Myanmar https://2hungrywanderers.com/ en Monywa day 3: ancient city, 500000+ tiny Buddhas and several giant ones https://2hungrywanderers.com/monywa-day-3-ancient-city-500000-tiny-buddhas-and-several-giant-ones <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--title--post.html.twig * field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--node--title--post.html.twig' --> <h1 class="page-header">Monywa day 3: ancient city, 500000+ tiny Buddhas and several giant ones</h1> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--node--title--post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--post.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">2hw</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--post.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span>Wed, 08/21/2019 - 15:57</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'layout__onecol' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x layout--onecol.html.twig x layout--onecol.html.twig * layout.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--extra-field-block--node--post--links.html.twig * block--extra-field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--extra-field-block--node.html.twig * block--extra-field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-extra-field-blocknodepostlinks clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--field-image.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostfield-image clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-image--post--default.html.twig * field--node--field-image--post.html.twig * field--node--field-image.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--field-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2019-07/XXX_3542.JPG.jpg?itok=OVGiUVyf 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/2019-07/XXX_3542.JPG.jpg?itok=bCgSJfMC 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/2019-07/XXX_3542.JPG.jpg?itok=mqoanevU 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2019-07/XXX_3542.JPG.jpg?itok=OVGiUVyf" alt="Monywa" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--body.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostbody clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--post--default.html.twig * field--node--body--post.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span> </span>This article is part of our adventure in Monywa:</p> <ul><li><a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/monywa-how-get-there-and-why">Monywa - how to get there and why</a></li> <li><a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/monywa-day-1-volcano-lake-1000-cave-temples-city-carved-hill">Monywa day 1: volcano lake, 1000 cave temples, city carved in a hill</a></li> <li><a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/monywa-day-2-big-golden-buddha-5-pagodas-and-1-monastery">Monywa day 2: big golden Buddha, 5 pagodas and 1 monastery</a></li> <li>Monywa day 3: ancient city, 500000+ tiny Buddhas and several giant ones</li> </ul><p>Here is a video showing most of the sights we visited:</p> <div class="embed-media embed-media--video-youtube"><div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SSAWtZwnESI?rel=0" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;" title="Discovering Monywa"></iframe></div></div><h2>A Myint ancient city<a name="amyint" id="amyint"> </a></h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/QcfTGrptDWp9r4n29">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>This one was mentioned in the hotel brochure, there was a marker for A Myint ancient city on Google maps, along with some interesting photos and positive reviews, and even being a bit farther away (~30 km) we decided to give it a go.</p> <p>Two main roads could get us there from Monywa - one was the main "highway", the road from Mandalay, or there was an option for another road, unnamed, but still showing in the online maps and the brochure map. The second one looked like it can be more scenic, closer to the river and passing through the countryside. However, knowing the roads around Monywa were not that great we were a bit skeptical, unsure about its condition.</p> <p>After some discussion we decided to take a risk and go the scenic way. That was a mistake, such a mistake, as I am writing this my body still shakes with the memory of the two hours spent getting to A Myint. The road, and use the word "road" here very loosely, first started as an acceptable dirt road which we, wrongly, took as a good sign. Then there were several sections where maintenance was being done and we had to go around on narrow sandy paths, trying not to get stuck or fall over. Our hope that after the works the condition of the road will improve was in vain as at some point it became something akin to an offroad challenge path - dusty, sandy, with huge holes and narrow passes, uneven all the way. It was really scenic, alright - small villages, green vegetable gardens and fields, the river crawling on the horizon, but the last 10-15 km took us more than an hour to overcome and we were exhausted in the end.</p> <p>Finally, we reached our destination. Much like Bagan, but on a smaller scale there used to be a lively city on that spot near the river - one can imagine the ports and boats coming and going, carrying trade from far away lands, but with time the city disappeared, leaving behind only the stone and brick temples to slowly crumble away.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="96697a66-4c2d-4036-a4b2-e77010ecb701" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3486_0.JPG.jpg?itok=-c3ZKg2x 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3486_0.JPG.jpg?itok=AixAbtD5 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3486_0.JPG.jpg?itok=tTSOTYIQ 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3486_0.JPG" alt="A Myint ancient city" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="fb0604b0-fd0b-4306-95e4-6f1fbdd6ec3f" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3512.JPG.jpg?itok=UnqflKGU 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3512.JPG.jpg?itok=wvxB40ly 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3512.JPG.jpg?itok=UZrXm4a- 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3512.JPG" alt="A Myint ancient city" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>No other tourists in sight, we had the place to ourselves, there is a main temple complex with a lot of single temples scattered around the, nowadays, small village of A Myint, with overgrown stupas seen in peoples yards. A lone sign marks the spot where the old city moat was, the big dimple in the landscape still visible.</p> <p>We left the ancient site and went back on the road to Monywa - this time the main one from Mandalay.</p> <h2>Thanboddhay pagoda<a name="thanb" id="thanb"> </a></h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/ZLTjbiXZfoCEZPQT7">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>This 14th century pagoda complex renovated in 1939 is nothing short of impressive with gilded spires along the roof and the whole interior and exterior - each pillar and spire, each tower, the walls, inside and out, the ceiling - covered in miniature Buddha images adding up to half a million in number.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="ffe26e4b-af6a-4d51-95d8-8d3959f1e7ae" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3603.JPG.jpg?itok=h1o4o5ku 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3603.JPG.jpg?itok=a-sPn7RX 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3603.JPG.jpg?itok=7-9ok0aS 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3603.JPG" alt="Thanboddhay pagoda" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="c08aa8d4-fe0a-41ad-9a52-905430f76e45" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3578.JPG.jpg?itok=OdFZgR0g 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3578.JPG.jpg?itok=jtdrQ7QQ 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3578.JPG.jpg?itok=kTBmZj6U 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3578.JPG" alt="Thanboddhay pagoda" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="6907168e-7749-4cbd-aed9-493e40997543" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3537.JPG.jpg?itok=SNwis4Vu 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3537.JPG.jpg?itok=7LLC-7Sf 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3537.JPG.jpg?itok=pkLX5S0e 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3537.JPG" alt="Thanboddhay pagoda" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>Maha Bodhi Tahtaung<a name="mahab" id="mahab"> </a>- Giant Standing Buddha statue Laykyun Sekkya, Giant Reclining Buddha statue, thousand Buddha statues and more</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/sNRQKjYvqkJHj3ZN6">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>Maha Bodhi Tahtaung means "a thousand Buddha statues" and is the name of the whole area which encircles several enormous statues and many many small ones. It is a big Buddhist complex which we traveled on motorbike, but can also be walked as there are roads connecting all of the separate sites.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="2a181e2f-65e7-4f83-a0c1-f4441633ceae" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3626.JPG.jpg?itok=_KSa0ru7 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3626.JPG.jpg?itok=7OlK56x0 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3626.JPG.jpg?itok=r59AwMyp 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3626.JPG" alt="Giant Standing Buddha statue Laykyun Sekkya" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>The Giant Standing Buddha is located on top of a hill looking west. It is the third tallest statue in the world at 115 m and as can be expected - very impressive. Best time to visit is in the late afternoon when the sun is in perfect position for taking good photos. The statue is hollow inside and the 31 floors it contains represent the 31 planes of existence, each painted in colourful murals with graphic images depicting Buddhist hell. One can climb up the steep uneven stairs, but all the way to the top was not opened to the public when we visited and there are no windows on the lower levels to give better view of the area. There was an elevator, but if ever it had worked before, it looked like it was abandoned some time ago.