The Caves in Shan State

Near Inle but instead of going to Inle from the Heho Airport, you go into the Shan Hills.  Here there are caves and over the years people have brought 3000 Buddhas here in memory of parents, children or to give thanks for important events.  Nearby we  watched as paper was made from the bark of mulberry trees, the same ones that silkworms eat.

Note all the covered stairways up to the caves.  And the elevator to the right!

In the caves

Walls of Buddhas

A family picture with the giant spider outside the caves

Andy with the giant soider

Pounding the mulberry bark for paper

Heading down the road

Washing