On the Road to Mandalay

Trip Start Dec 30, 2009

Trip End Jan 05, 2010

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Hotel on the Red Canal

Flag of Myanmar Mandalay, Mandalay, Myanmar
Sunday, January 3, 2010

Mandalay was our last full stop in Myanmar. It is the second largest city with an imposing palace in the center of town. Unfortunately, the palace, surrounded by a moat, is closed to the public and used for government functions so we were unable to actually see it beyond its walls. We took an interesting trek up Mandalay Hill to view the sunset from a pagoda. There I was approached by a novice monk who was intent on practicing his English with me.

Another Irrawaddy river trip took us to Mingun to view a pagoda that was heavily damaged by earthquake and the Mingun bell, the largest operational bell in the world. The housing along the riverbanks, while referred to as temporary fishermen's huts" were on stilts and were quiet picturesque.

We also visited Inwa which was a former capital of the country in historic times There we were
taken on a carriage ride to various pagodas and ruins strewn amid green farmland and tiny
villages.

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View at the Hotel at the Red Canal	at the U Bein Footbridge	Judy - on the U Bein Footbridge	Near U Bein
George's Vandal Comments!	Shwenandaw Monastery	Shewenandaw Monastery	Lining up for Breakfast at the Shwenandaw Monaster
Tree at the Monastery	Making Buddhas	the Mahamuni Buddha	At the Mahamuni Buddha Pagoda
At the Mahamuni Temple Comments!	At the Mahamuni Buddha Pagoda	Buddhist Nuns	Buddhist Nuns
Kuthodaw pagoda	The World's Largest Book	View From Mandalay Hill	From Mandalay Hill
Thanaka make-up	On the Irrawaddy	Hauling Bamboo	At a Bamboo Roof Shop
Country Scene	At Inwa	Maha Aungmye Bonzan	Maha Aungmye Bonzan
Inwa	MaHa Aungmye Bonzan	Maha Aungmye Bonzan	At Inwa
On the Irrawaddy	On the Irrawaddy	On the Irrawaddy	On the Irrawaddy
Thanaka make-up	Along the Irrawaddy River	Along the River	On the Irrawaddy
On the Irrawaddy	On the banks of the Irrawaddy	Mingun Pagoda	Mingun Pagoda
Hats for sale	Hsinbyume Pagoda	In Mingun - Hsinbyume Pagoda	In Mingun-Hsinbyume Pagoda
In Mingun	On the Irrawaddy	On the Irrawaddy	On the Irrawaddy
Fisherman	On the Irrawaddy