Burma, Mandalay, January 2013, Part 3

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Got the rice on the Boil.

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A nice supply of wood to keep the fire going and the rice ready to go.

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They don't piss around here its out with the shovel.

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The local chicken seller would be making a motsa out of this place.

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Just keep filling up those buckets is the go.

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The ladies sorting out the greens.

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These Monks are getting a bit toey, time to feed them EH.

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Very clean and hygienic conditions around this place.

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The place was funded by the Government and private donations.

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Onto the Silk weaving factory.

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Age is a bonus in this game as they have the most experience.

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Takes a long time to become proficient in silk weaving.

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The machines where straight out of the dark ages but done the job.

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We are off again and cutting a cracking pace. This was the most modern bridge we encountered in all our time in Burma.

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Only a few years old apparently.

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We ended up at this place on the top of a mountain.

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We are here.

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Inside was a heap of these. Bloody beautiful actually.

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A nice looking Buddha this one.

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One of the locals taking in the views.

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This areas claim to fame is the century old monasteries scattered on the mountain. In the foreground is a walk way that starts right down at the river and winds its way to the very top. Good training for a trek in Nepal.

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Another monastery down below that I zoomed in on.

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We traveled back into Mandalay over the larger bridge.

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Touts doing their thing.

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This guy was doing oil painting. His work was just incredible.