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="f0c31e71-92c8-434f-88a7-683b05265677" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3631.JPG.jpg?itok=2VlErUtz 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3631.JPG.jpg?itok=Smxo9x04 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3631.JPG.jpg?itok=vm1qg_KM 800w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3631.JPG" alt="Giant Standing Buddha statue Laykyun Sekkya" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>A little further down the hill is another smaller, but still huge Buddha statue - this one reclining and long 95 m. A giant sitting Buddha is still under construction further down.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="5aac7e6e-ba7f-45db-b434-8602fc00b25b" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3646.JPG.jpg?itok=9OL7fZRj 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3646.JPG.jpg?itok=KOdjYR8G 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3646.JPG.jpg?itok=OsOtJaXU 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3646.JPG" alt="Giant reclining Buddha" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>Another huge Buddha statue is laying at the foot of the hill - we could not find any information about it, it is a bit to the side, but as all others worth a look.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="4c1b3cf8-9999-4aec-9600-cad786dc169b" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/layingBuddhastatue.jpg?itok=pyash4Lr 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/layingBuddhastatue.jpg?itok=DtuGRoLU 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/layingBuddhastatue.jpg?itok=B0PXX4dc 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/layingBuddhastatue.jpg" alt="Laying Buddha" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>Walking through the Buddha "forest" is an experience in itself - thousands of Buddha statues sitting under metal parasols, row after row. We saw a bunch of newly looking statues waiting to be added to the field.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="fac8f8d5-7a8f-415f-a15f-f5c6724e0b73" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3665.JPG.jpg?itok=CnS6EXbr 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3665.JPG.jpg?itok=9ZWNpjs- 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3665.JPG.jpg?itok=W0Wx5OVM 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3665.JPG" alt="Thousand Buddhas" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="01fd231c-d68a-4ea8-9a04-4f6bf120cfd4" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3660.JPG.jpg?itok=TUyhYAV2 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3660.JPG.jpg?itok=X4tIXYdx 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3660.JPG.jpg?itok=QCC6r2Er 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3660.JPG" alt="Giant Standing Buddha" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>Monywa riverwalk and city center<a name="rivcen" id="rivcen"> </a></h2> <p>After a long day of sightseeing, the Monywa riverwalk is a nice way to relax - going along the river next to Strand Rd, one can watch the lazy river flow, with the many boats carrying cargo and passengers.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="d3ec8e07-d0c1-4273-aa49-1b7013a1656c" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3675.JPG.jpg?itok=AhEmfQNa 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3675.JPG.jpg?itok=kHFvTug1 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3675.JPG.jpg?itok=aAnqmAJV 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3675.JPG" alt="Monywa riverwalk at sunset" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>Just make sure to have mosquito repellent!</p> <p>A clock tower marks the city center, it is near Shwezegon pagoda and the night food market.</p> <p>Those were all the places that we visited and all the things to do we could find online, in the hotel brochure and on the unexpected tourist information spot in the middle of nowhere. With one exception:</p> <h2>Stone baby and stone dragon<a name="babyd" id="babyd"> </a>- not visited</h2> <p>This was one of the attractions marked on the hotel brochure. It is marked as being on a turn off somewhere along the Mandalay - Monywa road. Online we found only one mention of it, but no directions, and nothing else. We tried to ask the hotel staff, but they seemed even more confused than us - people in rural places are rarely avid tourists.</p> <p>According to the brochure it is a temple with a stone naturally shaped as a dragon and another site close by with a stone shaped like a baby. Coming from Mandalay to Monywa there should be a sign on the road at the turn off. If you are in the area, here is the brochure information, let us know in the comments if you find it.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="45129b02-99a0-4f82-8c22-7655a8f99dd0" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/stonedragonbaby.jpg?itok=IIMHxvY4 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/stonedragonbaby.jpg?itok=yc5dKHe1 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/stonedragonbaby.jpg?itok=aRtm8XDN 818w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/stonedragonbaby.jpg" alt="Stone baby and dragon" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>This was our experience of Monywa, it is not as popular as other places in Myanmar, but away from the tourist crowds it is definitely worth a longer visit.</p></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--field-date-visited.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostfield-date-visited clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-date-visited--post--default.html.twig * field--node--field-date-visited--post.html.twig * field--node--field-date-visited.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--field-date-visited.html.twig * field--datetime.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-date-visited field--type-datetime field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Date Visited</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'time' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/system/templates/time.html.twig' --> <time datetime="2019-02-19T12:00:00Z">February 2019</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/system/templates/time.html.twig' --> </div> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'bs_2col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x bs-2col.html.twig x bs-2col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/bootstrap_layouts/templates/3.0.0/bs-2col.html.twig' --> <div class="row bs-2col"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--field-destinations.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostfield-destinations clearfix"> <h2 class="block-title">Destinations</h2> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-destinations--post--default.html.twig * field--node--field-destinations--post.html.twig * field--node--field-destinations.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--field-destinations.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--field_destinations.html.twig' --> <ul class="field__items_list"> <li><a href="/destination/asia" hreflang="en">Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/destination/myanmar" hreflang="en">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/destination/monywa" hreflang="en">Monywa</a></li> </ul> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--field_destinations.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/bootstrap_layouts/templates/3.0.0/bs-2col.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'layout__onecol' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x layout--onecol.html.twig x layout--onecol.html.twig * layout.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--comment.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostcomment clearfix"> <h2 class="block-title">Comments</h2> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--comment--post--default.html.twig * field--node--comment--post.html.twig * field--node--comment.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig x field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/comment/templates/field--comment.html.twig' --> <section> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/comment/templates/field--comment.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--block-content--33e89c58-379a-4510-9f42-cd3599b682d0.html.twig * block--block-content.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-block-content block-block-content33e89c58-379a-4510-9f42-cd3599b682d0 clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--block-content--body--basic.html.twig * field--block-content--body.html.twig * field--block-content--basic.