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Another Royal Capital and Another Pagoda
5th March: Monday: GT9: Amarapura and Inwa.
Amarapura lies 7 miles south of Mandalay and was Burma's penultimate royal capital, from 1783 to 1863, perhaps best known for its footbridge that spans 1.2 km across Taungthaman Lake, built in 1849 with over 1000 teak wood posts. We can take a stroll along the bridge visiting a local cotton and silk weaving cottage industries where the local style differs from that of Inle Lake. ...
Tadau or Ava (Innwa)
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THE AVA SHAKES
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A 3-minute cruise and we were climbing up the riverbank. There we were met with a cacophony of horse carriages with hawkers selling rides for K5000 (about $4.50) There was no other choice so we agreed and climbed aboard.
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When the generals talk: the Super Hwy & Bagan
... advertised WiFi in screaming letters, but the only place to log on seemed to be in an area which was heavily fortified by soldiers, Dave discovered that on walking in on them and decided not to hang around. At our second stop we skipped the fried chicken on offer by the women with baskets, each local goes through the entire basket of cooked chicken looking for the best piece and Dave noticed one women taking the occasional bite out of the chicken and putting it back ...
Yangon, Rangoon, same same
... cooking fires and literally hundreds of stupas means that Burma really is a mystifying, stupendous place. The Shwedagon stupa, as alot of others in Burma, is covered in gold leaf and is truly enormous. The Burmese consider it a very sacred place and like Mecca all Burmese Budhists want to visit it at least once in their lives. It towers above Yangon and is especially beautiful in the evening sun. At night it is lit up and the smaller altars around ...


