Daphne Pirie's return to Myanmar was one of the most challenging trips to plan and co-ordinate that I've ever been a part of – and unquestionably one of the most rewarding. ...

Replete with thatched cottages, long boats and the famed Intha rowers, on Inle Lake one gets a sense of serenity, observing a pace suggestive of how its inhabitants have lived for decades—and maybe centuries. ...