{"id":7906,"date":"2011-10-04T12:22:32","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T12:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/?p=7906"},"modified":"2011-10-07T20:09:58","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T20:09:58","slug":"the-beauty-of-mt-popa-and-the-human-richness-of-life-in-the-villages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/the-beauty-of-mt-popa-and-the-human-richness-of-life-in-the-villages\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beauty of Mt. Popa and the Human Richness of Life in the Villages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had overcast skies on the day we visited Mt. Popa. Luckily for us, just as we were leaving our\u00a0 usual lunch location &#8211; \u00a0a stunning mountainside restaurant with an amazing view of Mt. Popa,\u00a0 the clouds and fog lifted enough to reveal the Temple atop Mt Popa. What a\u00a0spectacular\u00a0scene!!! \u00a0Everyone got an amazing photograph!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/the-beauty-of-mt-popa-and-the-human-richness-of-life-in-the-villages\/myanmarblog5678_0068-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8045\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8045\" title=\"MyanmarBlog5678_0068\" src=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00682.jpg 800w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00682-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00682-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00682-280x187.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/the-beauty-of-mt-popa-and-the-human-richness-of-life-in-the-villages\/myanmarblog5678_0069-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8046\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8046\" title=\"MyanmarBlog5678_0069\" src=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00692.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00692.jpg 800w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00692-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00692-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00692-280x187.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/the-beauty-of-mt-popa-and-the-human-richness-of-life-in-the-villages\/myanmarblog5678_0070-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8047\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8047\" title=\"MyanmarBlog5678_0070\" src=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00702.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"532\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00702.jpg 532w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00702-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00702-124x187.jpg 124w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00702-353x532.jpg 353w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/the-beauty-of-mt-popa-and-the-human-richness-of-life-in-the-villages\/myanmarblog5678_0071-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8048\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8048\" title=\"MyanmarBlog5678_0071\" src=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00712.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00712.jpg 800w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00712-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00712-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00712-280x187.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/the-beauty-of-mt-popa-and-the-human-richness-of-life-in-the-villages\/myanmarblog5678_0072-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8049\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8049\" title=\"MyanmarBlog5678_0072\" src=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00722.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00722.jpg 800w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00722-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00722-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_00722-280x187.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the way back from Mt Popa we always make a stop at my favorite village. This is always a great opportunity to photograph children carrying water back and forth from the river to their\u00a0 homes and to meet with the local families.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/bagan-landscape-of-2000-pagodas\/myanmarblog5678_0075\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7888\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7888\" title=\"MyanmarBlog5678_0075\" src=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0075.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0075.jpg 800w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0075-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0075-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0075-280x187.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/bagan-landscape-of-2000-pagodas\/myanmarblog5678_0076\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7889\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7889\" title=\"MyanmarBlog5678_0076\" src=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0076-e1317992560308.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"532\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0076-e1317992560308.jpg 532w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0076-e1317992560308-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/bagan-landscape-of-2000-pagodas\/myanmarblog5678_0078\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7891\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7891\" title=\"MyanmarBlog5678_0078\" src=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0078.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0078.jpg 800w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0078-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0078-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0078-280x187.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/bagan-landscape-of-2000-pagodas\/myanmarblog5678_0079\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7892\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7892\" title=\"MyanmarBlog5678_0079\" src=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0079.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0079.jpg 800w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0079-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0079-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0079-280x187.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/bagan-landscape-of-2000-pagodas\/myanmarblog5678_0080\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7893\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7893\" title=\"MyanmarBlog5678_0080\" src=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0080.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0080.jpg 800w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0080-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0080-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0080-280x187.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/bagan-landscape-of-2000-pagodas\/myanmarblog5678_0081\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7894\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7894\" title=\"MyanmarBlog5678_0081\" src=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0081.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0081.jpg 800w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0081-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0081-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0081-280x187.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/bagan-landscape-of-2000-pagodas\/myanmarblog5678_0082\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7895\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7895\" title=\"MyanmarBlog5678_0082\" src=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0082.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0082.jpg 800w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0082-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0082-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0082-280x187.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/bagan-landscape-of-2000-pagodas\/myanmarblog5678_0083\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7896\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7896\" title=\"MyanmarBlog5678_0083\" src=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0083.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0083.jpg 800w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0083-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0083-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0083-280x187.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/bagan-landscape-of-2000-pagodas\/myanmarblog5678_0084\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7897\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7897\" title=\"MyanmarBlog5678_0084\" src=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0084.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0084.jpg 800w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0084-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0084-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0084-280x187.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/bagan-landscape-of-2000-pagodas\/myanmarblog5678_0085\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7898\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7898\" title=\"MyanmarBlog5678_0085\" src=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0085.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0085.jpg 800w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0085-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0085-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0085-280x187.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/bagan-landscape-of-2000-pagodas\/myanmarblog5678_0086\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7899\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7899\" title=\"MyanmarBlog5678_0086\" src=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0086.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0086.jpg 800w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0086-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0086-220x147.jpg 220w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0086-280x187.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/bagan-landscape-of-2000-pagodas\/myanmarblog5678_0087\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7900\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7900\" title=\"MyanmarBlog5678_0087\" src=\"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0087-e1317993862348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"532\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0087-e1317993862348.jpg 532w, https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/MyanmarBlog5678_0087-e1317993862348-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had overcast skies on the day we visited Mt. Popa. Luckily for us, just as we were leaving our\u00a0 usual lunch location &#8211; \u00a0a stunning mountainside restaurant with an amazing view of Mt. Popa,\u00a0 the clouds and fog lifted enough to reveal the Temple atop Mt Popa. What a\u00a0spectacular\u00a0scene!!! \u00a0Everyone got an amazing photograph! [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7906"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7906"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7951,"href":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7906\/revisions\/7951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}