The morning sun shoots rays over the tops of the steep hills surrounding Inle Lake that pierce the mist rising from the waters. Egrets and coots glint white in the sky overhead and glide off into the ...

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar – A plan to develop tourism around Inle Lake is currently being discussed and will be revealed soon, the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism has said. NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar – A plan to ...

Forty years ago when Yin Myo Su was a child, she would regularly wash in the waters of Inle Lake, in Myanmar’s Shan State. Not any more. “Today, the lake is dying,” says Yin, better known as Misuu, ...

INLE LAKE, Myanmar — Myanmar’s Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival, a major Buddhist celebration and world-class tourist attraction, has seen some of its celebratory spirit diminished, with locals and ...

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INLE LAKE, Myanmar — The tranquil waters of this highland lake are flanked by high mountains and in the mists of dawn there is a quality of light and a quiet serenity that many visitors describe as ...

It's two years ago and I'm sitting on the balcony of a stilted house on Myanmar's Inle Lake, eating a bowl of Shan noodle soup. A breeze drifts up from the canal, barely disturbing the heat that's ...

The rapid growth of tourism in Myanmar is about to bring major changes to the area around famed Inle Lake, among them an influx of international hotels, but Yin Myo Su is not worried. The managing ...

Since 6am Myint Soe and his son have been fishing aboard their long-tail boat. It looks as though it’s been a good morning – between their feet lie about 30 fish of a kilo or less in weight, valued, ...

Home to floating villages and monasteries, and wrapped by mountain ranges, the pristine freshwater of Inle Lake continues to attract visitors. Even before the reopening of the country to the outside ...