From here it was to be a long eight-hour drive through the hills to Inle Lake.  I had asked Jimmy if he was willing to stop off about three-quarters of the way through the journey at a place called Pindaya, a major site of religious pilgrimage which is based around a cave, stuffed full of Buddha statues.  There are thought to be over 8,000 statues of the Buddha, donated and collected from all over the world. Tourists have to pay a $5 entrance fee, but this is well worth it as the caves alone are impressively dramatic, not to mention the amount of golden Buddhas inside them.  We only stayed for about an hour or so before continuing the remaining two hours to Inle - for anyone with a large amount of time at the lake, Pindaya would make a good half-day excursion.  We arrived at about 6pm at the town of Nyuang Shwe, the tourist hub at the northern end of the lake.  While there was no time to go out on the lake itself, we were able to wander around the town a little bit, grab some food and then took some beers back to the hotel terrace.