Tag: Inle Lake
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Scenes From Around Inle Lake

These were from my week-long stay in Myanmar. We took a plane from Yangon and flew to Heho, a peaceful and sleepy town in the North. The weather was pleasantly cool. The people were kind and hospitable. The layout of the lakeside town was not complicated; we felt very safe biking along the streets with…
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Why Myanmar?

“Veree beeyootiful?” The boatman calls out in a thick accent from the end of the boat. His face breaks into a huge grin, revealing teeth stained red from chewing betel nut. It takes me by surprise as he hasn’t said much throughout the boat ride; he’d usually answer our questions with nods and smiles, saying…
