Our boat met us at the landing of the temple and we headed out across the lake to see a silk-weaving factory in Inpawkhon village.

For an essentially agrarian area, the lake is surprisingly populated, with villages large and small all around. We found ourselves fascinated with the buildings, their groupings into communities, and the activities bustling all around us.

If anyone has noticed the apparent differences in the weather, practically from one picture to the next— That’s not our different cameras. That’s really how the weather was that day, ranging from clear skies to thunderstorms, from calm to wind, sometimes depending on which direction we faced, and sometimes just because the weather did change dramatically and quickly and constantly.

At last we arrived at Inpawkhon, where we visited the Ko Than Hlaing silk and lotus weaving factory.

But… more on this tomorrow!