Road to Mandalay

The head of the herd was calling
Far, far away
They met one night in the silver light
On the road to Mandalay
So Nellie the Elephant packed her trunk
And said goodbye to the circus
Off she went with a trumpety-trum
Trump, trump, trump

The road to Mandalay was long and dark (and there were NO elephants). It took the best part of 10 hours driving through the night. Bus travel here is fairly good, aside from the random entertainment videos/ monk chanting soundtracks, and the fact that despite the shiny new busses I think there are a fair few accidents.

At the end of the road was a beautiful 2 tone “sanitised” toilet, with conveniently located cigarette stand.

I did think the sanitised toilet would be the highlight of the trip, but on the last evening we escaped the workhouse and headed off on mopeds – a big excitement as motorbikes and mopeds are banned in Yangon.

U Bein bridge - a fairly famous tourist attraction. A wonderful long old teak bridge full of ambling monks, locals and tourists all enjoying the last of the evening sun.

      

Then lungyi shopping… piles of fun fabrics to sort through.

 

Then off to the night bus in the back of a funny midget van!