Due to abundant rain, houses throughout Burma are built on stilts. Here at Inle Lake, the need for stilts is constant.

"Open" houses provide abundant ventilation.

Vendors pass the time of day in a storefront.

Medical anthropologist Ron talks with the village doctor.

We rarely saw a playground area or any type of entertainment for kids.

Children at the village orphanage where we donated school books and supplies.

Boys often prepare to be monks at the age of nine.

Burmese are devoted Buddhists and frequent their local temples, here in Mingun.