Day 9 17 day peregrine tour Burma with local guide Ko Ko Aye. Another beautiful day at Inle Lake,Taunggyi. Today is going to be a fun day. We head up Inle Lake by boat to visit a number of locations around Inle Lake. It's a full day Peregrine policy is for all members of the group to wear life jackets while in our boats travelling on Inle Lake. First stop is the moving market . We were very fortunate our visit coincided with a local market day. We explored th...

day 8 17 day peregrine tour with local guide Ko Ko Aye. At 6.39am we left Sky Palace Hotel and headed for Bagan Airport for a flight to He Ho Airport situated in the Shan Plateau. From there our bus drove through picturesque countryside and rolling hills to our final destination, Khaungdaing, situated on Inle Lake not far from the main township Nyaungshwe. Khaung Daing was to be our main base for the next 3 days. breakfast and evening meals at our hotel and lunc...

Day 7 17 day peregrine tour Burma with local guide Ko Ko Aye. We headed off from Sky Palace on a day trip to Mt Popa. We headed out of the city of both old Bagan and new Bagan into the rural countryside. We stopped at local cottage industry on the way and learnt how palm oil and moonshine was produced. It was a good opportunity to observe the lifestyle of the people and talk with some of the villagers. The main purpose of the trip today was to visit Mt Pooa. ...

Day 6 peregrine tour Burma with local guide Ko Ko Aye. After a busy day with early morning with 5.30am Balloons over Bagan ride, tour of markets , temples and pagodas and local cottage industry from dawn to dusk it was time for more excitement. We visited Nanda Restaurant in Bagan and were treated to a puppet show and a meal ( set menu) . There were good options for vegetarians, vegans and meat eaters. While we ate we watched a ver clever demonstration of pup...

Day 6 peregrine tour 17 days Burma local guide Ko Ko Aye. After visiting a number of temples and pagodas in and around Bagan we headed for 'The Green Elephant Riverview' restaurant by the river. It's highly recommended by the lonely planet guide. We then proceeded to visit a lacquerware shop ( cottage industry) and were shown the complete process on how to produce lacquerware. We now know the difference between fake and real lacquerware. Many purchases were ma...