Mingalabar! Myawaddy, Mawlamyine & Yangon 2016

[katie23]

Panorama pic

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My hosts enjoying the view

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This temple was across the viewpoint


Other temples

[snakeeyes]

Katie where's the beer and vodka ,

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I'll end this posting period with a pic of my hosts. Great people with good hearts.


That's all for now. To be continued...

[beerlaodrinker]

Great stuff (as usual) makes me wanna book a flight

[katie23]

@david44 - thanks for the greet. I don't get a poem from your poetic self? Lol!

@snakey - at this point in my journey (Mawlamyine), I was a teetotaler. In Vientiane, I did taste the famous Beer Lao, and in Yangon, I tasted Myanmar beer, so watch out for that! I'm not too much of an alco-drinker, so no drunken binges here! Heh...

@bld - thanks for the luv. Quick, book that flight so we can have another pic thread from you! Don't forget the moobs for patsy!

[Phuketrichard]

the Mandalay Beer ( i love beer lao and feel its better :-) ) is great as is the Mandalay Rum with soda and lime

Heading back next month

[bobo746]

Great pics katie i haven't seen this thread before

[katie23]

@p.richard - I wasn't able to try Mandalay beer. Hopefully, in my next visit I'll be able to check out Mandalay, Bagan & Naypitaw (sp?)

@bobo - thanx for the greet. This thread was buried under the rubbish, so it didn't get much airtime. There are lots more pics from this trip which I haven't shown. But then, I'm a busy gal & my net is &%!, but will try to post more pics in the next few days.

Thanks for all the greens! :-)

[Gazza]

Nice pix and nice to see people wearing the longyi. I can always tells who the young Burmese kids are in Thailand as they seem to favour wearing skin-tight drain-pipe jeans.

[katie23]

@Gazza - most of the ppl who wear the longyi are the middle-aged or old ones. I've noticed that the young ppl prefer to wear Western clothes. I saw many of them with smartphones and they're also into the net & FB. Maybe in a generation, only a few ppl will wear traditional clothes as everyday wear. (which I find a bit sad) Traditional clothes will be relegated to ceremonies and such, but that's progress and modernization....

Anyway, here are more scenes from Mawlamyine.


A day/morning market. Pic taken from inside the car.

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This is a school


Road going to the bus station

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I mentioned to my hosts that I wanted to go to Yangon by night train. Since it was Thingyan (Songkran), the trains were not operational. They brought me to the bus station instead, to buy a ticket in advance. Here's entering the bus station...


At the bus station

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Just like any bus station, there are stores selling food & drinks.


The lady who sold the ticket... quite pretty


This is the bus company

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Another school


When we were headed to the restaurant for breakfast, I saw 2 churches, a Protestant and a Catholic one. So on the way back, I asked if we could drop by the Catholic church. I wanted to drop by and have a look (and a lil prayer for my safe travels). The previous night, there was an earthquake in northern Myanmar, which was also felt in India. It so happened that the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge were in N. India at that time, so the earthquake got some news coverage. I was a bit scared re: the earthquake (if you'll see my other, non-pic thread). Fortunately, Mawlamyine wasn't affected by the EQ.

So anyway, here's the exterior of the church.

[katie23]

This was different from all the churches that I've seen - there were no chairs or pews! The altar was very simple too - not ornate or glittery. I saw clearly that Christianity is not the main religion in this place.

No comments about the Catholic church please. I'm not very devout but am still a believer, so please respect that!

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That building beside the church is a technical-vocational school.


With my hosts. Please DO NOT QUOTE this post!

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That church was very near a Hindu temple. I liked how the different religions/temples coexisted in the same street!

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On the way back to the hotel, we passed by the city's Chinatown. Saw a shop collecting plastic bottles.


This area was Chinatown, accdg to my hosts.


Saw a Chinese temple too

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Going back to the city center. Saw a lot of advertisements for Oppo & Vivo phones. Both are from China. Didn't see any Apple advertisement, but I saw a Samsung one.

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After the wonderful breakfast and tour, I was brought back to my hotel. These are the hotel staff and manager.


After resting for a bit in my room, it was time to head out again for new adventures.

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More of the river - water was very murky.


There was a lot of rubbish along the riverbank.

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Saw these punks about to head out


Water station is ready

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Pork anyone?


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