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><div class="loginBtnSocialDiv"> <button class="loginBtnSocial loginBtnSocial--facebook"> <a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/user/login/facebook">Login with Facebook</a> </button> <button class="loginBtnSocial loginBtnSocial--google"> <a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/user/login/google">Login with Google</a> </button> </div></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> Wed, 21 Aug 2019 12:57:24 +0000 2hw 65 at https://2hungrywanderers.com Monywa day 2: big golden Buddha, 5 pagodas and 1 monastery https://2hungrywanderers.com/monywa-day-2-big-golden-buddha-5-pagodas-and-1-monastery <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--title--post.html.twig * field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--node--title--post.html.twig' --> <h1 class="page-header">Monywa day 2: big golden Buddha, 5 pagodas and 1 monastery</h1> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--node--title--post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--post.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">2hw</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--post.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span>Wed, 08/21/2019 - 14:44</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'layout__onecol' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x layout--onecol.html.twig x layout--onecol.html.twig * layout.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--extra-field-block--node--post--links.html.twig * block--extra-field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--extra-field-block--node.html.twig * block--extra-field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-extra-field-blocknodepostlinks clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--field-image.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostfield-image clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-image--post--default.html.twig * field--node--field-image--post.html.twig * field--node--field-image.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--field-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2019-07/XXX_3422.JPG.jpg?itok=n_VQOi1h 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/2019-07/XXX_3422.JPG.jpg?itok=VgTbcBGW 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/2019-07/XXX_3422.JPG.jpg?itok=1RnRwRSh 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2019-07/XXX_3422.JPG.jpg?itok=n_VQOi1h" alt="Monywa" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--body.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostbody clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--post--default.html.twig * field--node--body--post.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span> </span>This article is part of our adventure in Monywa:</p> <ul><li><a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/monywa-how-get-there-and-why">Monywa - how to get there and why</a></li> <li><a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/monywa-day-1-volcano-lake-1000-cave-temples-city-carved-hill">Monywa day 1: volcano lake, 1000 cave temples, city carved in a hill</a></li> <li>Monywa day 2: big golden Buddha, 5 pagodas and 1 monastery</li> <li><a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/monywa-day-3-ancient-city-500000-tiny-buddhas-and-several-giant-ones">Monywa day 3: ancient city, 500000+ tiny Buddhas and several giant ones</a></li> </ul><p>Here is a video showing most of the sights we visited:</p> <div class="embed-media embed-media--video-youtube"><div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SSAWtZwnESI?rel=0" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;" title="Discovering Monywa"></iframe></div></div><p>For our second day we planned to explore the area to the east of Monywa, thinking of taking it easy as there weren't that many things to see there. That turned out not to be the case as we found an unexpected information tableaux, but first we started with:</p> <h2>Shwe Gu Ni pagoda<a name="shweguni" id="shweguni"> </a></h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/H7z3fCFNt1CuEpj47">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>A bumpy ride on a pothole covered sealed road led us to this pagoda containing a Buddha image covered in gold. Over the years worshipers stick small thin golden leaves on the statue to show their devotion and here the layer of gold is so thick the statue has lost its main features becoming a big blob of gold. Several monks were putting gold leaves as we were taking pictures.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="43f4295a-8663-4fb1-858e-0d639a911a9c" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3397.JPG.jpg?itok=DtQFsILC 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3397.JPG.jpg?itok=nPiHyPCV 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3397.JPG.jpg?itok=6iuZFrVH 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3397.JPG" alt="Gold covered Buddha statue" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>As we were leaving this pagoda we noticed a tourist information spot on the main road - it was a big map of the area, with the main attractions - it was the first time we had seen anything like it in Myanmar. A bit unusual placement - not in Monywa, not on the main road near Monywa, but on this narrow, pothole infested road, but still very useful as we saw a couple of things to see not mentioned anywhere else. The map was not completely translated to English, but enough so we can understand and after a short deliberation with Google maps we added two more stops and altered our route.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="dbd406a8-81aa-4b4e-8394-4c71b6351dd1" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2019-02-18%2012.39.34.jpg?itok=zpUZ4r-I 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2019-02-18%2012.39.34.jpg?itok=QVeByJYZ 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2019-02-18%2012.39.34.jpg?itok=GTZHbf-e 900w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/2019-02-18%2012.39.34.jpg" alt="Information spot" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>Sel-Taw-Myin Pagoda / Ta Wa Gu pagoda<a name="seltaw" id="seltaw"> </a></h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/a1YUPTdhpbxx2Tzp6">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>This was a beautiful pagoda with a shiny golden stupa on top of a small hill. Nice views of the surrounding area and a reservoir on one side.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="75bdbc47-d995-4c9d-b9b6-f5063e8addcb" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3429.JPG.jpg?itok=0eaNzXLP 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3429.JPG.jpg?itok=PvtMOdRI 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3429.JPG.jpg?itok=MTndLl9p 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3429.JPG" alt="Sel-Taw-Myin Pagoda / Ta Wa Gu pagoda" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="4d55a9fa-52f5-4fb0-8624-a0212d0b9734" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3417.JPG.jpg?itok=l3r3j1Tm 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3417.JPG.jpg?itok=Rs4D5MCv 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3417.JPG.jpg?itok=PlxMT1nH 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3417.JPG" alt="Sel-Taw-Myin Pagoda / Ta Wa Gu pagoda" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>Zay-Ti-Hla pagoda<a name="zayti" id="zayti"> </a></h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/aSPDd1nuSVVYorN3A">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>This was a bit of a surprise - fairly big pagoda complex, with a main pagoda raised several levels, guarded by big chinte lions and many smaller buildings around it. There were several golden stupas, several old monastery buildings, an empty lotus lake, the pagoda in the middle had teak wood layered roofs with delicate carved patterns and painted gold rims and spires. Several holy scripture stone plates under cover stood on the side.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="bc703aed-e6d9-4a6e-8f3d-33610272a16f" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3463.JPG.jpg?itok=ZX7kE5KC 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3463.JPG.jpg?itok=B-0C5yHN 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3463.JPG.jpg?itok=ZsDIqhvq 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3463.JPG" alt="Zay-Ti-Hla pagoda" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="ac4d0952-e81c-4737-99f0-708cb9df9ecc" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3448.JPG.jpg?itok=6hWiwRIK 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3448.JPG.jpg?itok=gcGND83B 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3448.JPG.jpg?itok=LYm_bETP 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3448.JPG" alt="Zay-Ti-Hla pagoda" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a671f273-6f93-4af8-bf92-7737ae538856" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3456.JPG.jpg?itok=s2rDtRs5 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3456.JPG.jpg?itok=dLANgMrG 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3456.JPG.jpg?itok=ZCC0jS0n 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3456.JPG" alt="Zay-Ti-Hla pagoda" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>The whole place was completely deserted, with not a single soul in sight in the afternoon heat and we walked the dusty yard being eyed suspiciously only by the stray dogs laying lazily in the shade near the entrance.</p> <h2>Maha-Ledi kyaung<a name="mahal" id="mahal"> </a></h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/vzj5sBTQXX855pcB7">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>This monastery is located in town and is known for holding 791 stone Ledi Depani holy scriptures. The stones with the inscriptions are quite a sight, even being closely packed under a tin roof in the pagoda yard.