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herzog63 Says: Indein seemed like a quaint little village where the locals seemed to be quite busy going about their day. Some were fishing in the river and some were loading up ox carts with dirt in preparation for some construction project. Kids were playing soccer. Nobody really paid...
herzog63 Says: Our boat driver wasn't hired on to be a guide but he gave us general directions when we got out of the boat and where going somewhere. So when we got to the boat landing he gave us directions ...walk this way and then when you come to the fork take a right then walk some...
herzog63 Says: Near the boat landing of the Indein Village you can see a beautiful Bamboo Forest! It looked so peaceful. There is something about a bamboo forest that has a calming effect on me. I must be weird! LOL I could have easily spent a whole day just walking in the Indein area but...
Wider view of the Temple complex
herzog63 Says: Those 2 kids were on their own. Just hanging out and playing in the dirt. When my son and I walked by they got pretty excited and asked us for "Bom-bom" Which I assuming was candy but we didn't have any. I am usually against handing out candies to children as I feel it just...
Guess what is inside the main Temple?
herzog63 Says: MORE SMALL PAGODAS!! LOL There was also some concrete bathtub looking things that we dipped water out of and ran it over our heads and it made us feel a little cooled down!
You'll be using you feet to get here
herzog63 Says: The only way to get up to the Temple of Shwe IN Tain is to walk! Unless you hire a local to drive you up on a motorcycle! LOL The picture is the start of the trail down the backside of the Pagodas.
Building a dam or a fish trap??
herzog63 Says: I'm not sure what was being built here. It could've been that they were damning up part of the river or making the river better for fishing.
herzog63 Says: Be careful if you're walking in an area that was just burned in the morning as the ground is quite hot and there can be some SUPER HOT spots mixed in too! We started walking across the Pagodas but decided to stay on the trail as I didn't want to melt our shoes!
herzog63 Says: Well it wasn't a true tourist trap to me but I see the possibiltity of it! After crossing the bridge there is a small booth with a guy in it that collects 100 Kyat US$.11cents for camera fees and 200 kyat if you've got a video camera. The guy was asleep as we were walking by...
herzog63 Says: After the long hot sweaty hike we stopped at the river at the bottom of the hill on our walk back to the boat and took our shirts off and rinsed them out! It felt really good to put those wet shirts on. It was so hot! Our shirts were dry in about 5 minutes. The water is...
herzog63 Says: If you keep hiking past the main Temple complex at the top of the hill you can find a few other hidden gems off the main trail.
herzog63 Says: One of the things I like to do is find the small passageways in the Temples. I always find the lighting fascinating. And they can quite often have a cool breeze blowing through them which is a nice break when sometimes the temps outside are 100º F or 38º C!
herzog63 Says: We had such a great time here. It was such a magical place! The word that my son uses to describe the place is "Wow"! I use "Wowza"
herzog63 Says: To get here it is a fairly short 10-20 minute walk up the hill from Indein Village. It is well worth the hike.
herzog63 Says: Because of the slash and burn type burning that is done here we got to witness some eery looking Pagodas. Nobody around but lot's of smoke!
herzog63 Says: At all of the Temples you will find a wooden mallet or big stick that is used to Gong the Bell with. Make sure you do it 3 times for the Best of Luck! At least that's what I saw all of the locals doing at other Temples in Myanmar. So we just followed what we saw!
herzog63 Says: There are 4 entrances into the main Temple at the top of the hill. Inside you will find a couple of Bells which you can give the traditional 3 gongs for a good luck! We had fun gonging the Bells!
herzog63 Says: I was going to but this tip under "Off the Beaten Path" but the path is quite beaten! LOL Sorry for so many pictures of these Pagodas but we had such a great time!
herzog63 Says: For as dry as it was out here on the hillside I was surprised to see the banana trees growing. I probably don't know enough about banana trees to understand the growth of them.
herzog63 Says: The Pagodas here aren't that big but these are some of the bigger ones. Most of the 400 that are here are about 15 feet tall. But these were quite a bit bigger.It was very hot in the afternoon when we were spending our time here. I was so glad that I brought water because we...
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I'm not sure what was being built here. It could've been that they were damning up part of the river or making the river better for fishing.
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Indein - 400 Hauntingly beautiful Pagodas
I had read about the 400 Pagodas in the Lonely Planet Guide but hadn't met anyone that had actually been there. So When I met my boat driver and we were discussing what we wanted to see I mentioned......
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