Burma - Boat Ride to Bagan

 Some pics of a boat ride on the Irrawaddy River. 

The Irrawaddy or, officially, Ayeyarwady River flows from north to south through Burma. It is the country's largest river. It is about 1,350 miles (2,170 km) long.
It is where they wash, drink, travel, and pray.

Its name is believed to derive from the Sanskrit term airāvatī, meaning “elephant river.”

It's source is the Himalayas.

 

Between Mandalay and Bagan.

Very relaxing... not much to do apart from watch the world go by.

 

It's a 12 hr trip

 

 

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Burma - U-Bein Bridge - travel pics

This bridge spans the Taungthaman Lake near Amarapura in Myanmar.

 The bridge was built from wood reclaimed from the former royal palace in Inwa.

 It features 1,086 pillars that stretch out of the water, some of which have been replaced with concrete.

 construction began in 1849.

 The teak posts were hammered into the lake bed 7 feet deep.

 The 1.2-kilometre (0.75 mi) bridge is believed to be the oldest and longest teakwood bridge in the world.

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Shwenandaw Monastery - Mandaly, Burma

Shwenandaw Monastery is located near Mandalay Hill, Mandalay Region, Myanmar (formerly Burma).

Its also known as the Golden palace monastery.

  built in 1878 by King Thibaw Min.

The building was originally part of the royal palace at Amarapura, before it was moved to Mandalay

 The building was heavily gilt with gold and adorned with glass mosaic work.

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This is a section of the ceiling.

This was once covered with gold leaf.

Shwe Nan Daw Kyaung is famous because it is the only palace building which is left from the destruction of WWII. The Royal palace was burnt down in 1945.

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Hsinbyume Pagoda - Myanmar (Burma)

This beautiful all white structure on the banks of the Irrawaddy river just North of Mandalay.

 The pagoda that is also known as the Mya Theindan Pagoda.It is located in the Northern part of Mingun town near the massive Mingun Pagoda.

 The all white pagoda was built in 1816 by Prince Bagyidaw.

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The structure was dedicated to his first wife, Princess Hsinbyume, which literally translates to White Elephant Princess, who died during child birth. During the large earthquake of 1838 the Hsinbyume Pagoda was severely damaged.

Yangon Burma 2016 pics

Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar (Burma) until 2006, when the military government relocated the capital to the purpose-built city of Naypyidaw in central Myanmar. With over 7 million people, Yangon is Myanmar's largest city and is its most important commercial centre.

Yangon boasts the largest number of colonial-era buildings in the region, and has a unique colonial-era urban core that is remarkably intact.

The Sofaer and Co. building in downtown Rangoon was completed by Isaac and Meyer Sofaer in 1906. Both brothers were Baghdad-born.

High tea at the Strand Hotel. Opened in 1901.
It was built by the British entrepreneur John Darwood but later acquired by the Sarkies brothers, who owned a number of luxury hotels in the Far East, including the Raffles Hotel in Singapore and the Eastern & Oriental Hotel in Penang, Malaysia.

 The Myanmar Port Authority.

The colonial-era commercial core is centred around the Sule Pagoda, which reputed to be over 2,000 years old and contains a hair relic of the Gautama Buddha.

 The city is also home to the gilded Shwedagon Pagoda — Myanmar's most sacred Buddhist pagoda.

The mausoleum of the last Mughal Emperor is located in Yangon, where he had been exiled following the Indian Mutiny of 1857.