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view of the city of Mandalay from the restaurant on the top floor of our hotel where breakfast was served. i LOVED burma, but Mandalay was the one place i didn't, despite its beautiful euphonious evocative name71 views
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chuck on the motorbike he rented to go around Mandalay70 views
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one of the rooms in the Royal Palace inside Mandalay Fort. you have to be barefeet to enter these buildings (same with temples, whether in active use or ruins).70 views
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the women all put on thanaka paste on their faces in Burma, as a sunblock and general cosmetic69 views
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the ferris wheel operator was standing high up on the wheels, looked quite dangerous68 views
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this building with the seven-tiered roof is where King Mindon sat (his throne room)67 views
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the bus we took back to yangon. after flying everywhere we decided to save $140 and take a bus instead. it ended up being a 22 hour bus ride after the front steering axle detached at 2 am in the middle of nowhere and they spend 4 hours fixing it66 views
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anika & chuck - because i was wearing a knee-legth skirt, i had to borrow a sarong from the ticket counter to enter the Shwe Dagon. i liked my sarong!65 views
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serving some kind of noodle dish and having a good time65 views
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many of the streets of mandalay would get flooded whenever it would rain and sometimes the only way to go across a street without wading knee-deep in water was to take a rickshaw for that short distance65 views
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wall of one of the hundreds of the ancient ruined temples in Bagan65 views
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chuck and i in the swimming pool at our hotel65 views
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a perfect spot to relax. the big golden peacock structure in the back on the other side of the lake is another floating restaurant64 views
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a little later the place started filling up with local shan people - they ordered tea & snacks and intently watched a thai soap on the satellite tv64 views
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donation boxes according to the day of the week you were born on64 views
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making "Shan paper" from the bark of the mulberry tree. they mix it with ash & lime, boil & pound it. here they've spread the fibre on a tray with water & are stirring it; they'll place petals & leaves for decoration64 views
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