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Inle’s Floating Gardens and some Buddhist Hypocrisy

Jun 25, 2014 by Daniel McBane 3 Comments

a leg rower in Inle Lake's floating gardens
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series A Boat Tour of Inle Lake in Myanmar

After visiting the temple, we got back on our boat and headed into another floating village. This one was even more photogenic than the first and I shot another 200 photos. By now the sun was at its hottest, but I still had no interest in holding an umbrella while trying to [read more…]

Filed Under: Myanmar Tagged With: Myanmar, transportation, architecture, Inle Lake

Village Life on Inle Lake…Yes, it Includes Souvenir Shops

Jun 11, 2014 by Daniel McBane 2 Comments

Inle Lake locals loading a boat in Myanmar
This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series A Boat Tour of Inle Lake in Myanmar

After puttering down the lake for a while, we eventually arrived at the village of Ywama to visit a local market. Our driver parked our boat and dropped us off at a long, covered walkway lined with makeshift stalls manned by local vendors. The vendors might have been local, but [read more…]

Filed Under: Myanmar Tagged With: Inle Lake, Myanmar, transportation, culture, locals

Real and Fake Leg Rowing Fishermen on Inle Lake

May 28, 2014 by Daniel McBane 10 Comments

A leg rower on Inle Lake in Myanmar
This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series A Boat Tour of Inle Lake in Myanmar

“Skip it. It’s too touristy.” If you’ve done any traveling, you’ve probably heard this phrase. Some travelers shun any destination or activity seen as popular and will even go so far as to berate others for not doing the same. They don’t seem to understand that places become touristy for one simple reason: [read more…]

Filed Under: Myanmar Tagged With: culture, Inle Lake, Myanmar, transportation

A Good Day in Hsipaw Spent With Kids, Cows and Trash

Oct 26, 2013 by Daniel McBane 12 Comments

Children posing in Hsipaw Myanmar

If you spend a reasonable amount of time in any country, visiting that country’s top tourist attraction will never be the most memorable thing you do while there and in many cases, it will actually be quite disappointing. Instead, the best moments are unplanned and generally come when you least expect them. Knowing this, I’ve […]

Filed Under: Myanmar Tagged With: animals, cows, culture, Hsipaw, Myanmar, Southeast Asia

Bagan by Horse Cart: The Best of Three Bad Options

Aug 10, 2013 by Daniel McBane 4 Comments

Horse cart approaching a temple in Bagan

When most people think of Myanmar, they imagine a hazy, flat plain with hundreds of reddish-brown stupas poking up above the patchy tree cover. The area they are picturing is called Bagan. It lies in Myanmar’s dusty central plains on the banks of the Irrawaddy River and is characterized by not hundreds, but thousands—over 2200, […]

Filed Under: Myanmar Tagged With: Myanmar, transportation, annoying people, scams, Bagan

Hanging off the Side of Mandalay’s Crowded Public Transport

Apr 3, 2013 by Daniel McBane 8 Comments

Public Transport Myanmar

You’ll find a lot of options for getting around in Myanmar, but only the most expensive offer any comfort. Most are crowded at best, like the pickup truck above on the streets of Mandalay, and downright painful at worst. I was stupid lucky enough to try just about all of them during my time in […]

Filed Under: Myanmar, Funny Photos Tagged With: Myanmar, funny image, Mandalay, transportation, culture

Yangon’s Black Market Money Changers

Dec 29, 2012 by Daniel McBane 4 Comments

Bricks of Burmese kyat

When I went to Myanmar in 2011, the official government exchange rate was around 7 kyats per US dollar. A bottle of water went for 200 to 300 kyats and a cheap restaurant meal was around 1000 to 2000. That would make this the most expensive country on earth. Luckily, I read up on Myanmar […]

Filed Under: Myanmar Tagged With: Myanmar, Yangon, money, black market, scams

Wine Tasting in Myanmar at Inle Lake’s Red Mountain Estate

Nov 13, 2012 by Daniel McBane 13 Comments

Red Mountain Estate Wines in Myanmar

The Inle Lake area of Myanmar was my favorite of all the places I visited during my month in the country. While there, you can take a boat out on the lake, bike around the lake, walk to the lake……ok, so it doesn’t take too long to realize there’s not much to do that doesn’t […]

Filed Under: Myanmar Tagged With: budget activity, food, Myanmar, culture, unique experience

Arrival at Indawgyi Military Base

Jun 18, 2012 by Daniel McBane 4 Comments

Shan Children
This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series Visiting Indawgyi Lake in Myanmar

The journey, as I mentioned, was horrible—over five hours of constant pain as we traversed boulders, got stuck in small lakes of mud, slid down muddy hillsides and forded numerous rivers—all features of the “road”. At one point a bridge literally collapsed beneath us. Planks were dislodged and fell into the river below, leaving [read more…]

Filed Under: Myanmar Tagged With: Indawgyi Lake, ethnic minority, Burma, Myanmar, transportation

Traditional Burmese Happy Meal

Jun 16, 2012 by Daniel McBane 2 Comments

Traditional Shan Foods

I took this over a year ago, but despite the picture, until this week, Myanmar was one of only three countries to not have coke. Thankfully, Coca Cola has decided to change this now that sanctions have been eased, providing the Burmese people with all the luxuries of the West, such as hyperactive kids and […]

Filed Under: Myanmar, Funny Photos Tagged With: food, Myanmar, funny image, funny signs, Yangon, Burma

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