tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-233590002024-03-07T16:28:17.833-08:00the hillbilly-hollaran informal look into the obvious and mundanewuzzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930983965397528849noreply@blogger.comBlogger1112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23359000.post-17385308142264764102015-09-18T22:13:00.000-07:002015-09-18T22:13:09.965-07:00Pyin U Lwin train station<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I don't know why this tower was built here, but it is about 6 stories tall, with a wooden ramp going up and around to the top floor. There is an elevator up the inside of the wooden structure, but it was badly broken when I was there. Set off to walk the ramp to the top, but realized at about 3rd floor level that this ramp was actually starting to terrify me! It was a little shaky and seemed like it MIGHT not have been attached to the tower as solidly as I would have liked. I paused as high as I dared to go, took some panorama views and quickly high tailed it down off that ramp. The tower was weird, and didn't really fit in with the theme of the rest of the park at all. It was way off in the back, all by itself, up a decent sized hill in the forest. It felt like it could have been the set to a horror movie. Totally gave ME the heebee geebees! Death Tower!!wuzzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930983965397528849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23359000.post-35583580369487013422015-09-18T21:39:00.001-07:002015-09-18T21:39:27.036-07:00The Kandawgyi aviary... they walk among us!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />wuzzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930983965397528849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23359000.post-48146669004897375042015-05-24T20:53:00.004-07:002015-05-28T15:06:15.500-07:00Kandawgyi Botanical Gardens, around the entrance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I escaped Mandalay and it's lethal brown smog as early as possible the next morning. Caught a shared minivan for a two hour trip North East into the mountains, to the town of Pyin U Lwin, famous for its fresh air, cooler temps and this, the Kandawgyi Botanical Gardens. Truly world class... enjoyable scenery, quite and relaxing vibe and TONS of plants from all different regions all very well labeled and mostly in English! Ahhhhhh! My idea of paradise!wuzzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930983965397528849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23359000.post-88361073302417837552015-05-24T20:41:00.000-07:002015-05-24T20:41:11.499-07:00Evening on the Ayeryawaddy River, Mandalay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />wuzzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930983965397528849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23359000.post-9853120524079593842015-05-24T11:45:00.000-07:002015-05-24T11:45:03.487-07:00Amusing myself in Mandalay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Puppet shows are an old tradition in this part of Myanmar.wuzzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930983965397528849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23359000.post-84375916056080313232015-05-24T10:49:00.000-07:002015-05-24T10:49:03.922-07:00The Ayeryawaddy River as it flows through Mandalay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These are views from my hotel room. My usual strategy of finding a room on a major river to get some airflow does not prove to be effective against the thick, soupy, brown air of Mandalay. My body felt overwhelmed and assaulted and I was scared to leave my fancy hotel. I made my plan to get out of town as quickly as possible the next morning. Hack, hack, cough, cough.wuzzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930983965397528849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23359000.post-52311658324886603862015-05-24T10:06:00.000-07:002015-05-24T10:06:01.711-07:00Mandalay... some first impressions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This smog was no joke! Some of the worst air quality I have ever experienced! My body felt assaulted from the moment we entered the city.wuzzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930983965397528849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23359000.post-5707873771705067722015-05-24T09:58:00.002-07:002015-05-24T09:58:45.028-07:00Leaving Nyaungshwe... headed for Mandalay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well I think I've seen about everything, when I see an elephant fly.wuzzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930983965397528849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23359000.post-18513966500811844732015-05-22T18:06:00.000-07:002015-05-22T18:06:14.941-07:00Nyaungshwe canal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This map shows the location of Nyaungshwe village on the canal above Inle Lakewuzzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930983965397528849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23359000.post-41198883276172690092015-05-22T17:53:00.000-07:002015-05-22T17:53:55.008-07:00Nyaungshwe market<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Approaching Nyaungshwe.<br />
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The Gypsy Inn, my abode for the duration, up ahead on the right.<br />
