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 ...

HE SAID: One of my favorite places so far in Mandalay is the U Bein's bridge. It is about a half a mile teak footbridge with stunning views of a lake. There's a lot of action here. There are many fishermen in canoes fishing and mostly people going about their daily lives. Next to the bridge is a monastery and one of the big tourist draws here is...

We spent a day seeing the sights in and around Mandalay. We started with Amarapura, which is one of the 4 ancient cities nearby. Since it was rainy season there was lots of flooding. On the way there, and throughout the rest of my time in the country really, there were lots of houses flooded with the residents living under tarps on the sides of...

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Dicen que una de las mejores maneras de conocer a locales del pais que visitas es coger los transportes publicos, y de hecho viajar en tren en tierras exoticas es una manera romantica de conocer el pais, asi que sin dudarlo demasiado decidi embarcarme en un viaje en tren entre Yangon y Mandalay!. Lo que no sabia es que las iniciales 12h de viaje...

here we are. we took a nice cruise liner up along ayeyarwady river from bagan. this was probably the most enjoyable form of transportation we ve taken so far. and it was only a couple hours late. i mean, we ve been through lots of really ****** transports through out se asia! the transportation in a lot of the places are really slow, as in stop...

Well, Mingun and Sagaing are two of the other ancient villages that surround Mandalay. Unfortunately, to get to Mingun, you pretty much have to join to typical tourist circuit - arriving early at the jetty to wait with the other tourists, to take a boat loaded only with tourists, and to get to a spot that seems reserved solely for tourists. I su...

Day two of Mandalay proved to be about as entertaining as the first. In the morning I met a guy from Malaysia, and we decided to climb mandalay hill and see a few of the surrounding sights. Mandalay Hill is essentially a temple built on a mountain, and as you climb up there are different buddha statues and viewpoint balconies terraced up the cli...

Mandalay: the ugly town you can't avoid We had been told by other travellers that Mandalay was rather ugly and they were right! The city is polluted, crowded and not particularly beautiful. However Mandalay is the second largest city in Myanmar and serves as a base to visit the neighbouring sites of Mingun, Amapura and Sagain. Some people visit ...

A few random impressions today... Passed by women picking bugs out of one another's hair. We've seen this frequently throughout Southeast Asia in cities as well as villages. It no longer surprises us. The trishaw - a three-wheeled bicycle taxi with two passenger seats - is a nice way to get around Mandalay. It also feels like you're paying a sla...