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Stupa inside the Kuthodaw Paya  
   

Stupa inside the Kuthodaw Paya

The stupa is surrounded by a set of 729 huge stone slabs on which the Buddhist scriptures are inscribed
70) Mandalay - Myanmar's golden city

October 9th 2005
From the geographical point of view, we were already quite close to southern Myanmar on Kho Phi Phi, but we could not find out whether it was possible to cross the border there, since information on Myanmar is very difficult to come by. For this reason, Myanmar has been a stumbling block of our travel itinerary since the very beginning. We originally planned to start there and cross over to India, ... read more
Asia » Burma » Mandalay Region » Mandalay

Burmese Flag Britain conquered Burma over a period of 62 years (1824-1886) and incorporated it into its Indian Empire. Burma was administered as a province of India until 1937 when it became a separate, self-governing colony; independence from the Commonwealth wa... ... read more
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