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Mandalay
I err on the side of "can live without it". Mandalay, suffice it to say, has few redeeming qualities. Extremely aesthetically Unpleasing- whatever grandeur there may have been in its days as the royal capital, was leveled, if not with the passing of the British, then with the no less than devastating spillover effects of WW2. Everything, from the …
Another Day, Another Long Trip
I did another travel-until-you-drop journey: started the trip in the morning, travel All day and thru the night, arrived at my destination the next morning, did the sightseeing without a rest, wouldn't hit the bed until the end of the second day. I did this kind of thing quite frequently in Burma. This time I was traveling from the Golden Rock to …
Mandalay and the Ancient Cities
It was a really long drive from Inle lake to Mandalay. The road is terrible and we seen many trucks and buses breakdown along the way. Eventually we got to Mandalay that evening. Our driver doesn't like Mandalay, too many motorbikes he says. Motorbikes are not allowed in Yangon incidently, only govermnent people can use them there and I have no …
The Mustache Brothers...
Expecting to arrive around 6am, we pulled up to the dusty bus station just before 4am. In the dark, surrounded by a swarm of mosquitoes, the tuk tuk drivers started shouting different high prices at us for a ride to the city center. Thinking it was too early to check into a hotel, we decided to wait around until the sun rose, hoping for an early …
Mandalay
17.5 -20.5.08 Mandalay. Burma. ..ja se oli synkka ja myrskyisa yo. Saavuttiin aamuyosta tanne Mandalayhin (http://wikitravel.org/en/Mandalay tai http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandalay) mukavassa kaatosateessa (monsuuni painaa paalle..) joten poikkeuksellisesti paadyttiin paikalla odottaneen freelancer matkanjarjestajan mukaan aamupalan jalkeen. …
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