Sunrise Hotel Mandalay

195, 35Th Str, Bet:77&78Th Str, Maha Aung Myay Mandalay, Myanmar

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Driving to Duck Key

A travel blog entry by williamluff

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... our travel rep and with much theatrical sighing eventually accepts that no, we don't have to fork out an extra $60. She arches her painted eyebrows at whoever is on the other end of the phone and then smiles sweetly at us and tells us she's going to give us an upgrade.

Sadly this doesn't include satnav, which would be a further $100, but she assures us that Miami to Key West is a straight line and we can't possibly get lost. However Juanita hadn't factored on us being ...

Bussresan!

A travel blog entry by jordenrunt

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Vi trodde definitivt att vi blivit småblåsta. När vi kom till busstationen, fullastade med ryggsäckar, långbyxor på och fleecetröjor i famnen (bussarna är ökänt kalla) sa de helt plötsligt att resan skulle ta 12 timmar, fast vi från början fått höra 10.

Killen som sålde oss biljetterna dagen innan var en smula udda. Han sa att expressbussen till Mandalay kostade 15 000 Kyat, men vi sa att vi visste att den kostade 10 400 ...

Mandalay

A travel blog entry by erikontravel

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... Hill. It seems the tooth of buddha is already gone because all the busyness of last Friday was totally disappeared. By the way, when walking on the pavement or on the street you notice many red/brownish spots. These are from the betel nut. This nut is used as a kind of chewing tobacco and spit out when used.

PS: In Myanmar it is easier to become a nun then a monk. A nun has to commit to only twelfe conditions while a monk must meet to over two hundred conditions!
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Mandalay Hill

A travel blog entry by fishtails04

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... which we enjoyed in between having our photos taken with Burmese visitors, keen to get that shot with a foreigner - I was a little surprised at first, as this spot must see plenty of overseas tourists, but then it dawned on me that the pagoda visitors from other parts of the country probably don't see too many 'exotic foreigners' like ourselves! The pick-up back down the hill felt a lot more secure as the angle pushed ...

Royal Capitals and Record Breakers

A travel blog entry by jandkross

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... was a colourful area where all manner of boats were moored. We were going to be travelling upstream to the village of Mingun. Our boat was moored about three boats away from the shore and was reached by a minor assault course of precarious planks and steps. Three deckchairs awaited us on the top deck and we settled down for the hour’s trip. It was very pleasant although a little chilly. We passed ferries packed with villagers heading for Mandalay, fishing boats ...