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="1e24e188-60a6-4c40-a5b0-ecdfe8ba071d" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3472.JPG.jpg?itok=aI8oxoJG 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3472.JPG.jpg?itok=WA9x1Htm 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3472.JPG.jpg?itok=sJkUi_7p 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3472.JPG" alt="Maha-Ledi kyaung" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>Shwezegon pagoda<a name="shwez" id="shwez"> </a></h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/Z5tgeh5S7pnGJx3H9">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>It is the biggest pagoda in Monywa, located in the center of the town. The big golden stupa was under reconstruction when we visited, but the interior of the building is beautiful, with the traditional golden motifs in Myanmar holy places.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="da0ed135-d762-40c9-8512-93b2d3bf7111" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3714.JPG.jpg?itok=bRzOCRSi 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3714.JPG.jpg?itok=f66Xzdvy 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3714.JPG.jpg?itok=x0Sw-EcH 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3714.JPG" alt="Shwezegon pagoda" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>Sutaungpyi pagoda<a name="suta" id="suta"> </a></h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/CgyvdL219HXepf1q6">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>Another pagoda in Monywa, this one is closer to the riverwalk. Not as big as Shwezegon, Sutaungpyi has a more intimate feel with a small yard and many smaller stupas.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="4a93ae86-2f9d-42fc-87e9-1ea34df09195" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3670.JPG.jpg?itok=q09pK2qN 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3670.JPG.jpg?itok=iycoOREg 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3670.JPG.jpg?itok=fTtsbdYf 800w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3670.JPG" alt="Sutaungpyi pagoda" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>That was more than enough for the second day and we retired to the hotel for some well deserved rest before continuing the tour of Monywa attractions the next day.</p></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--field-date-visited.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 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'core/modules/system/templates/time.html.twig' --> </div> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'bs_2col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x bs-2col.html.twig x bs-2col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/bootstrap_layouts/templates/3.0.0/bs-2col.html.twig' --> <div class="row bs-2col"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--field-destinations.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostfield-destinations clearfix"> <h2 class="block-title">Destinations</h2> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-destinations--post--default.html.twig * field--node--field-destinations--post.html.twig * field--node--field-destinations.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--field-destinations.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--field_destinations.html.twig' --> <ul class="field__items_list"> <li><a href="/destination/asia" hreflang="en">Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/destination/myanmar" hreflang="en">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/destination/monywa" hreflang="en">Monywa</a></li> </ul> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--field_destinations.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/bootstrap_layouts/templates/3.0.0/bs-2col.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'layout__onecol' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x layout--onecol.html.twig x layout--onecol.html.twig * layout.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--comment.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostcomment clearfix"> <h2 class="block-title">Comments</h2> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--comment--post--default.html.twig * field--node--comment--post.html.twig * field--node--comment.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig x field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/comment/templates/field--comment.html.twig' --> <section> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/comment/templates/field--comment.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--block-content--33e89c58-379a-4510-9f42-cd3599b682d0.html.twig * block--block-content.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-block-content block-block-content33e89c58-379a-4510-9f42-cd3599b682d0 clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--block-content--body--basic.html.twig * field--block-content--body.html.twig * field--block-content--basic.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><div class="loginBtnSocialDiv"> <button class="loginBtnSocial loginBtnSocial--facebook"> <a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/user/login/facebook">Login with Facebook</a> </button> <button class="loginBtnSocial loginBtnSocial--google"> <a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/user/login/google">Login with Google</a> </button> </div></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> Wed, 21 Aug 2019 11:44:32 +0000 2hw 64 at https://2hungrywanderers.com Monywa day 1: volcano lake, 1000 cave temples, city carved in a hill https://2hungrywanderers.com/monywa-day-1-volcano-lake-1000-cave-temples-city-carved-hill <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--title--post.html.twig * field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--node--title--post.html.twig' --> <h1 class="page-header">Monywa day 1: volcano lake, 1000 cave temples, city carved in a hill</h1> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--node--title--post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--post.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">2hw</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--post.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span>Wed, 08/21/2019 - 13:08</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'layout__onecol' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x layout--onecol.html.twig x layout--onecol.html.twig * layout.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--extra-field-block--node--post--links.html.twig * block--extra-field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--extra-field-block--node.html.twig * block--extra-field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-extra-field-blocknodepostlinks clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--field-image.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostfield-image clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-image--post--default.html.twig * field--node--field-image--post.html.twig * field--node--field-image.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--field-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2019-07/XXX_3299.JPG.jpg?itok=dYYqvq_U 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/2019-07/XXX_3299.JPG.jpg?itok=_YD9qgMR 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/2019-07/XXX_3299.JPG.jpg?itok=APX4AHUO 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2019-07/XXX_3299.JPG.jpg?itok=dYYqvq_U" alt="Monywa - Shwe Ba hill" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--body.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostbody clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--post--default.html.twig * field--node--body--post.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span> </span>This article is part of our adventure in Monywa:</p> <ul><li><a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/monywa-how-get-there-and-why">Monywa - how to get there and why</a></li> <li>Monywa day 1: volcano lake, 1000 cave temples, city carved in a hill</li> <li><a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/monywa-day-2-big-golden-buddha-5-pagodas-and-1-monastery">Monywa day 2: big golden Buddha, 5 pagodas and 1 monastery</a></li> <li><a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/monywa-day-3-ancient-city-500000-tiny-buddhas-and-several-giant-ones">Monywa day 3: ancient city, 500000+ tiny Buddhas and several giant ones</a></li> </ul><p>Here is a video showing most of the sights we visited:</p> <div class="embed-media embed-media--video-youtube"><div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SSAWtZwnESI?rel=0" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;" title="Discovering Monywa"></iframe></div></div><p>Before booking our hotel we had made sure that they rent motorbikes so we have the freedom to go around at our own pace. After a good night's sleep we were ready for new adventures, got on a bike - in reasonable condition and price started the day with a visit to:</p> <h2>Spirulina lake - Twin Taung<a name="spirulinalake" id="spirulinalake"> </a></h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/U8a5pW4TTM1xGVtP6">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>This was a spot mentioned only in the hotel brochure, we could not find any other information online apart from a couple of photos of the farm itself. The hotel staff were at a loss, guess they had never visited. The brochure map gives only a general direction, but after exploring the satellite view on Google maps we were fairly certain we found what we were looking for - several old volcano craters were visible in the landscape and one in particular had a lake in it, with a distinctive farm on it. So we marked the spot and set off to find it.