Dressed up in traditional Burmanese outfit

Maha Myat Muni Pagoda Buddha image

The holiest pilgrimage site in Mandalay

Special virtue for the children

Mahagandaryon Monastery

Home to over 1,500 monks

Lunch time

Huge kitchen to cook for all the monks

Beautiful facial art

Silk-weaving cottage factory

Weaving demonstration

Sagaing Hill

Ayeyarwady Bridge

Umin Thonse Pagoda AKA 30 Caves Pagoda

45 Buddha images sit in a crescent-shaped colonnade within the pagoda

A crescent shape with 30 caves

Built by venerable monk named Padugyi Thangayaza

Li Min Thone Se Pagoda

Sagaing Hills are dotted with pagodas with over 500 monasteries

View of Irrawaddy River

Sone Oo Pone Nya Shin Pagoda

Kaungmudaw Pagoda

Me & Chris

Crossing Nyit Nge river by ferry

Thanakha with style

Errrr, no washing machine

One horse cart for 2, 6000 Kyats

Me & Chris

Our teenager horse-cart driver seems to be in a hurry

Ancient imperial capital of successive Burmese kingdoms

Must have drank a lot of water

A popular day-trip tourist destination from Mandalay

Bagaya Monastery

Built in 1834 during the reign of King Bagyidaw

Built entirely of teak wood

Kids studying in the dark

The biggest post meausring 60 ft high and 9 ft in circumference

A storehouse of Myanmar cultural heritage

Lawka Tharahpu Pagoda

Let me drive it

Paddle field

Cows

Happy kid

Yadana Hsemee Pagoda Complex

A group of small stupas in ruins

Outer walls

Head to head collision

An unique way to tour this anicent town

Palace Tower

Mahar Aung Mye Bon San Monastery

Built in 1822 by Nanmadaw Me Nu

Damaged by the earthquake of 1838 but repaired in 1873

Prayer hall of seven-tiered superstructure

Beautiful view

More pagodas

Me @ Mahar Aung Mye Bon San Monastery

One of the finest specimens of Myanmar architecture during the Konbaung Period

Chris lending a helping hand

Taung Tha Man Lake

U Pein Bridge

Restaurant around U Pein Bridge

The world*s longest teak bridge

Farming

Monks & us

Construction of the bridge started in 1849 and took 2 years to finish

Popular place for a drink

Local snack

There were 984 teak posts supporting the bridge

Fishing @ Taung Tha Man Lake

Fertile land due to the flood every year

Linking Amarapura Township to Yatanarpon University

Beautiful view

So many coconuts

Waiting for sunset

With a refreshing drink

Birds

Popular place for sunset shot

Beautiful sunset

I spotted a water snake

Amazing

All these boats line up for a sunset over U Pein Bridge pic

Almost gone

Dare to try?

Food @ night market

Restaurant of our choice

Chris noodle salad

Mine soup noodle

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