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just another ruin

[fromsingapore]

crossing Mytinge River. 1500 for me 1500 for the motorbike.

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a house and the dog

[fromsingapore]

22 - Mandalay

Valla bu kadar yaziyi okuyabilene helal olsun. Georgetown, Malezya'daki hostel deneyimimden sonra iyi hostellerin oldugu yerlere gitme egilimim oldugu dogrudur. Sanirim bu nedenle temel olarak Mandalay'i aklimdan silmistim. Ama bazen hosteli yanlis yerde ariyorsundur. Karar verdikten sonra Mandalay'e gitmeye WikiTravel sayfasina baktim ve Dreamland Guesthouse'u buldum. Kendisi booking.com ve hostelworld gibi mecralarda yok ama kaldigim en orjinal ve guzel hostellerden biri oldu. Her konuda yardim etmede sinir tanimayan sahibleri, art galerisi ve kursu olan asil amaci, guzel yataklari, yan dukkanda kullandigin kahvalti fisleri, insider customized haritasi, bedava gozluk, cigara ve su servisleri ve cok hos terasiyla gonullerde taht kurdugu dogrudur. Sabah vardigimizda hostele sununla karsilastik mesela.

I was not expecting that but I slept a lot in the train. However I slept more when we arrived to the hostel. I rented the shittiest motorbike ever that evening and went to the south to the ancient villages. First stop was the Mahamuni Temple, which is the second holliest place in whole Myanmar. There is a Buddha inside, which only men visit and you wait in the line to put some gold leaves on the buddha. Since it was the first day of the new burmese year, it was packed with locals.

Then I went to the Amarapura town driving by the Taung Tha Man Lake and saw the U-Bein Bridge. I ended up in a ruin and the town was full of ancient ruins and Pagoda's. The ruin had a voleyball field inside. I realized there are a lot to see here and this was just the beginning.

Sonra aksama az kala Inn Wa'ya yollandim. Koy yollarinda kayboldum. Bir yerden su aldim. Fi cagindan duvarlarin arasindan gecen yollarda agaclarin siper oldugu dolana dolana vardim koye ve duvarlarla cevrili bir sehirle karsilastim.

Ardindan daha da uca gittim ve bir sokaga girdim. Yolda gormustum bircok masa kurulmus ve basinda oturan mahalle ve masadaki rahipler. Sanirim yilin ilk gunune ozel bir gelenek, rahipleri agirlamak. Ve bu caddenin sonunda nehire nazir ucuna kurmustu bu mahalle masayi ve ben gittigimde rahipleri dinliyorlardi. Gun batiminin isiklari ne guzeller Myanmar'da.

That street was amazing. All kind of village life: pigs, dogs, horses, chickens and beatiful people. They offered me some traditional drink. And finally I saw the river. This river is wide.

I wanted the watched the sunset at U-Bein's Bridge but I couldn't catch it. I saw a pagoda on the highway lightened and pretty busy with a lot of locals. For the dinner we went to the market with Kim and met with some locals. They paid for the dinner (israrima ragmen) and food was really good. They also showed me a place to buy beer. A nice couple

In the night I drank two beers with the germans and spoke some deep words about why I am travelling bla bla. It was funny haha. In the morning I woke up with a headache and diarrhoea and give up running. Instead I drove to the hill to see the sunrise at 6. However it was cloudy and didn't worth it. I visited the Pagoda's around the hill and saw the royal palace, which is a square quite similar to the Chiang Mai's, but with beautiful walls. There is definetely a lot to see in and around Mandalay. I didn't know that. I am glad that I came here, I wish I had more time.