</p> <p>There aren't too many sealed roads in the area and it was a bit of challenge to find where exactly we had to go off the main road and how to navigate to our destination. Google maps is useless after some point, but on satellite view the dirt roads are still easily noticeable and we knew the point on the map we wanted to reach, so following one dusty road after another we managed to get to the edge of a volcano.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="33517098-769c-4e0a-af8b-19b89eac7f43" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/maptotwintaung.jpg?itok=L3zUZbFy 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/maptotwintaung.jpg?itok=I_XpRsX2 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/maptotwintaung.jpg?itok=mnbpU69R 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/maptotwintaung.jpg" alt="Twin Taung - map view vs satellite view" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>Once there it was easier to navigate - one road goes around the rim of the crater, only one way to go down and another road goes around the lake in the middle. When I say "road" it maybe a bit of exaggeration, but with some caution they are manageable.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="14199742-d42f-4f30-af7c-7d785f35986b" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3142.JPG.jpg?itok=5HJT9wQz 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3142.JPG.jpg?itok=FPNdrswd 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3142.JPG.jpg?itok=8AutbjJ6 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3142.JPG" alt="Twin Taung lake" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>It was a beautiful place - the crater was unmissable with a sharply defined edge of the rim and the lake in the middle was a deep green colour and surrounded by tall palm trees. The view from the top is breathtaking and the lake bellow is a local attraction with many small restaurants hidden in the greenery. We were offered a ride on a boat around the lake, but opted for a relaxing time on a bamboo chair with fresh coconut water while watching the green waters and long legged birds ambling in the muddy shore.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="c64677ff-1f05-4c75-8272-f40beefa7575" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3129.jpg?itok=QqDVlepN 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3129.jpg?itok=PGdvEXvB 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3129.jpg?itok=J6Nhv8dG 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3129.jpg" alt="Twin Taung - rest with coconuts" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>The spirulina farm was not really that impressive, but the lake and the crater were gorgeous, worth the drive there.</p> <p>This volcano crater is one of two closely located craters - that is why the name is Twin Taung - twin mountain. Again on satellite view Google maps the second one is visible and there seem to be big enough dirt roads going it that direction. Unfortunately, we had other things planned for the day and riding on those roads takes time so we decided to skip the second one.</p> <p>Several craters are visible in the immediate area, with dirt roads making them accessible one can have a full day of just exploring those.</p> <p>After the short break on the shore we got on our motorbike and continued to the next destination:</p> <h2>Pho Win Mountain (Pho Win Taung)<a name="phowin" id="phowin"> </a></h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/oPt22UCqXha9LhiQA">Google Maps</a> - main entrance parking)</p> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/fDrXqyyZEpJbgfkEA">Google Maps</a> - upper level parking)</p> <p>It took us around 2 hours to travel the fifty something kilometers from Twin Taung to Pho Win and we really did not know what to expect of the place, no information is available online and no signs in English were to be seen. There was a ticket booth on the road where we paid the 5000 kyats ($4) entry and were waved to go along the main road. It lead to a small square full of people and while we were looking around confused wondering if this is the right place, as usual for Myanmar, some local people saw us and helpfully gestured to a staircase - the main entrance of the cave complex.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="7e680f48-e685-4ab0-a274-b47d940820e6" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3237.JPG.jpg?itok=reFeYJz4 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3237.JPG.jpg?itok=iW9-XmkY 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3237.JPG.jpg?itok=McWVMqBm 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3237.JPG" alt="Pho Win mountain" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="eb596fb1-4868-4cce-adee-235668162b4b" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3228.JPG.jpg?itok=ExACz7mo 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3228.JPG.jpg?itok=DYX_pvDE 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3228.JPG.jpg?itok=E9g5Q9ZH 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3228.JPG" alt="Pho Win mountain" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="d2de1f43-76ee-4c8e-814e-f4a66121d5a5" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3226.JPG.jpg?itok=8nSrJyHo 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3226.JPG.jpg?itok=QnXTv_zo 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3226.JPG.jpg?itok=SHLPBZ-L 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3226.JPG" alt="Pho Win mountain" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>Pho Win Mountain is Buddhist cave complex, dated to be from 14-18 century AD, with 947 man made caves carved into the sandstone hill, it is a huge place, the whole hillside is covered in niches and small temples with silent Buddha statues in every one of them, all hidden by the greenery. We spent 2 hours walking up and down, looking in one cave and another, taking pictures and videos and being absolutely amazed. Some caves are big and house several large Buddha images while others are just holes with a lone statue inside, some entrances are simple openings in the sandstone, while others are covered with ornately carved beautiful designs or guarded by mystic animals. Some of the caves contain intricate paintings.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="77ad7376-9f2e-4b5c-bcd0-e4eb7fe3f08c" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3221.JPG.jpg?itok=HlztJVI6 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3221.JPG.jpg?itok=Ry7f0u5L 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3221.JPG.jpg?itok=M5QFpTy9 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3221.JPG" alt="Pho Win mountain" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>Unfortunately, the complex is not very well maintained. There is garbage around and the monkeys, which the locals feed as an attraction, don't help the situation. The paintings in some caves are affected by water damage and faded.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="7fec77e9-4b7a-46d0-9cd2-aa99ce063c9e" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3256.JPG.jpg?itok=TFLnq-wr 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3256.JPG.jpg?itok=coRZapti 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3256.JPG.jpg?itok=7rNfNvuj 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3256.JPG" alt="Pho Win mountain monkeys" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>We saw just a handful of international tourists when we visited, but the place has a big significance for the Buddhist population on Myanmar and there were a lot of local pilgrims.</p> <p>There are several pagodas on the hilltops around Pho Win, accessible via long stairways.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="e92fe54e-d800-4db8-922d-024545debdce" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3366.JPG.jpg?itok=U21mCVBx 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3366.JPG.jpg?itok=JynmZ3_k 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3366.JPG.jpg?itok=8fBwd3xe 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3366.JPG" alt="Pho Win mountain" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="7857d678-47f5-49b8-bfac-499f6d09ce86" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3370.JPG.jpg?itok=rC_mqD65 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3370.JPG.jpg?itok=G6QQ81JR 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3370.JPG.jpg?itok=TPSYnS7Y 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3370.JPG" alt="Pho Win mountain" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>Being completely amazed by Pho Win Taung we thought that this was the major attraction here, but our trusty hotel brochure assured us there is another one nearby. After some deliberation on where this one could be, we decided that the best approach is to just follow the only sealed road, the one we came in on, a bit further.</p> <h2>Shwe Ba hill<a name="shweba" id="shweba"> </a></h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/XN8HnX8saZUyWwy48">Google Maps</a> - parking)</p> <p>The road ended after 2 km at a dusty parking lot and a small market, nothing interesting in sight. We left the motorbike and walked through the market. A stone entryway and a long staircase leads down into the hill - yes, into the hill. Shwe Ba hill is a 13th century temple complex, carved directly into the hill, with streets and temples, reminiscent of Petra in Jordan.</p> <p>It is utterly impressive, the temples carved in the stone are huge and contain ancient Buddha images, beautiful carved gateways, reliefs and statues.