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Asia » Burma » Mandalay Region » Mingun December 8th 2016

Up early again! I do not do early what is going on??! River trip today to Mingun, the lovely Peter surprised us as our taxi driver again today but just down to the jetty on the banks of the Irrawady this time. We bought our tickets from the wooden hut and spent the time waiting to board a boat just watching what was going on. There was boats moored up all along the bank and people carrying loads on their heads leaping on and off them. Motorbikes with trailers were delivering supplies and getting stuck in the sandy mud. Women were cooking up meals and men were hanging around. The tour groups and people privately hiring boats got priority and set off quickly, while the rest of us foreigners hung about waiting until the posh lot ... read more

AMARAPURA AND MINGUN

Asia » Burma » Mandalay Region » Mingun December 1st 2016

AMARAPURA

John and Gloria Travels

Boarded the Irrawaddy Explorer to have lunch and then took an afternoon tour to a Silk Factory, a gold leaf workshop and then to Amarapura the Royal Capital (1783) to visit U-Bein Bridge at sunset, this is shaping up to be a fabulous trip. The U-Bein Bridge is all teak and the wood was all taken from the deconstructed old palace, it is absolutely magnificent, we had all climbed into little sampans, 4 per boat, and were rowed out to get a prime position for sunset and of course some of the crew from the boat were in another boat coming around to each boat with glasses of champagne, not too shabby!!! Then back to the boat for cocktail hour in the Writers Lounge, definitely not a diet boat this one, staff came around with lovely ... read more

Myanmar

Asia » Burma » Mandalay Region » Mingun January 19th 2011

LisaGonzz

Mingun 19 januari 2011 Vandaag zijn we 's ochtends met een boot naat Mingun gevaren. Mingun is een klein plaatsje met veel oude tempels. Het was erg mooi, maar helaas waren ook hier veel toeristen met georganiseerde reizen. We hebben veel rond gelopen en geprobeerd een andere route te lopen dan de meeste toeristen, dit is aardig gelukt. Ook in Mingun was het lastig om iets te eten te vinden, waar geen toeristen zaten, maar het is ons toch gelukt. We hebben heerlijk gegeten bij een tea shop die eigenlijk geen eten had. De eigenaresse heeft in haar eigen keukentje erg lekkere rijst klaar gemaakt. Na de lunch zijn we weer naar de boot gelopen en terug gevaren naar Mandalay. Op de boot hebben we gezellig zitten kletsen met een Belgisch gezin, ze waren met zijn ... read more

Mingun

Asia » Burma » Mandalay Region » Mingun November 30th 2010

Breakfast time in Mandalay

mike dano

Today is our last day in Mandalay, but since the only sights we haven't seen involve giving money and entrance fees to the government, we decide to take a boat ride up the river to Mingun to see the Mingun Paya. Mingun Paya is the remnants of what was supposed to be Myanmar's largest paya ever. Unfortuantely the earthquake of 1938 cracked in parts and the construction was never completed. As it stands now, it is 240ft high, less than half of the intended final height! That morning we made our way to the jetty to catch the boat 1.5 hours to Mingun. We pay 5000K return each for the boat ride. While we waited for the boat to depart we interacted with some local children. It was clear that many families actually lived in tents ... read more

Day Trip to Mingun

Asia » Burma » Mandalay Region » Mingun March 16th 2009

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Sepulchre

From Pyin U Lwin we got a share taxi and drove around the posh end of the town picking up a lady who sat in the front (the more expensive seat). Big houses in Pyin U Lwin; People aren't dying of poverty in Myanmar, people look happy and are not hungry, it's not Africa by any means. Back in Mandalay, we went to see a Western movie by trishaw, a very cheap experience and the girls - very pretty. But the film was pretty rubbish, some end of the world-aliens coming to save us rubbish - sort of an Al Gore environmentalist wet dream. Anyway, the next day we organized the a riverboat ride up the Irrawaddy to Mingun...we got the trishaw driver from thn night before to take us. According to Wikipedia... its main attraction ... read more

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