Mingun and sunset on Amarapura bridge

Trip Start Aug 27, 2006

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Trip End Sep 13, 2008

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Flag of Myanmar Mingun, Myanmar
Thursday, December 6, 2007

I gave an appointment to my trishaw (bicycle with a sidecar) driver to go to the ferry direction Mingun: one of the biggest pagoda in the world but unfortunately unfinished. The driver even allowed me to drive his trishaw!!! which is very rare as if I would have broke it, he doesn t have job anymore...
We arrived to the boat where I almost did not get the permission to on board: I had only notes where it was written on it or old notes : they did not want any other money (even not their local one... a lot of respect of the government for their own money) A dutch girl tried to help me with 3 USD but one of them again had a mark... same story
Finally, I went in the boat paid with the local money and I did not pay the 3 USD for the government: I was very happy!!
We arrived on the site and we went through a small village and through a monastery even through a police station and I did not pay the government!
The site was quite impressive and the 3 hours before the way back flied very quickly. When i arrived, I found my friend the trishaw driver who drive me to the Amarapura bridge. One more time, I was rewarded by a terrific sunset. this wooden bridge is at least half a km long and all the monks, novices, locals are crossing on foot or with bicycle.
I came back by night just on time to go to eat with the dutch girl Hilde and the Israelian man Nadav that were with me during the day.