Monywa to Mandalay, Myanmar June 2016

Dag 21. Monywa til Mandalay 130 km

I dag begyndte vi
turen med at se Sambuddhe templet. I det tempel er der 582373 Buddha statuer (
vi talte dem ikke), et virkelig imponerende tempel med både store og især små
Buddha staturer.

 Efterfølgende så vi 1000 Buddhaer sammen med 1000 træer. Efter
det, var vi ved et andet kompleks med en Buddha statue på 124 meter, der var
desuden en liggende Buddha og nogle Pagoder. Herfra kørte vi så til Mandalay.
Først stoppede vi ved et silkevæveri, i deres butik købte Janet og jeg en
sarong hver ( vi fandt senere ud af at vi var blev taget grundig ved næsen, vi
kunne have købt det samme sæt for 1/5 del af prisen i byen). Efterfølgende
stoppede vi ved den berømte U Bein Bro som er en træbro på 1,2 km, ( den ældste
og længste teaktræs bro i verden) den er bygget i 1800 af den daværende
Borgmester i Mandalay. En imponerende bro med mange besøgende.

Vi døjer alle med
varmen her, 35 grader og meget fugtigt. Så vi var glade da vi tjekkede in på
Hotel Mandalay. I Mandalay gik vi en tur til det lokale shopping center, men
fandt hurtigt ud af, at importerede varer er meget dyrere end i Indien, så vi
kiggede bare på vinduer.

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5th June. Distance 130 km.

We left our beautiful hotel at 9.30 am, for some sight
seeing, and a short drive to Mandalay.

We visited the Sambuddhe Tempel in Monywa.

The Sabumddhe Tempel  - Sambuddhe templet

This beautiful structure, which has 5.82.373 Buddha’s, is the best Buddhist temple, we have
visited so far. These statues are impossible to count, even though I thought
5.82.373 Buddha’s was a bit too much in one place. They had disco Buddhas,
sitting Buddha’s, miniature Buddha’s, black Buddha’s etc.

We then drove to a beautiful garden, where there were 1000
Buddha’s and 1000 Banyan trees. I did not count these, but it was a very
peaceful place.

After a short uphill drive (very steep), we visited the
tallest Buddha Statue in Myanmar,
124 meters. This Buddha is pretty impressive and tall.  Next to him, was a shorter version of a
sleeping Buddha. I had enough of Buddha’s for one day.

Monk in a new age - Moderne Munk

Our next stop, on our way to Mandalay, was the famous U Bein bridge. This
is the longest wooden, teak tree bridge in the world. (1,2 km). This bridge was
next to a beautiful lake and I just did not have the energy to walk across the
bridge. The temperatures today were 35 degrees, humid, hot and sticky.

U Bein Bridge

Drove to Mandalay, the 2^nd biggest town in Myanmar, and checked into our hotel.
 Went window shopping this evening, and soon found out, that any imported goods, in Myanmar, cost
almost double of our Indian prices.