Ywama - Phaung Daw U

Stilt house along the canal linking Inle Lake with Ywama to the west	Inn Than Lay-2 Restaurant	Inn Than Lay-2 Restaurant	A pair of monks in front of a long boat with their heads wrapped
Dark-stained wood of an old canal-side building just east of Ywama	Bridge over the canal, Ywama	Ywama, a canal-laced town on the western shore of Inle Lake	Long boat on the east-west canal of Ywama
Htun Htun Restaurant, Ywama	Phaung Daw U Paya from the water	Phaung Daw U Paya from the water	Htun Htun Restaurant, Ywama
East-West canal linking Ywama with Inle Lake	Phaung Daw Oo Paya	Naga (serpent), Phaung Daw U Pagoda, Ywama	Naga (serpent), Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda, Ywama
Phaung Daw U Pagoda, the holiest site in southern Shan State	The five golden statues of Phaung Daw U	These are paraded around Inle Lake during the Phaung Daw Oo festival	In 1965, the Royal Barge capsized and they sank into the lake
Detail of the silver base of one of the gold images	1934 photograph of the 5 images...you can see how much more gold leaf has been applied since then	Painting of a Royal Barge on Inle Lake	Phaung Daw U Pagoda, Ywama
Our Inle guide, Nyi Naing	Map of northern Inle Lake	Phaung Daw U Pagoda, Ywama	Phaung Daw U Pagoda, Ywama
Phaung Daw U Pagoda, Ywama	...not how the spire is wrapped in some kind of protective sheathing...	Phaung Daw U Pagoda, Ywama	Boat shed for the Royal Barge, Phaung Daw Oo
Stern of the Royal Barge built in 1997	Detail of the Royal Barge, Inle Lake	Detail of the Royal Barge, Inle Lake	Royal Barge, Inle Lake
Platform where 4 of the 5 golden images are placed (since the 1965 accident they leave one behind at the temple)	Royal Barge in the boat shed of Phaung Daw Oo Paya	...looks like a Golden Chicken...	Detail of the royal barge
Phaung Daw Oo, Ywama	Phaung Daw Oo, Ywama	North Canal of Ywama	Canal bridge at Ywama
Phaung Daw Oo Paya	Phaung Daw Oo Paya	Phaung Daw Oo Paya	Village of Ywama, Inle Lake
Royal Barge, Phaung Daw U Paya	Restaurant Mr. Toe, Ywama	Long boat speeding down the main canal of Ywama	Shwe Hintha Restaurant & Hand Weaving Centre,Ywama
Canoe with four men, Ywama	...three sitting, one standing	Soe San Kaung Restaurant, Ywama	Another restaurant right next to Soe San Kaung, Ywama
Ywama is famous for its gold and silversmiths	Ywama	Ywama	Monastery in Ywama
Monastery in Ywama	Houses along one of the canals in Ywama	Young man in front of Sein Thamadi Gold & Silver Smith	He was nice enough to give our boat a push when it grounded in the shallow water
Tourist boat passing beneath a bamboo bridge, Ywama	Silversmith workshop, Ywama	Young silversmith at work, Ywama	Sein Damati Gold & Silver Smith, Ywama
Hand-made jewelry at Sein Damati, Ywama	Sein Damati Gold & Silver Smith	Silver boxes, Sein Damati Gold & Silver Smith, Ywama	Uncut stones and polished gems, Sein Damati Gold & Silver Smith
Sein Damati Gold & Silver Smith, Ywama	Ywama	At first I thought the floating souvenir sellers were cute, but they latch on and don't go away easily	Ywama
Ywama	Inn Shwe Pyi - house of long neck women, Ywama	Inn Shwe Pyi, Ywama	Inn Shwe Pyi Centro Tradizionale Lavorazione con Telaio a Mano dei Padaung
Padaung Long-Necked-Woman working in Ywama	Rather than stretch the neck, the rings depress the collar bone	She showed us how part of the rings can be loosened to sleep at night	Rings of the Padaung Hill Tribe's long-necked-women
A girl of the Padaung Hill Tribe	Inn Shwe Pyi Center, Ywama	Souvenir boat that uses two cute little girls to latch onto tourist boats	Our boat accosted by a floating souvenir boat
Annoying, but cute...	Another souvenir boat prowling the canals of Ywama	Ywama	Dozens of stupas along the canal in Ywama
Ywama Pagoda	Bamboo bridge over the canal	Ywama Pagoda	Ywama
Ywama	Airy Ywama canal-side house	"Floating Market", Ywama	Canal in front of Ywama Pagoda
"Floating Market" Ywama	Ywama Pagoda	Canoe on a canal in Ywama