‘You can ask Miss Sue at Inle Heritage’ said Mr. Kyaw Swar of A Little
Eco Lodge.
A one liner like this will tend to create the curiosity in me. Again.
Wondering who is this Miss Sue and what is thing called The Heritage
(obviously I did not by-hearted the itinerary given by the organiser).
Everyone seems to have the highest regard of Miss Sue.
I guess I just need to meet this Miss Sue.
Yin Myo Su
A little girl whom was born and raised at Inle Lake, Myanmar is forever
passionate on woman empowerment, economic development, heritage and
environmental preservation, art, culture of the locals. With this rooted
strongly since her childhood plus supports from family members, Miss Sue is now
the Managing Director of the Inle Princess Group, and founder of the Inle
Heritage Foundation.
This was not achieved easily, it was through perseverance and hard
work, as well as her 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry lead to
the birth of The Heritage House and Inle Heritage Foundation; advocating on the
sustainable and responsible development practices around the Inle Lake,
educating the local communities on the cultural heritage of Inle Lake and Shan
State, aside from providing skillsets to the younger generation in the area she
has mastered well – hospitality. Ensuring that with proper guidance, there’s
hope in everyone.
So what does Inle Heritage actually do?
- Inle Heritage Hospitality Vocational Training Centre (IHHVTC)
- Grandma’s Inthar Cooking (restaurant)
- Learning Inle Cuisine (cooking class)
- Original Local Crafts (gift shop)
- Reintroducing Burmese Cats
- Inle's Aquatic Life
- Waste Management
- Waste Water Treatment
- Organic Farming
- Inle Heritage Stilt Houses (hotel)
Inle Heritage Hospitality Vocational Training Centre (IHHVTC)
As if this is not enough (even it is a plateful for me), she set to
reintroducing (or perhaps repopulate) the Burmese Cat back to Myanmar. How
serious is Miss Sue in her kitty mission? Well, there’s a small ONLY cat island
at the The Inle Heritage House. Yup! Kid you not. They have proper meal time,
air conditioned room (Oh yah! Its AC hokkay), human playmate, an island of
their own, and not to forget, their own cat house. I bet some of you wish to be
reincarnate as a Burmese cat in Inle after this heh?!?!?!
Organic Farming
Learning Inle Cuisine (cooking class)
Inle Heritage Stilt Houses (hotel)
We were thought on the Burmese cat breed (I did try to kidnap one of
the cat but my so called great attempt failed by the staff – laughingly. Sumpah
cute hokkay, geram giler! The cat I mean, not the staff). The story goes that
they were temple and palace cats bred and kept by priests. And the coat colour
is in amazing shade as well – sable, champagne, blue, lilac, Fawn, cream,
chocolate and etc. And I set to hunt the one in lilac and blue on the island.
Managed to find one – a blue Burmese cat.
Reintroducing Burmese Cats
As if Building an establishment as great as The Heritage House,
reintroducing Burmese cat is not enough, Miss Sue has also embarked in
educating the public on the fishery on Inle Lake itself such as endemic, native
and non-native or uncertain status of fishes. It is said that over 9 species of
fish are found nowhere else in the world but Inle Lake. Aside from fishes,
turtle is one of the animal they are caring for.
Inle's Aquatic Life
The Heritage House serves many purposes and can be considered as a
self-contained establishment in the area, travelers can also stay in their
‘floating hotels’ and enjoy drive in preserving Inle Lake’s heritage art and
culture.
Inle Heritage, Innpawkhon Village,
Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar.
Tel : +95 (9) 4931 2970, +95 (9)
528 1035
Opening hours : 7am to 6pm
Accommodation : contact@inleheritage.org
or call +95 (9) 452 793 530
1st ASEAN Media & Bloggers Fam Trip in collaboration with Myanmar Travel Bloggers Club and Tourism Myanmar
