It was Market Day in Kalaw and there was plenty of produce for sale Another early morning market scene Annette negotiates a purchase of peanut toffee. We rode out for Kalaw into the countryside and the labour intensive harvesting activity was everywhere. The ride was threshed in the fields. The road was variable in quality.. this is a good bit! We stopped for lunch a a villagers house and our guide prepared a meal. They are chillies drying. This is the main room of the village home we had lunch in. This was the make-up or sunscreening area in one corner of the room A guide “Doon Ding” cooking our lunch in the separate cooking hut. 3 little boys in our evening village Village scene Inside the main room, sleeping and eating, where we slept the night. Doon Ding preparing dinner, in this case the kitchen was attached to the house, and on the upper level. This is the house we stayed overnight in. The downstairs is used for the buffalo and feed storage. Buffalo not only pull carts but are also occasionly riden. Traditionally dressed women getting out of a truck to start the days work. This was the main form of transport in the countryside. A view with us and our bike. Annette meets some locals This was a traditionally dressed girl. Me and the rural scenery Low lying land around Inle Lake which is inundated.