Wow Mandalay...
It's hard to love Mandalay, it's polluted, noisy and dirty. It's hard to find restaurants to eat at, there are hardly any cafes to chill in. The sun from 10.30am to 4.30pm is so unrelenting.
It is made up for by the sincerest people that can be found anywhere. Hold up a map and you can be sure someone will to your rescue. Left your mobile phone in a cab? Call the cab company and the driver will bring it back on the same day.
And best of all, come sunset and the city is transformed. The shadows cast gives a different dimension to everything.
At the Jewellery market where foreigners are hardly found.
Young monks watching the sunset, not sure if the work of the tourism board; buses of them are spotted at u bein bridge.
Young nuns join in the fun too.
Lovely Innwa. Can so imagine a banyan tree opening here. Great respite from the polluted streets of Mandalay.
Scenes at Innwa- not much has changed since colonial times. Locals wear longyis and drive horse carts. Europeans set up nice tables for lunch.
Young monks doing their homework at the teak monastery at Innwa.
Sunset at Mandalay hill
Wishing you were here,
Mr and Mrs Koh
No comments:
Post a Comment