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Sun setting as we pull in.wuzzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930983965397528849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23359000.post-10088391124173297172015-05-20T20:53:00.001-07:002015-05-20T20:53:17.271-07:00An unexpected, but welcome boat ride back to Nyaungshwe, across Inle Lake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I set off for my second day of biking around Inle Lake and really took my time enjoying the scenery and exploring the rural farmland outside of Nyaungshwe. I came across a hot spring pool where I spent a few hours soaking and by the time I came out of the spa the sun was already setting. I was a few hours away from Nyaungshwe (and my sweet room at The Gypsy) by bike, and with no headlamp, it was looking as if a long, dark and spooky ride home was in my near future. But Myanmar had an almost magical way of solving your problems even before they began. Already on this trip I had begun to notice that almost the very instant a problem flit across your face, there was someone coming forward to solve said problem. Truly. This case was no different. Just as the reality of my situation dawned on me, a man came up and said he had been waiting for me and would I like a boat ride, for me AND my bike, back to Nyaunshwe? It only took 20 minutes and I got a private sunset boat trip to boot! So here is that sunset journey, starting in his small village lining the edges of a very shalow tip of a canl which twists and turns through the reeds and eventually opens up onto the large Inle Lake.<br />
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<br />wuzzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930983965397528849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23359000.post-10971431383367005072015-05-20T18:12:00.001-07:002015-05-20T18:12:17.589-07:00Farm life around Nyaungshwe, Inle Lake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here you can see a thick plume of smoke rising from a field burning high up on the hillside. There were dozens of fires like this surrounding the lake, which accounts for the heavy haze on the air.<br />
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Golden temple spires everywhere!<br />
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Farmer cutting her sugar cane.<br />
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Transporting sugar cane in an ox drawn carriage.wuzzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930983965397528849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23359000.post-1468238775491810802015-05-20T18:02:00.002-07:002015-05-20T18:02:58.817-07:00Scenes of rural life around Nyaungshwe, Inle Lake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />wuzzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930983965397528849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23359000.post-12701482643697457312015-05-20T17:55:00.000-07:002015-05-20T17:55:05.111-07:00Sunset and dinner with a view... Nyaungshwe, Inle Lake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />wuzzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930983965397528849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23359000.post-85301550180352366532015-05-19T14:28:00.000-07:002015-05-19T14:30:22.041-07:00All the golden Buddhas within... Kan Gyi Kyaung monastery,Nyaungshwe, Inle Lake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From the gigantic, two-storey tall Buddha in the main hall...<br />
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... to the tiny little golden Buddhas within the niches lining the inner walls.<br />
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This temple had thousands of sparkling Buddhas, and a great vibe. I was the only person there, except for the guy painting the golden stupa in the previous entry.wuzzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930983965397528849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23359000.post-61742212776969270662015-05-16T18:36:00.001-07:002015-05-16T18:36:11.965-07:00Kan Gyi Kyaung monastery, on the outside ... Nyaungshwe, Inle Lake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />wuzzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930983965397528849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23359000.post-79467614050608444272015-05-16T14:04:00.002-07:002015-05-16T14:04:54.012-07:00Yangwhe Haw... Palace of the last Shan Lord... Nyaungshwe, Inle Lake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Before uniting with the rest of Burma in the 1950's, Inle Lake rested in the heart of Shan State. This is a very large area which had been ruled by the Shan people for hundreds of years. Their leader was known as a Sao Pha, or Lord, and this was the palace of the last Sao Pha, Sao Shwe Thaike, who lived and ruled from here until the 1950's, when he was placed under house arrest and the Shan State was forced to accept Burmese rule. Honoring Shan heritage is not popular with the current regime, due to their independent and rebellious history, and so this whole place was looking very underkept when I was there. Weeds growing from cracks in the building, everything boarded and locked up. I wiggled through an opening in the rusty and busted up old fence surrounding the grounds and walked around for a closer look. It felt eerily alive for a place that was so obviously abandoned and neglected. My friend says they are opening it soon as a museum. It is worthy.wuzzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930983965397528849noreply@blogger.com0