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Most viewed - 2006: Myanmar |
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chuck on the motorbike he rented to go around Mandalay66 views
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view of the city of Mandalay from the restaurant on the top floor of our hotel where breakfast was served. i LOVED burma, but Mandalay was the one place i didn't, despite its beautiful euphonious evocative name65 views
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the ferris wheel operator was standing high up on the wheels, looked quite dangerous63 views
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the watchtower in the corner of this photo has amazing views of Mandalay63 views
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this building with the seven-tiered roof is where King Mindon sat (his throne room)63 views
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the women all put on thanaka paste on their faces in Burma, as a sunblock and general cosmetic62 views
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wall of one of the hundreds of the ancient ruined temples in Bagan61 views
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anika & chuck - because i was wearing a knee-legth skirt, i had to borrow a sarong from the ticket counter to enter the Shwe Dagon. i liked my sarong!59 views
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a little later the place started filling up with local shan people - they ordered tea & snacks and intently watched a thai soap on the satellite tv59 views
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many of the streets of mandalay would get flooded whenever it would rain and sometimes the only way to go across a street without wading knee-deep in water was to take a rickshaw for that short distance59 views
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Monk at the Kuthodaw Paya - this temple complex at the base of Mandalay Hill houses the world's largest book.59 views
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the bus we took back to yangon. after flying everywhere we decided to save $140 and take a bus instead. it ended up being a 22 hour bus ride after the front steering axle detached at 2 am in the middle of nowhere and they spend 4 hours fixing it59 views
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not only were the seats narrow, but they had pull-down seats that took over the entire aisle, so no way to even get up. & they blasted burmese pop for hours with bad videos. after a while, the only thing to do was to accept the situation59 views
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a perfect spot to relax. the big golden peacock structure in the back on the other side of the lake is another floating restaurant58 views
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by the entrance to the Pindaya cave (cave is in the limestone ridge)58 views
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donation boxes according to the day of the week you were born on58 views
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