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Birthday on the lake
... as we reached the lake we had a chance to watch the much photographed fishermen. They showed us how they fish with big bamboo baskets and also use nets, thrashing the surface of the water with bamboo sticks to drive the fish into the nets. Their "foot rowing" technique is what they are best known for though. This involves standing at the rear of the boat, wrapping one leg around an oar and using this to propel the boat. This leaves both hands free ...
Naar het meer | to the lake
... het klooster van de springende katten. Als een circusnummertje springen katten op gezette tijden door een klein hoepeltje. Op de terugweg naar Nyaung Shwe aanschouw ik ook nog drijvende tuinen waar tomaten worden gekweekt. Moe maar voldaan keer ik huiswaarts.
Maandag
Een vrije dag. Samen met Guus en Petra ben ik gaan fietsen. Een stukje langs het meer, met het bootje naar de overkant en vandaar uit weer terug naar huis. Onderweg ...
Overland by dusty roads
It was to be a long drive on Sunday. To help the driver who was having to drive back the same day, we agreed to be on the road by 7.30am. The guide was not accompanying us today and so Keith sat in the front seat next to the driver. His English was pretty good and he launched immediately into a discussion on world politics. He told us about the current situation in Myanmar and also told us a little about his family. He had a 9 year old daughter who was a pupil at ...
Kalaw - Inle Lake - '3 Tage Trekking Tour'
... ein- oder anderen Touris.
Empfehlung GH: Golden Kalaw Inn, zu 8 US $ fuer zwei Personen, dass inkl. Fruehstueck, war sehr gut.
Kalt - kalt und nochmals kalt !!! 1340 m Hoehe, es ist zu raten warme Kleidung einzupacken.
Durch die doch sehr aktive Fahrt mit dem Zug hatte sich Carsten eine Art Zerrung zugelegt , er kann dadurch keine 200 m schmerzfrei gehen, geschweige denn, sich aufrecht halten. Seine Rueckenprobleme haben sich dazu auch ...
Trekking in the Shan Hills
... grown to be made into “cigars” which are then sent out to the rest of the country.
One of the girls from the village was a sight in her gumboots that she was tramping around in despite there being no rain, I suspect it was the only pair of boots she owned and felt more comfortable going up and down the rough track in those than in thongs.
Another way people are trying to make money is collecting firewood and taking into the market to sell ...


