Royal City Hotel in Mandalay

Mandalay was the last royal capital and was founded about the same time Macy's was opened in New York City - as in not that long ago. Until it became a crossroads for traffic from China, it was a quaint and dusty place. It's the second biggest city in the ...

... a bunch of other people rubbing up against each other.     i remember this one time where we were taking a local city bus at around 5 ish and the bus kept on loading and unloading people, at on point it was so packed in there that i ...

... a Yangon Airways AJR-72, to Mandalay International Airport. They will then take a taxi 40km into the former royal city itself. You'll notice on the map that Mandalay doesn't appear to be too far from Bagan, yet with bad roads and buses packed past the ...

... wooden benches. There was just enough room for our bags, Bill, Tun Tun and I in the back. Bill liked the look of the room at Royal City Hotel and we checked in. The young lady at the desk provided us with some tea and was able to book our boat ride (15 ...

... .  We found ourselves sleeping ten to twelve hours just waiting for the next icy shower.    Mandalay, the last royal capital of Burma, sounds so exotic that I probably expected too much.  The Palace is overwhelming from ...