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Travel Blogs from Kinpun, Myanmar
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Kyaiktyo--the Golden Boulder on a cliffside
This is a top pick! ... false advertizing... So onward and southeast-ward we pressed on the bus to one of the holiest Buddhist sites in Myanmar, Kyaiktyo (pronounced something like 'CHAI-tee-oh'), where a huge golden boulder sits precariously on top of a wooded hillside, ...
Kyaikhtio
Tagwache ist heute bereits vor 5 Uhr frueh! Wir besuchen den beruehmten Golden Rock, eine Pagode, welche auf einem goldenen Felsen steht. Der Weg zu diesem Pilgerort ist beschwerlich, nach 5 Stunden Busfahrt muss man auf einen Pick-up wechseln. Wie ...
What a shame.
Caught bus to Kinpun from where you can either trek uphill to see the Golden Rock on Kyaikhtiyo 'Mountain' or alternatively be lazy and get a truck/taxi up (nearly everybody does this both ways even the Burmese visitors/pilgrims). Checked into the ...
Goldener Felsen / Golden Rock
... Rueckfahrt nach Kinpun so ein, dass wir um 12.45 Uhr den Bus nach Yangon erwischen. Golden Rock - another holy sight in Myanmar Getting up to the rock early in the morning to avoid the heat we pass the most interesting souvenir stands of our trip ...
Golden Rock
... to hop on one of the first pickup trucks, leaving around 6 am. We were ready. Laura had even bought a longi, the traditional Myanmar garb resembling a sturdier sarong and worn by both men and women here. Up on the mountain, women were not allowed to wear ...
Golden Rock
... . Am Abend gings dann mit dem Nachtbus ne Monsteretappe in den Norden, uff wiedermal "pain in the ass" hab mir eigentlich bereits in Vietnam geschwohren langen Busreisen zu vermeiden, ist aber in Myanmar anders schlicht und einfach ...
Golden Rock, religious Crack!
... hop on and off during the 3 hour journey. Again I need to change pick up once, but at no extra charge. I arrive at Kinpun village around 8:30 AM. The place is a hopping little one street town that services all the pilgrims heading up to the ...
Golden Rock
... in Africa. It is packed up here with local people making their pilgrimage and many Thai people (Thai being the biggest % of myanmar visitors mostly going to buddhist temples) I place the gold leaf on the rock (dont wish to slip as long ...
dirty doctors
... Snake!'. He takes a picture of the black and white beast from a distance with the zoom lens and we retreat to a safe distance. Myanmar has 52 types of venomous snake and the world's highest death rate from snake bites. The two lingering children who have ...
Kinpun (Golden Rock)
I had one day left over in Burma before flying back to Bangkok so mad a 24 hour dash over to Kinpun to see one of the most important Buddhist sights in the country, The Golden Rock. Most Buddhist attempt to pay at least one visit to the rock in their ...
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