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="feeb2a8e-c997-4ca2-9967-9e4030a266d4" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3292.JPG.jpg?itok=GCdxGMsN 520w, 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'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="2dd9c4ba-46dd-4e77-847f-393ac2852ffa" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3309.JPG.jpg?itok=bqswQ2J_ 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3309.JPG.jpg?itok=PQFIQCsK 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_3309.JPG.jpg?itok=q6vjHQb- 800w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_3309.JPG" alt="Shwe Ba Hill" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>And this was a whole day of sightseeing, we arrived back at the hotel after dark, tired, but filled with emotions after the busy day.</p></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--field-date-visited.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostfield-date-visited clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-date-visited--post--default.html.twig * field--node--field-date-visited--post.html.twig * 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<!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'bs_2col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x bs-2col.html.twig x bs-2col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/bootstrap_layouts/templates/3.0.0/bs-2col.html.twig' --> <div class="row bs-2col"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--field-destinations.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostfield-destinations clearfix"> <h2 class="block-title">Destinations</h2> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-destinations--post--default.html.twig * 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layout--onecol.html.twig x layout--onecol.html.twig * layout.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--comment.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostcomment clearfix"> <h2 class="block-title">Comments</h2> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--comment--post--default.html.twig * field--node--comment--post.html.twig * field--node--comment.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig x field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/comment/templates/field--comment.html.twig' --> <section> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/comment/templates/field--comment.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--block-content--33e89c58-379a-4510-9f42-cd3599b682d0.html.twig * block--block-content.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-block-content block-block-content33e89c58-379a-4510-9f42-cd3599b682d0 clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--block-content--body--basic.html.twig * field--block-content--body.html.twig * field--block-content--basic.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><div class="loginBtnSocialDiv"> <button class="loginBtnSocial loginBtnSocial--facebook"> <a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/user/login/facebook">Login with Facebook</a> </button> <button class="loginBtnSocial loginBtnSocial--google"> <a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/user/login/google">Login with Google</a> </button> </div></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> Wed, 21 Aug 2019 10:08:14 +0000 2hw 63 at https://2hungrywanderers.com Monywa - how to get there and why https://2hungrywanderers.com/monywa-how-get-there-and-why <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--title--post.html.twig * field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--node--title--post.html.twig' --> <h1 class="page-header">Monywa - how to get there and why</h1> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--node--title--post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--post.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">2hw</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--post.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span>Wed, 08/21/2019 - 12:00</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'layout__onecol' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x layout--onecol.html.twig x layout--onecol.html.twig * layout.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--extra-field-block--node--post--links.html.twig * block--extra-field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--extra-field-block--node.html.twig * block--extra-field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-extra-field-blocknodepostlinks clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * 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'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2019-07/XXX_3692.JPG.jpg?itok=CWVFuhZi 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/2019-07/XXX_3692.JPG.jpg?itok=kpfKQs5z 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/2019-07/XXX_3692.JPG.jpg?itok=I_IKbDno 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2019-07/XXX_3692.JPG.jpg?itok=CWVFuhZi" alt="Monywa" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--body.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostbody clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--post--default.html.twig * field--node--body--post.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span> </span>This article is part of our adventure in Monywa:</p> <ul><li>Monywa - how to get there and why</li> <li><a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/monywa-day-1-volcano-lake-1000-cave-temples-city-carved-hill">Monywa day 1: volcano lake, 1000 cave temples, city carved in a hill</a></li> <li><a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/monywa-day-2-big-golden-buddha-5-pagodas-and-1-monastery">Monywa day 2: big golden Buddha, 5 pagodas and 1 monastery</a></li> <li><a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/monywa-day-3-ancient-city-500000-tiny-buddhas-and-several-giant-ones">Monywa day 3: ancient city, 500000+ tiny Buddhas and several giant ones</a></li> </ul><p>Here is a video showing most of the sights we visited:</p> <div class="embed-media embed-media--video-youtube"><div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SSAWtZwnESI?rel=0" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;" title="Discovering Monywa"></iframe></div></div><p>Monywa is a city on the Chindwin river in northern Myanmar. 3-4 hour drive from Mandalay, it is easily reached by car or one of the many regularly running busses and vans. Dusty and busy, the city itself is not really a tourist attraction, but many interesting places can be found close by and a few days are easily spent exploring the surrounding area.</p> <p>We spent 3 full days in Monywa driving around on a motorbike we rented from our hotel - King&amp;Queen hotel. Even though the distances are not great, the roads are such that traveling between destinations can be longer than expected.</p> <p>Some hotels in Mandalay may be able to arrange transport to Monywa, but when we asked at ours they send us to the Thiri Mingalar bus station. Unlike Yangon, where there is one main bus station for most routes, Mandalay has several and Thiri Mingalar is the one servicing busses going north of the city. It is a busy crummy bus station, with offices for many bus companies and no signs in English.</p> <p>We entered through one of the main entrances, looking confused and wondering how we are gonna find where exactly to get tickets, when we were approached by a couple of men asking where we want to go and then pointing us in the direction of the company that goes to Monywa. There were options for an air-conditioned minibus for about $2.50 or a regular big bus without air-con for about $2, with services running all throughout the day. We decided on the minibus, even the weak air-con they usually have is better than none.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="4ce0bdb2-25cd-41f0-bc75-4529daf88c5e" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2019-02-15%2016.00.11.jpg?itok=v58Q5xkp 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2019-02-15%2016.00.11.jpg?itok=Fnlknp48 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2019-02-15%2016.00.11.jpg?itok=TPvQu8uq 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/2019-02-15%2016.00.11.jpg" alt="Minibus ticket Mandaly to Monywa" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>The journey from Mandalay to Monywa was around 4-5 hours, uncomfortable in the cramped minibus, but at least not too hot. We arrived in Monywa in the late afternoon and walked a little bit to the hotel - King&amp;Queen hotel, which turned out to be quite big, with a conference centre and actually very nice, a welcome sight after the long journey.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="5d2c51c6-e6a3-4d03-9a35-b88be9d95316" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2019-02-16%2015.01.55.jpg?itok=YU2UYX8o 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2019-02-16%2015.01.55.jpg?itok=VHnaRRI2 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2019-02-16%2015.01.55.jpg?itok=1CqbWe_y 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/2019-02-16%2015.01.55.jpg" alt="Minubus Mandalay to Monywa" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>A little side story here - because of some back issues I have, on longer trips, where sitting is involved, like bus or plane, I always have a small pillow to put on my back to make me more comfortable. It is an unusual shape - like a slice of orange, and coloured accordingly and while not expensive I have grown used to it. When we got to the hotel in Monywa I realized I had left it in the minibus and was upset thinking it was now lost. We still had our tickets so we went to the reception hoping that they could help us and maybe call the company about it. It was not easy explaining what was lost, I think in the end they just called and asked if we had left anything at all. The next morning my pillow was waiting for me at the reception, not sure if someone brought it or one the staff members went to the bus station to collect it, but it just shows how nice people are.