The life around the Lake Inle is spread around in 17 villages located both on waterside and small islands. The only transportation is possible by boats, mostly small wooden rowing-boats, but as the living standard is increasing many boats are now metal with an engine. The paddling has a strong tradition here; the local people developed a special style to paddle by the leg, standing at the back of the boat. They are pretty proud of it so it’s still used very often. It’s strange style, but it brings some advantages as well. Passing the whole lake is quite hard activity and the force in a leg is higher so way is faster as well. Other than that, standing they have better view where is higher concentrate of water hyacinths and therefore it’s better to get round such places. Finally, fishermen have a better view to decide where to start fishing, and have both hands free to manipulate with fish traps.
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