Mandalay Vacations, Mandalay Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

The second week of my trip in Myanmar I visited the country's second largest city. The city of Mandalay, situated somewhere in the middle of the country. This city holds a lot of interesting sites like Mandalay Hill and Mandalay Palace, and some places worth checking out in it's proximity, like Mingun, Sagaing and Amarapura.. At the beginning of the trip to Myanmar I made the wise decision to take enough dollars in cash with me because initially I heard that it was hard to get cash...

We leave early today, departure time is 7 a.m., because it is a very long drive of twelve, partially mountainous, hours. First a nice breakfast, though, and another encounter with row of swift footed begging monks. The first two hours of the trip are one big deja vu, we have to take the same road all the way back to Kalaw. When we are past Kalaw, the worst part begins, the long winding road down to the main connection between Yangon and Mandalay. It’s a terrible stretch where at many spots...

Om 07:30 vertrekken we met de karakteristieke kleine blauwe taxi’s naar de rivier waar onze boot klaar moet liggen. De taxi’s hebben volgens mij tweetakt motortjes met geen spat trekkracht, die elk moment onder het auto-tje uit kan vallen (zo klinkt het tenminste). Bovendien is de vooruit het enige glas dat het auto-tje rijk is. De boot waarmee we naar Mingun varen valt alleszins mee, een flink schip voor 11 personen, met ligstoelen op het dek. Het is ruim 1 uur varen (stroomopwaarts, dus...

The trip to Mandalay was quite the experience.  Bus rides are always an adventure in Myanmar.  If you make it from your starting location to your destination without breaking down or getting a flat, consider yourself lucky.  On this trip, not only did we get 2 flat tires, but around 2am we blew an exhaust or something that cost us about 2 hours.  Thank God for Whiskey is all I can say... Mandalay, the former capital, is considered the 2nd city.  Its located...