</p> <p>There are many interesting spots that can be reached from the city, but if you have limited time the definite main attractions are:</p> <ul><li>Pho Win Mountain and Shwe Ba hill - temples carved into sandstone hills</li> <li>Thanboddhay pagoda - golden pagoda with half a million Buddha images</li> <li>Laykyun Sekkya - standing Buddha statue, which is also the third tallest statue in the world</li> </ul><p>There is limited information online about the things to do in Monywa and we used what we could get, plus our hotel had a handy map/guide brochure that added a few more spots. Surprisingly, we found a tourist information map in somewhere out of Monywa on our second day touring and visited a couple more places thanks to it.</p> <p>Here is a complete list of the attractions, we visited all but the last one:</p> <ul><li><a href="monywa-day-1-volcano-lake-1000-cave-temples-city-carved-hill#spirulinalake">Spirulina lake - Twin Taung</a></li> <li><a href="monywa-day-1-volcano-lake-1000-cave-temples-city-carved-hill#phowin">Pho Win Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="monywa-day-1-volcano-lake-1000-cave-temples-city-carved-hill#shweba">Shwe Ba hill</a></li> <li><a href="monywa-day-2-big-golden-buddha-5-pagodas-and-1-monastery#shweguni">Shwe Gu Ni pagoda</a></li> <li><a href="monywa-day-2-big-golden-buddha-5-pagodas-and-1-monastery#seltaw">Sel-Taw-Myin Pagoda / Ta Wa Gu pagoda</a></li> <li><a href="monywa-day-2-big-golden-buddha-5-pagodas-and-1-monastery#zayti">Zay-Ti-Hla pagoda</a></li> <li><a href="monywa-day-2-big-golden-buddha-5-pagodas-and-1-monastery#mahal">Maha-Ledi kyaung</a></li> <li><a href="monywa-day-3-ancient-city-500000-tiny-buddhas-and-several-giant-ones#amyint">A Myint ancient city</a></li> <li><a href="monywa-day-3-ancient-city-500000-tiny-buddhas-and-several-giant-ones#thanb">Thanboddhay pagoda</a></li> <li><a href="monywa-day-3-ancient-city-500000-tiny-buddhas-and-several-giant-ones#mahab">Maha Bodhi Tahtaung</a> - Giant Standing Buddha statue Laykyun Sekkya, Giant Reclining Buddha statue, thousand Buddha statues and more</li> <li><a href="monywa-day-2-big-golden-buddha-5-pagodas-and-1-monastery#suta">Sutaungpyi pagoda</a></li> <li><a href="monywa-day-2-big-golden-buddha-5-pagodas-and-1-monastery#shwez">Shwezegon pagoda</a></li> <li><a href="monywa-day-3-ancient-city-500000-tiny-buddhas-and-several-giant-ones#rivcen">Monywa riverwalk and Monywa city center</a></li> <li><a href="monywa-day-3-ancient-city-500000-tiny-buddhas-and-several-giant-ones#babyd">Stone dragon and Stone baby</a></li> </ul></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--field-date-visited.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostfield-date-visited clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-date-visited--post--default.html.twig * field--node--field-date-visited--post.html.twig * 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field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><div class="loginBtnSocialDiv"> <button class="loginBtnSocial loginBtnSocial--facebook"> <a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/user/login/facebook">Login with Facebook</a> </button> <button class="loginBtnSocial loginBtnSocial--google"> <a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/user/login/google">Login with Google</a> </button> </div></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> Wed, 21 Aug 2019 09:00:36 +0000 2hw 61 at https://2hungrywanderers.com Dala - a glimpse into rural life in Myanmar https://2hungrywanderers.com/dala-glimpse-rural-life-myanmar <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--title--post.html.twig * field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--node--title--post.html.twig' --> <h1 class="page-header">Dala - a glimpse into rural life in Myanmar</h1> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--node--title--post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--post.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">2hw</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--post.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span>Sat, 05/25/2019 - 14:43</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'layout__onecol' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x layout--onecol.html.twig x layout--onecol.html.twig * layout.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 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'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--field-image.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostfield-image clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-image--post--default.html.twig * field--node--field-image--post.html.twig * field--node--field-image.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--field-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2019-05/XXX_6606.JPG.jpg?itok=ZhsO0Myj 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/2019-05/XXX_6606.JPG.jpg?itok=Uqd67iX3 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/2019-05/XXX_6606.JPG.jpg?itok=Pxeu9UZp 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2019-05/XXX_6606.JPG.jpg?itok=ZhsO0Myj" alt="Dala" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--body.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostbody clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--post--default.html.twig * field--node--body--post.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Dala is a township of several small villages across the Irrawaddy river from Yangon. Getting there is quite easy for the casual traveler - there is a ferry which runs from Pansodan Ferry Terminal to Dala. It is a short boat ride, pleasant in itself, cheap and easy to arrange. The villages do not hold any major attractions, but offer a cultural experience and a glimpse into rural life in Myanmar.</p> <p>Our video will give you an idea about what can be seen in Dala, but keep on reading for more detailed information.</p> <div class="embed-media embed-media--video-youtube"><div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dO8Ri_bGG_o?rel=0" style="top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; border: 0;" allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;" title="Dala - a glimpse into rural life in Myanmar"></iframe></div></div><p>Once at Pansodan - the main ferry terminal in Yangon, close to The Strand Hotel, look for the sign "Foreigners" on the left side of the building. Even if you get the wrong door somebody will point you in the right direction. Cost of the ferry is 4000 Kyat per person for a return ticket and you have to sign a visitor log. Most likely at the counter you will meet some "helpful" locals offering to be your guide for the day to Dala or Twante - if you decide to take them up on their offer, make sure you agree on a price and confirm what is included. Check the section <em>Dala scams</em> at the end of this post for ideas on what to look out for.</p> <p>The ferry runs every 20 minutes (approximately) and the journey takes around 10 minutes. For better views go to the top deck - it is interesting experience to watch the local people embarking, disembarking and going about their daily lives, some wearing formal clothes, some in traditional wear, some carrying livestock or produce to sell, some pushing bikes and trishaws.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="5f827893-983c-42e1-bee4-c864c7d1d7d2" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6580.JPG.jpg?itok=ozaAfTlq 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6580.JPG.jpg?itok=rZYvwnyK 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6580.JPG.jpg?itok=hp-XIHuE 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_6580.JPG" alt="Ferry to Dala" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="d321a719-45f0-495a-99d1-935eddd43041" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6589.JPG.jpg?itok=BljGGXw0 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6589.JPG.jpg?itok=7duWR-_j 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6589.JPG.jpg?itok=WF2NpLOL 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_6589.JPG" alt="Ferry to Dala" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>Reaching the Dala side of the river you will be approached by numerous guides and drivers. It is an overwhelming experience for some and if you find it is too much, you can give yourself some time to relax in one of the coffee shops or restaurants nearby.</p> <p>As you can see from our map most sights can be reached on foot, but be prepared to do some walking. It is doable, the streets are narrow, however there is not much traffic. Just consider your physical ability and the weather - it can get pretty hot during the day.</p> <p>If you decide to do the tour with a driver/guide you can choose between a taxi, trishaw, tuk-tuk or a motorbike, if you are alone. Prices are flexible and you will have to haggle and make sure that all terms are set before you begin the journey. We chose a tuk-tuk and paid 10 000 Kyat for hour and a half - not sure if it is the best price, but it was something we were ok with.</p> <p>Here are the sights in the order we visited them, it is likely every driver picks a slightly different route and maybe skip or add some stops.