Monday, February 23: After leaving Jumping Cat Monastery, we get back in the boat and head south into the villages on Inle Lake. At this point, it’s 9:50 a.m. We’ve already covered a lot of the lake and floating gardens, the 5-day rotating market, and the Monastery.
I love cruising around on this beautiful lake, with the cool breeze weaving its way over the lake surface from the surrounding mountains, and the charming views of floating gardens, fishermen, gardeners, locals and tourists.
Inle Lake’s floating gardens
We spend the next two hours floating through the stilt villages among more floating gardens. This southern end is such a quaint part of the lake.
Scenes along Inle Lake
floating gardens
floating gardens of Inle Lake
stilt houses and gardens
villages and gardens
idyllic scenes
villages
red house
waterways
waterways in villages
plying the waters
village views
in the village
laundry
in the village
green reflections
gated community
floating gardens
farmers doing their thing
villages of Inle Lake
reflections
temple
reflections
Burmese boatman
more villages
The peaceful village of Nam Pan is built on stilts over the water.
the water highway
Nam Pan’s main temple is Alodaw Pauk Pagoda, one of the oldest shrines on the lake.
pagoda
village life
village life
Inle Lake
The tidy village of In Paw Khone is famous for its weaving workshops and teak stilt houses.
Inle Lake
Of course, we have to stop at a weaving workshop. Unable to resist my craving for textiles, I buy two lotus & silk scarves and a longyi. The longyi has to be made, so while I wait for it, I sit out on the patio and enjoy a cool lime drink.
Weaving workshop in Phaw Khone
Weaver
After the weaving workshop, we start making our way back north.
village life
boaters in the village
Golden Kite Restaurant
village houses
blue on the lake
Inle Lake village
village on the lake
houses in a row
water roads
colorful laundry
Burmese children on Inle Lake
lakefront property
We pull up to the Eyeful Lake Restaurant at 11:50 a.m., just in time for lunch! 🙂 After lunch, we’ll continue our northerly cruise to Nyaungshwe.
Beautiful way to start a Sunday morning, with a coffee, some good toast, and a new blog!
So wish you had taken photos of your purchases!!! I cannot remember what a “longi” is!!
Have a good day!!!!!
Aw, you are the sweetest. I always feel such happiness that you enjoy my blogs! I should have taken photos of my purchases. Of course, I do still have them. I should do it! Have a good week! 🙂
It’s so beautiful, I wonder what it’s like to live there, are there mosquitos?
I’m so glad you think so, Gilly. Of course I was there in February, so I didn’t notice mosquitoes. But I can imagine those pesky things are there in summer and during the rainy season. 🙂
A really beautiful post, Cathy. 🙂 Bags me the red house! Or maybe the one with the laundry would do? I can’t really imagine living there, can you? It’s slightly surreal. The reflections are wonderful. I’d get nothing done 🙂 Nothing new there then!
I’m so glad you like the pictures, Jo. You know how much I loved Myanmar, and it’s so fun to go through my pictures now, over a year later. I can’t really imagine living here either, but it might be interesting. It is so beautiful. I loved the red house picture too, and I always love laundry in foreign lands. Thanks so much for checking out my posts on this blog. Not many people do! 🙂