nyaung Shwe,. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Two young friends, Nyaung Shwe. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Schoolgirl with thanaka past, Nyaung Shwe. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Schoolgirls, Nyaung Shwe. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Novice petting cat, Shweyanpyay Monastery, Nyaung Shwe. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Buddhist monks studying, Shweyanpyay Monastery, Nyaung Shwe. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Monks standing in oval windows, Shweyanpyay Monastery, Nyaung Shwe. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Novices studying, Shweyanpyay Monastery, Nyaung Shwe. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Buddhist monks looking through windows of Shweyanpyay Monastery, Nyaung Shwe. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Inside Yadana Man Aung Paya, Nyaungshwe. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Stupas, Yadana Man Aung Paya, Nyaungshwe. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Boy on Water buffalo near the canal at Nyaungshwe. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Intha man demonstrating leg-rowing. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Sunset on the canal at Nyaungshwe. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Long boat, stilts huts, and mountains, sunrise. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Stilts huts. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Water level marker topped by shrine. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Stilts huts and temple. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Huts on stilts in middle of lake. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Restaurant built on stilts in middle of lake. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Villagers returning from a day of work in the fields, Maing Thauk Village. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Villagers walking on path to jetty, Maing Thauk Village. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Family walking out of stilt house on precarious bridge. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Canal, fields, and hills, Maing Thauk Village. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Woman riding with child in front of boat in Maing Thauk Village. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Canal at sunset, Maing Thauk Village. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Children rowing across canal towards floating gardens, Maing Thauk Village. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Houses and canal at sunset, Maing Thauk Village. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Floating gardens at sunset, Maing Thauk Village. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Birds perched on fence. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Sunken canoe at sunset. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Sunken canoe and ripples. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Boat leaving resort in dawn mist. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Greeters at dawn. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Sunken canoe and aquatic plants in glassy water. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Greeters in traditional costume. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Myanmar Treasure Resort at dawn. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Cottages on stilts at dawn. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Deck, pavillion, and longtail boats at sunset. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Cottages on stilts at dawn, Myanmar Treasure Resort. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Entrance of Myanmar Treasure Resort at night. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Main deck of Myanmar Treasure Resort at night. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Canal in Ywama Village. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Houses on stilts in Ywama Village. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Boats and stupas bordering Ywama Village canal. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Couple leaving market on their boat. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Parked boats and market. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Villagers arriving by boat at market. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Woman cooking burmese pancakes at market. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Pancackes cooked on coals. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Market vendor with cheerot cigar. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Woman smoking cheerot cigar. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Traditional marionettes for sale. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Young padaung woman weaving. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Padaung (long neck) woman threading yarn. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Kayan woman of the Padaung tribe wearing brass neck coils. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Kayan women at Win Yadanar workshop, Ywama Village. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Kayan Padaung woman with neck rings. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Man transporting baskets on boat. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

House on stilts. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Women with turbans on long tail boat. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Village built on the lake. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Harvesting apples on the floating gardens. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Floating gardens and village. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Nga Phe Kyaung monastery. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Jumping cat monestary. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Old wood sculptures inside Nga Phe Kyaung monastery. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Worshiping the images at Phaung Daw U Paya. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Woman Making cheerots. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Villagers navigating canal in narrow boat, Indein. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Covered walkway, Indein. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Covered walkway to Shwe Indein Pagoda lined up with vendors in 2014. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Villagers and truck near Shwe Indein Pagoda. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Jungle of stupas in various srages of disrepair, Indein. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

Stupas, Indein. Inle Lake, Myanmar ( color)

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