| "Our flight the next day is even more memorable; it's one of the first-ever balloon trips over Inle Lake. We've already seen this shimmering expanse of water from a distance - it's not far from Pindaya - but only when we're hanging above it do we appreciate the lake's life-giving significance. Some 70,000 people known as the Intha ("children of the lake") live on these shores. |
We drift over their floating water gardens at chimney height, mesmerized by the comings and goings of daily lake life: fisherman casting their nets; boats laden with produce on their way to market; children splashing amid the labyrinth of canals." |
(By Charlie Norton - Daily Telegraph UK and Destination Asia Magazine) |