One more hill to go to the Inle lake

The trekking is approaching to an end. 

This is the last break point – get another bottle of water, coke and 'a tiger balm' to finish off the 3 day iron-man/woman adventure (by this point, my sighs and calf had been sore and in a constant pain!). 

This shop is relatively larger than others and the owner is a young guy who finished studying business degrees in Mandalay.  

It just started raining outside.    

In the small plastic boxes lining up behind us, there are variety of little (exotic) nibbles. You don’t see many shops that sells chocolates here - damn. 

Couple of teas are served. 

The young owner is catching up with Robin, a Trekking guide who, I assume, brings various information on what’s going on the broader area of the town.  It seems like that they know how to laugh at harsh and oppressive politics of their country and their situations.

Relaxing time before the finish