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NYAUNG SHWE Nyaung Shwe is a small town at the north end of Inle Lake. One can
take a walk to nearby villages and countryside and find the ruins
of the old monasteries. This is also the starting point of the
trip into the Inle Lake.
KHAUNG DAING Khaung Daing is the native village on the northwestern shore of
the lake. It is known for its production of soybean cakes and
noodles. There are some interesting Shan Buddhist monuments just
outside the village. A little north of Khaung Daing is a hot
spring where you can take a bath.
Famous places on Inle Lake are: YWAMA VILLAGE The largest village on the lake with beautiful houses built on
large wooden poles driven into the Lake Bed. You can see the famed
floating market according to the local five day market scheme. On
market day it is a traffic jam of tourist boats and souvenir
hawkers with a few local buyers.
PHAUNG DAW OO PAGODA The holiest religious site for Buddhists in the southern area
of the Shan State. Five images are enshrined in the center of the
building, one that attracts the Buddhists and the non-Buddhists
alike. As a result of over gilding with Gold leaf offerings, the
images have turned into solid ball of gold.
JUMPING CAT MONASTERY A wooden monastery on stilts over the lake, built four years
before Mandalay Palace. The monks trained their cats to leap
through small hoops. It is worth to visit for modest collection of
Buddha images in Shan, Tibetan, Bagan and Inwa styles. INDEIN The quaint village of Indein on the western side of the lake
is accessed by a winding river that is too shallow to use late in
the dry season. Nyaung Oak (Under the shade of Banyan trees)
Monastery has a nice, old moldering complex of shrines and stupa
at the bottom of the hill. At the top is Shwe Indein reached by a
long stairway with over 400 wooden columns. From the hillside
there are great views across the lake to the hill in the east.
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