We took a day trip out of Mandalay and saw some amazing sights. Inwe is another old capital, and did not disappoint, we also saw some more temples in the hills. Wanted to share the pictures with you!
This floating hotel in the style of the ancient royal barges was docked along the side of the river.
All of the monks leave their shoes at the door when going to lunch, a shocking number of flip flops.
Here are some girls sitting outside the buddhist school, they are little nuns now, but not committed for any length of time
This girl and her friends sold me an elephant necklace at the river ferry to Inwe…beautiful local girl using the typical local sunscreen in an ornamental manner
Old Temple at Inwe, this is a peninsula outside of Mandalay that used to be the capital but now is a lazy place where tourists can get around in a horse tuk tuk
Beautiful “temple of a thousand Buddhas,” outside of Inwe.
This teak bridge is a big tourist attraction and actually about 10 times as long as you can tell in this picture.
This was “Johnny”, our cab driver….he picked us up walking in the heat to an internet cafe and ended up showing us the sights in and around Mandalay for the next two days….he dropped us off at the airport on the last day.
Kathleen