Welcome again, today we will continue adventuring Myanmar in other beautiful places. No longer in Yangon, the ancient city and Bagan with wild nature, we will move to different destinations to get unforgettable experiences.
To visit Mandalay, another famous Myanmar highlights, You can take a long bus from Yangon at Aung Mingalar, the wholesale market. After about 8 hours, after a deep sleep, you will get to Mandalay at 5 am and still have time left to sleep more if you want. Elite bus will help your night be safe and warm with great blanket and food all night.
If you are in Bagan now, it will take you about 6 hours to move to Mandalay. You can wake up early in the morning, enjoy peaceful dawn then get on the bus at 8 and take time to rest. Bagan Minthar bus leaves from Nyaung Oo and gets to Kywel Sel Kan at 14:00 the same day.
Mandalay, the second biggest city in Myanmar always welcomes you. Why travel to Myanmar? Tourists will have the best answers when coming here. Tourists can have new experiences when visiting old palace of Myanmar. As the picture above, this palace is where the king of Myanmar lived in XIX century. It is very luxurious.
Myanmar is very famous for …gold. Tourists can see gold on the roof of pagodas and many rich household use gold to decorate their house. There are many goldleaf producting factories. In Myanmar, people do not visit banks but they buy gold when we have the money. To them, gold is very important and valuable. If you see furniture in some rich families, one strange thing is that furniture is also decorated with gold. Is this enough for you to adventure Myanmar with us?
One of the most popular handercraft industries in Mandalay is stone sculpturing. You can find many factories in Mandalay. Sagaing has many of stone sculpturing factories. Along the street, artists work very hard and passionately to make the best products for customers. One thing to mention is that almost artists do not use any samples but they work very professionally. Sagaining Hill is very famous with 6000 monks and 600 monasteries.
An artist is very careful and skifful when making statues.
Mandalay is also famous for its sacred pagodas. We can name many famous pagodas here. To one of them, we can not miss Maha Muni, which is famous just behind Shwedagon in Yangon. The pagoda is very huge and decorated carefully. Tourists will have time to see the huge Buddha , 4 meter high with gold painted. This is always pride of people here when they can pray to their God even when from far away to see the statue. This is also the reason why visit Burma. Thousands of Buddhist followers from other countries come here to express their belief and pray with hope of good things and peace in the future.
But this pagoda only welcome men tourists. If you are a woman, you are not allowed to come in. Women must stay outside and can see the pagoda from far away. Women should not come inside, it is impolite. Myanmar(Burma) believe that it is not sacred if women are close to Buddha. In other pagodas, women still can come in, they are welcomed, too. But if you want to visit pagodas, being discreet is important. Do not wear short skirts or sexy clothes.
In Mandalay, tourists should hire a bicycle to get new experiences. During the time travelling on the bicycle, you can experience interesting things even greater than just visiting somewhere famous by bus. Mandalay has many special street food. Enjoying them is what you may want to do, but it is difficult if you use bus or taxi when travelling.
Bicycling along the streets is a good way to adventure Myanmar.
Mandalay is very strange. One interesting thing we can mention here is that you will be served tea free when eating. Well, they are really generous and kind, right?
In Mandalay, there are many fantastic places to visit, you can spend time at Shwenandaw, a famous monastery, built entirely of teak wood, or Kuthodaw pagoda, which owns the biggest Buddhist scriptures in the world, artists take many years to complete this art on stone.
It can not be enough for a south Myanmar travel tour. This was former capital of Myanmar, but now it is known as a township of Mandalay. Coming to Amarapura, tourist can also visit the ancient palace with complex architecture. This ancient capital is famous for its silk, Maha Gandhayon Kyaung and U bein-the longest teak bridge in the world.
Every morning at 10 am, a long line of monks from Maha Gandhayon Kyaung start their day and walk along the street. Burmese will share with them food with great respect. This is what you can also see in other cities of Myanmar, or in Laos, neighbor of Vietnam.
Ubein bridge, one of Myanmar tourist sites, is famous not only in Myanmar but all over the world. Every day, many people come here in the afternoon and enjoy the peaceful life. You can also see monks in line walking to pagodas and monasteries through the bridge.
This is where many come to have greatest picture of sunset. The Ubein has its length up to 1,2 kilometers. Very impressive!
From Mandalay, tourists can also visit Inle lake, a peaceful and beautiful place to go to. Many come here to enjoy the holiday and spend time easing their soul. Inle lake is very high comparing to the sea surface. You can enjoy a very special festival here: Phaung Daw Oo.
Nyaung Shwe town also should be on the list of must visit places when you get to Myanmar. You can enjoy wine with great quality in Red Mountain Winery and Vineyard.
From Mandalay, tourists can also visit Mingun .It takes very short time to get to this ancient village. The distance is about 11 kilometers. But you have to get on a ferry. There is only one ferry every day, it starts at 8:30 and comes back at 1pm. Ticket is cheap, about 3 dollar. If you hire a private ferry, it may be more than 30 dollar per day.
Together with Sagaining and Amarapura, Inwa is also known as one of the three most ancient city of Myanmar. Tourists can hire a horse to travel and get new experiences. With a guider, you will be familiar with riding horse.
Visit Golden Rock is also a very interesting thing to do. But you need to have good heath if you want to see this. It is all painted with gold. This famous destination appeals to thousands of customers every year.
With many tips for your adventure Myanmar tour, where do you choose to come? Myanmar is really a great country to come and visit. Even in short term, you still can adventure many of its sites. So get your ticket and come with us! Hope you have fun!
