Lake Inlay Farm Scenes

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David & Valerie Dobson
Tue 10 Sep 2013 06:25

September 10th 2013  – Lake Inle

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The fields opposite our hotel are being cropped and the rice hung to dry

 

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These two ladies have to carry their rice from the millers to their home

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They stop to take a rest, and David helps the older women put the sack back on her head to carry again

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This is the mill where the women collected their rice

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Some people can afford a tractor however!

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The brick chimney here is used as a crematorium

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The pig in the Right hand shed has its’ sewage going into the pot in the middle, as does the toilet in the Right hand shed!

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Chopping a tree down for burning fuel

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Someone’s private house on the river

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Another way to carry heavy loads

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But a lift on the tractor would be easier!

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Hotel staff going home

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Workers going home after working in the fields

 

 

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Our hotel bungalow on stilts – ‘Fine views and cuisine’  offered us a ringside view for the above photos and sunset below

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