Hsipaw

Nat Shrine and wooden Monasteries

October 5, 2013 by Dennis Kopp 1 Comment

Women dancing at Nat shrine Sao Pu Pao Nai in Hsipaw, Myanmar

Travel Day 1159 – Hsipaw, MYANMAR Coming back into Hsipaw through the rice fields yesterday and realizing how nice the hike in the area had actually been, I decided to stay another day… Initially the idea had been to move on rather quickly and to use the remaining time to also do a hike in […]

Palaung Women and Buddhist Monks

October 4, 2013 by Dennis Kopp 2 Comments

Palaung Women going to the Buddhist Monastery, Myanmar

Travel Day 1158 – Pankam Village to Hsipaw, MYANMAR After quite a good night of sleep in our little bamboo hut we had to make sure to be up early to see the feeding of the monks… Actually we were already woken up in the middle of the night as it seemed when the old […]

Hiking to Pankam, the Palaung Village

October 3, 2013 by Dennis Kopp Leave a Comment

Hike to the Palaung Hill Tribe Village in Myanmar

Travel Day 1157 – Hsipaw to Pankam Village, MYANMAR After our long but exciting train ride across the Gokteik Viaduct yesterday, we were luckily still able to arrange a Palaung village hike… The popular guesthouse we were staying at in Hsipaw offered personalized guided hikes to the surrounding Shan or Palaung villages. These offers ranged […]

Hsipaw by Train via Gokteik Viaduct

October 2, 2013 by Dennis Kopp 1 Comment

Crossing the Gokteik Viaduct on the way to Hsipaw in Myanmar

Travel Day 1156 – Pyin Oo Lwin to Hsipaw, MYANMAR It would have been really great to spend more time in Pyin Oo Lwin with its colonial charm and Indian culture, but unfortunately it was already time to move on… In this case moving on meant catching a train to Hsipaw, further north-east and right […]