Actually on the Inle Lake
The day starts about 5:30am when the noise of the boats also begins. Today we had a half day trip booked to visit a market, some cottage industry on the…
The day starts about 5:30am when the noise of the boats also begins. Today we had a half day trip booked to visit a market, some cottage industry on the…
Back out to the huge new airport at Mandalay – a white elephant project initiated by the military government costing $150 million and opened in 2000 – we are off…
Our day was dedicated to driving to the Hill Station of Pyin oo Lwin about 70km outside Mandalay. It was popular in colonial times to get away from the heat…
Things start early here, presumably to avoid the heat of the day. Last evening it was hotter than we expected for that time in the evening. And today was a…
U Bein bridge is the longest teak bridge in the world and is 1.2km long. For all that length it still only has 4 concrete piles. Most people put this on their…
After lunch we headed back out to the airport and had a painless 1.5 hr trip up to Mandalay. At the airport we headed to the taxi counter and were…