To Mandalay

Today is our turn: After three days on Lake Inle, it was time to continue the journey. Towards the north of Myanmar, the former capital - Mandalay. The British, when fully colonized the country in 1885, moved the capital to Yangon and named it Rangoon. Before departure we made a morning visit to ...

Pindaya - the images of the Buddha

A visit Pindaya - in the cave of 8800 thousands of the Buddha images is being described today by Ola and Gabrysia: A word from Gabriela and Ola: Thank you for the invitation to contribute to this blog. It is going to be grammatically inaccurate and not on the subject, we are afraid. After a week ...

Yangon - the temples

Today, on Saturday, Eva and Magda are describing their experience of two consecutive days: Last night we saw the most beautiful pagoda in Myanmar and maybe even the entire Buddhist world - the Shewgadon. The Golden pagoda towers were visible from the windows of our landing airplain. How much gold,...

Farewell to Myanmar

After eight days in Myanmar, it's time to say goodbye and return to Bangkok. We are flying from Mandalay and now using the opportunity to make final entries of the last days and put in the pictures. With great pleasure qe are sharing with you our impressions, even though we know that not everything ...

Again in Bagan

We came back after 4 days to the twentieth century!) From the nineteenth, eighteenth and the Middle Ages !! Those who do not believe, please keepm reading.  In a moment we will resume the entries. We are tired, but happy to have been given a chance of seeing those people in their normal life, and ...

Mindat

From the Wikipedia: “Mindat is one of the British administrative towns during British time and also the second largest town in Chin State. It is situated on the mountain range at an altitude of 2500m. Most Chin villages located on the hill sides and in the valleys of the Chin mountain ranges. Most ...

Over the mountains towards Mindat

And again we hit the road ... This time, up into the mountains and the valley towards Mindat - the biggest city in the southern state of China. Along the way we see villages which function in accordance with the centuries-old tradition and can be compared with medieval Europe. We think that the p...

A-camp at night

In the A-camp village, in the lodge there was five tourists altogether. The owner fixed a show of a traditional dance usually performed at great occasions such as funerals, harvests or sacrifice ceremonies. Apparently we were considered very important guests. Animism and Christianity mix together...