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Inle
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Lake is situated about 30 km to the south of
Taunggyi, a completely different dimension to the
Myanmar travel experience. This vast, beautiful and
picturesque lake, sheltered among the hazy blue
mountains of 1524 meters, stretches 22 km long and
10 km wide. About 900 meters above the sea level
studded with floating gardens. It is famous for its
unique one-leg rowing of Inthas, the native lake
dwellers and its scenic beauty. Inle silk is quite
popular in Myanmar and silk-weaving and hand-looms
can be seen at Inpaw Khone village. The celebrated
Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda is located in this lake. Its
festival holds once a year in October is full of
pageantry and ceremonial splendor.
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Pindaya
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Pindaya, is
situated at 1164m above sea level , at the foot of
Mene-Taung range about 40 km north of Kalaw is a
picturesque place. This small quiet town is famous
for its limestone caves in which thousands of
centuries-old Buddha images are seated. The images
are of various sizes, some carved in the face of
rock and some deposited in inches in the walls. The
road from Kalaw to Pindaya passes through a
countryside of magnificent scenic beauty.
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Handicrafts workshop
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Shan paper and parasols made from mulberry bark
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Kalaw
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Kalaw is situated
at about 71 km west of Taunggyi. It is a beautiful
hill station surrounded by mountains. It is a
peaceful summer resort with meandering mountain
streams and fragrant pine woods. There are Palaung
Villages nearby and some hill tribe people in their
colorful Villages nearby and some hill tribe people
in their colorful costumes can be seen at Kalaw
Market even not at the market day held every five
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