weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

For our stay "on the lake" (literally - the hotel is built on stilts driven into the lake bed), we were booked into the "GOLDEN ISLAND COTTAGES" and had a pleasant stay at this, for the region, upscale resort.

This first set of 3 covering this resort presents the view at our arrival in the late afternoon hours as well as pictures of our dinner plate and bed room.


Notes
TRIP INFO: Set # 1 provides a brief introduction to THIS SERIES on SOUTH & EAST ASIA. See it at
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-724330-1.html

MYANMAR COUNTRY INFO in set # 61: https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-731087-1.html

INLE LAKE AREA INFO in set # 114: https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-743241-1.html

EARLIER POSTS of this series: Access my topic list at UHH, the new posts are listed in reverse chronological order:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user-topic-list?usernum=45105

Thanks for visiting, I recommend viewing the downloads and look forward to your comments and questions.

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1 - Our boat approaches our resort, the Golden Island Cottages, built on stilts

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2 - A five-head reception gong band serenades us as our boat is pulling into our resort: Rather sad faces though

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3 - We have arrived at our lake-side resort

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4 - Central dining area at the resort at left and some of the residential cottages at right at dusk

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5 - The central dining area in the last light of the day

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6 - Individual cottage units built on stilts and connected with boardwalks

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7 - View from our deck to the lake with final moments of the sunset-afterglow

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8 - Local fish on our dinner plate at the restaurant

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9 - Our simple but clean bed-room (with mosquito nets)

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10 - Another view of our bed-room, including part of the decorative ceiling

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weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

For your reference:

11 - Trip map of the Myanmar segment of our tour

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12 - Map of the sights at Inle Lake, the resort is at the right side half way down the lake

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kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Beautiful set of a beautiful place, Joe.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Sunsets, water and reflections - a winner, Joe!

Susan yamakawa

Wonderful times 👍👍😊😊

azted Loc: Las Vegas, NV.

Perhaps they are not smiling because their country has been taken over by a repressive military regime, and the world has just allowed their democratically elected leader to be jailed! But life goes on for the non-political classes, even if they do not enjoy it.

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Really nice, Joe. Assuming that lake is not subject to severe weather.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Ken for your words of appreciation!

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thanks Bill for your thumb of approval!

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thanks Mike, I am slowly getting the combination right!

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Susan - they definitely were, just so long ago (2013.....)

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thanks for looking in on the travelogue again Ted, I very much appreciate it. As to the non-smiling part: Of course you are totally right in today's environment, it is a scandal what these military dummies are doing to this country and even worse that they are getting away with it. However, we undertook this tour in 2013, a time of happiness, freedom and promise of a golden future for this golden land.

azted Loc: Las Vegas, NV.

So what was their problem??? Anyway, it sounds like you totally enjoyed the place, as I would were I to travel there. But I would not consider it in today's environment. Hopefully soon, to Rangoon!!

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Yeah, that is the question to which we will never know the answer. Yes, we did enjoy the trip, particularly the Myanmar component, for its very unusual environment and also for seeing of course all these cultural treasures, as well as experiencing the people in a country that had been down for a long time, pulling up their socks, so to speak, and starting over again, too bad that this positive environment only lasted some 10 years - I would also not go there at this time because of this junta ruling the country, on the other hand, the people there really would appreciate and probably also very much need tourists right now - a real quandary.