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Pahtodawgyi Pagoda, Mingun

MINGUN
Only an hour's boat trip from Mandalay, Mingun is noted for its 90-ton bell, which is the largest ringing bell in the world and its unfinished huge pagoda, the world's largest piece of bricks with 50 meter in height, obscuring life along the river banks.

Since one must go bare-footed in all pagodas, it is quite a climb to the top - finished or unfinished - but the views over the village and the river are spectacular.

U Bein Bridge,Amarapura

The former capital of Upper Burma (until 1850) is located idyllically at the Thaungthaman Lake which is crossed by the

U BEIN BRIDGE,
a teak footbridge spanning 1.2 km, the world's longest of its kind. Why not having a Chinese tea at the banks of the Thaungthaman Lake before you walk accross the bridge to the

KYAUKTAWGYI PAGODA,
which houses an excellent seated Buddha image and has wonderful well-preserved frescoes in the four entrance porches..

BAGAYA MONASTERY
You will find here over 400 Buddha statues and the oldest Buddhist scriptures which are written on palm leaves.

PYIN OO LWIN, also known as Maymyo, when it was a British hill station. The old stagecoaches are still operating as local taxi service. There is plenty to see, such as the wonderful Botanical Garden, Pwe Kauk Waterfall, the busy market and the newly built Pye Lone Chan Tha Pagoda, which houses a mysterious Buddha image. Why not taking a train one early morning which takes a winding curcuitous route up through the hills at sunrise!
Botanical Garden in Maymyo	Horse Carriage in Maymyo
SHWEBO Shwebo is a rice-collecting centre on the railway about 50 miles (80 km) north-northwest of Mandalay and 17 miles west of Kyauk Myaung, a river-side town on the Ayeyarwady, which is famous for glazed pottery works from toys, cups, letters, bowls, pots to huge water jars that are tied in hundreds and floated down the river as rafts. These are widely used throughout the country. Shwebo was the birthplace of Alaungpaya, founder of the Alaungpaya dynasty (1752–1885), and is the site of his tomb. The palace and other royal parks, lakes, moats and watch tower have been neglected, disrepaired, ravaged and ruined in the last two centuries. With the promotion of the tourism industry, the government has launched upon the reconstruction of the palace buildings, parks and dredged the royal lake for the benefit of the visitors and locals.

Thanbuddhay Temple in Monywa

OVERNIGHT EXCURSIONS

MONYWA,
136 km to the west, is the commercial center of Chindwin Valley. 95 km to the northwest of Monywa, a 17 km bumpy ride including trekking and continuing on the back of an elephant will make your excursion to a National Park quite a bit of an adventure.

En route encounter wonderful markets for rice, beans, peanuts and corn. Highlights are the

THANBOKEDE PAGODA
with over 500,000 Buddha images,

LEDI KYAUNGTAIK
where over 806 stone slabs of Buddhist scriptures are inscribed,

SHWE THALYAUNG,
the Reclining Buddha, over 70 meters in length and - again - the largest one in the world.

MOGOKE
It is said that the land of Mogoke existed about 1-thousand million years ago… after a 5 and a half hours drive north of Mandalay you will arrive to the City of Gem Mines . Located at 3,800 ft, picturesquely and naturally surrounded by chains of high mountains, Mogoke also enjoys a temperate climate. Observe the mining techniques by which these precious stones are taken from the alluvial limestone gravel!