Lake Inle

From Bagon another overnight bus, this time arriving at 4:30AM at the town near Inle Lake.  Inle Lake is 2nd biggest lake in Myanmar and a major tourist attraction in its own right.

Apparently this rowing with your foot ia a big deal here....seems like a new oarlock design would work better.  Lake is very shallow  is transportation is by longboat with propeller half in and half out of water.  We did a full day tour which allowed for lunch at a restaurant on stilts and numerous changes to buy tourist junk.

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