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Lord Buddha's teachings  
   

Lord Buddha's teachings

Each stupa contains a large tablet inscribed on both sides with teachings. It is said it would take a year and a half to read all the tablets and therefore they cheekily say the stupas house the 'largest book in the world'.
Disembark at Amarapura

March 17th 2015
Geo: 21.8906, 95.9983The river was too shallow to sail all the way in to Mandalay so we disembarked and got on a coach 30 minutes out. Mandalay was almost completely flattened by Japanese bombing in WWII and it has been largely rebuilt.First we visited a 1,200m long, 160 year old teak pedestrian bridge, built from timber salvaged from an imperial palace. This was when the capital was relocat ... read more
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