July 17, 2012 The next day we took another boat trip on Inle Lake to visit some of the less touristy places. Once again, it was the things that were not on the itinerary that were the best experiences. When we booked our boat trip at Smiling Moon we were given the options of doing […]
Inle Lake Day 3- Boat Tour: Kyauk Daing Market and Monastery Read More »
16 July 2012 There are no shortage of places where you can hire a driver for your boat tour of Inle Lake. You can also hire a guide along with your boat driver, but we didn’t realize that at the time. Fortunately for us, our boat tour turned out great with just a driver! We
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July 15, 2012 After checking into Teakwood Guest House we slept for a few hours. (We paid $35 for a deluxe room with AC at Teakwood.) We did not want to miss breakfast, which ends at 9am, so we made sure to wake up and get ready by 8:30am. After breakfast we got a leisurely
Inle Lake Day 1- Red Mountain Winery and Forest Monastery Read More »
14 July 2012 Our original plan was to break up the trip from Hsipaw to Inle Lake into two days. First we would take the bus back to Mandalay and spend the night in Mandalay and then take a different bus the following day to Inle Lake. However, once we found out there was a
Bus from Hsipaw to Kalaw then Nyaung Shwe (Inle Lake) Read More »
July 12-13 From Mandalay we headed North East to Hsipaw, to do some trekking (hiking) to nearby hilltribe villages. The bus from Mandalay arrived in Hsipaw around 8pm. We shared a pick-up taxi with 3 other travelers to Mr. Charles Guest House for 500 Kyat/person. George and I selected the double room with air conditioning
July 11, 2012 We purchased our tickets for the bus from Mandalay to Hsipaw directly from a ticketing agency located only a couple of blocks from the Silver Swan Hotel. The name of the bus company is Dothawaddi (means small river) and the tickets cost 5,000 Kyat/person. The departure time was 2:30 PM with an
July 10, 2012 Yesterday we visited sites within Mandalay and today we visited nearby towns around Mandalay. I really enjoyed getting out of the hustle and noise of Mandalay. I definitely had not been expecting karaoke music blasting from the bar next door in the evenings. The only way we know of to see the
Sagaing Hill, Inwa by Horsecart, and U Bein’s Bridge in Amarapura Read More »
9th of July, 2012 Kuthodaw Paya In the late afternoon, after some haggling over the price for our trishaw ride to Kuthodaw Paya and Mandalay Hill (we finally settled on 7,000 Kyat) we were on our way. Going by trishaw is a great way to see the moat and the exterior walls of the Royal
Kuthodaw Paya (World’s Largest Book) and Mandalay Hill Read More »
9th of July, 2012 On our first morning in Mandalay we chose to hire a trishaw (three person bicycle) as our form of transportation. Whenever possible we like to take transportation that doesn’t require gasoline and is a much more peaceful ride. Also, being outside give you a much better experience of the surroundings and
Gold Leaf, Mahamuni Image and Shwe In Bin Kyaung Monastery Read More »