Trek from Kalaw to Inle Lake, Myanmar – Day 1 (06.07.2013)
Cara and I set out this morning on a 3 day trek to Inle Lake organised by Sam’s Family Trekking in Kalaw. There are 8 of us in the walking party – me and Cara (Austria), Pau, Alva, Josep, and Rosa (all Spanish), our guide Pan Shwe (golden flower) and our cook Ko Pyu (fat brother).
We passed though pine forests, small dusty villages, lunched in the home of a hilarious elderly couple, walked along the ridgeline of mountains and through mountainside agricultural villages growing ginger, potatoes, capsicum, hot peppers, cauliflower, peanuts, jackfruit, pears and more. We saw rusting monasteries, cheeky bum wiggling children, weathered old men driving oxen, and beautiful young women hoeing the earth.
Tonight we sleep in a mountaintop village. I had fun goofing with a gaggle of local kids (pictured) – playing chase, teaching them to count in English, singing songs, and taking as many pictures as their cheerful little hearts desired.
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Love love love this photo! So cute!
Thanks Kelsey, they were a lot of fun!
LOVE this photo! So sweet, and great composition and energy!
Thanks so much. The kids were VERY energetic indeed!
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