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| Local "car wash" |
Back at Nuang Shwe on the mainland after two nights at an hotel over the lake, our last day at the lake was taken up with a guided trek. Starting at 870 m we ascended to our lunch stop at 1420 m, passing through hilly farmland and some forest. For this we had a local guide, who spoke good English, having worked in the hotel industry and also with NGOs following flooding catastophe in the delta.
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| Lunchtime - time for a siesta |
Lunch was taken at a local house, where some delicious noodles were prepared for us and we could rest after the exertions of the climb or slip as it was so muddy!
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| Cottage industry - sorting tobacco |
At the house the main occupation was sorting and drying tobacco leaf for the cigar and cheroot workshops down at the lake villages
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| View to the lake |
A day in peaceful rural surroundings, pleasantly cooler and without temples, stupas or monasteries giving time to reflect on all that we had seen.
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