</p> <h2>Shwe Sayan Pagoda</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/TVjTqkMu72o4ATWW6">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>Very peaceful pagoda with two small golden stupas. We were the only ones there, spare for the groundskeeper. We sat in the shade to relax and he gave us small pink leaflets containing the story of the place.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="69170b8b-ae4f-4522-9814-b2e5ded57dca" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6594.JPG.jpg?itok=524h5ZDO 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6594.JPG.jpg?itok=VtGdfghG 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6594.JPG.jpg?itok=XqPvtffB 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_6594.JPG" alt="Shwe Sayan Pagoda" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>Fishermans village</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/6qe2BzcJsLnKd4jM8">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>This is a small village on the conflux of Dala and Irrawaddy rivers. There is a local jetty for boats going to Yangon and back, and probably fishing, also we were offered to go for a boat ride along the smaller river.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="75f0fb73-8c3d-4dd0-9dff-8ff65d8135e3" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6602.JPG.jpg?itok=dLGyPozQ 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6602.JPG.jpg?itok=yU27DCdT 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6602.JPG.jpg?itok=pIfBPzcR 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_6602.JPG" alt="Fisherman's village" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>Engyi Bridge</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/jBcEufXokSvP6GH27">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>Small unimpressive bridge over Dala river. Nice place to stop for a bit and watch the small boats carrying passengers and goods to and from Yangon.</p> <h2>Lotus lake</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/s7myjxJnP2kdB2TB7">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>A moderate sized pond with many lotus flowers. Our driver said the water was clean and that local people made longyi (traditional Burmese skirt worn by both sexes) from the lotus fiber. </p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="33f40591-41eb-4b8d-995c-a3bdcca85002" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6611.JPG.jpg?itok=ZCsw0fVv 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6611.JPG.jpg?itok=1aAmVtMS 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6611.JPG.jpg?itok=XJqYjokG 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_6611.JPG" alt="Lotus lake" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>Small local market </h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/KwL5bLL2c2KcmSFf7">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>A few people selling vegetables and fish on the ground, may not be there every day.</p> <h2>Bamboo village</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/aYDvpE7iGguRB1CN9">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>This poor village with tragic history was an interesting, but also somber stop. The driver claimed that it had been devastated by the 2008 cyclone and partially rebuilt now. Next to the small cluster of bamboo houses one can see the cemetery where the people who died in the disaster are buried. Walking trough the village we saw some people doing their daily chores and of course some kids, yelling "Hello" and waving enthusiastically. </p> <p>When we reached the end of the village our driver who was walking with us suggested that some foreigners buy rice for the people of the village and we declined. Reading on the Internet there are reports of drivers being pushy and guilting people into buying stuff, just remember you can say "No" and be firm in your decision. Also have a look at our section about <em>Dala scams</em> below.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="0ddb7a82-9854-46f8-9ff8-04e46e9006a1" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6623.JPG.jpg?itok=tBt7vVD2 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6623.JPG.jpg?itok=5eGMOn99 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6623.JPG.jpg?itok=qOTK_4fK 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_6623.JPG" alt="Bamboo village Dala" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="78f62ae9-36d8-4e9a-bfb4-60d5a765b8f0" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6621.JPG.jpg?itok=L9hzWyY3 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6621.JPG.jpg?itok=UFVz8Unj 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6621.JPG.jpg?itok=Zzz4j48M 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_6621.JPG" alt="Bamboo village Dala" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>Mahar Thin Gyan Buddha Image</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/hbnrNQfzVjVQb9vT9">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>Major pagoda with a large sitting Buddha statue inside, it was quiet when we visited, with only a few worshipers around. The central entrance seemed closed, but a side door was open.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="64aec97b-1347-4abb-bedb-de3f5f7512b3" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6626.JPG.jpg?itok=rLGfQFQp 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6626.JPG.jpg?itok=TvGDYr6k 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6626.JPG.jpg?itok=Jf7efCF4 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_6626.JPG" alt="Mahar Thin Gyan Buddha Image" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>Local market</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/su4DsCdwcJoQY28j9">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>If you have seen some of the big markets in Yangon already, this one holds no real surprises. A few stalls selling fruits and vegetables, raw meat and sandalwood to make tanaka.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="baf6b570-9fd4-49ab-a404-dd0b0defb0a9" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6656_0.JPG.jpg?itok=2bg5QbRi 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6656_0.JPG.jpg?itok=aOEOkLTM 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6656_0.JPG.jpg?itok=hTp2wlGV 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_6656_0.JPG" alt="Local market in Dala" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="d485d013-1b3d-4d80-8045-3aada8d7a871" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6657.JPG.jpg?itok=OKEmsJMw 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6657.JPG.jpg?itok=tvhc1U7O 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6657.JPG.jpg?itok=jWut2RKc 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_6657.JPG" alt="Local market in Dala" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>Clock-tower roundabout</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/qooyyvf64pD3WSLP7">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>Major intersection in the area, marked with about 15 meters tall clock tower. Right next to the local market above.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="5f4a36e5-1129-4070-8666-4fe7c7a09899" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6660_0.JPG.jpg?itok=NzkUbrjp 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6660_0.JPG.jpg?itok=DJu6jx-_ 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6660_0.JPG.jpg?itok=lOCWkOQC 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_6660_0.JPG" alt="Clock-tower roundabout in Dala" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>ChuChu shop</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/Lne4eiQTdYHrMBYj6">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>One of the highlights of the day - a recycling workshop. So many clever ideas in one place, all revolving around the principle of turning trash into usable items. The surprises start even before you enter the little shop - the pathway is made of old tyres, covered by a roof made of plastic bottles. Inside you can see numerous items made from recycled plastic, rubber, paper, cardboard and metal - from wallets, made of cement bags to handbags, made of bicycle tubes and flip flops, made of tyres. The building itself is interesting too - some walls are made of bottles, the roof "tiles" are tyres and light comes trough jars filled with water. Prices are on par with western souvenir shops, but the items are definitely unique.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'filter_caption' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --> <figure role="group" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center"><span class="caption-span"> <img alt="ChuChu shop" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="d1a43f5a-0a3a-4cf6-9fbb-5e44e2ce0631" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_6634.JPG" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6634.JPG.jpg?itok=XkSW0dC8 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6634.JPG.jpg?itok=wX1z3QLV 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6634.JPG.jpg?itok=n8t6g-qp 1000w" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span> <figcaption class="figure-caption">Recycled paper and plastic wallets and elephant figures</figcaption></figure><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'filter_caption' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --> <figure role="group" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center"><span class="caption-span"> <img alt="ChuChu shop" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="30daca21-7016-4be9-9f82-c2b8dfe0db6e" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_6640.JPG" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6640.JPG.jpg?itok=6J2q5Fc7 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6640.JPG.jpg?itok=kQ6_jOG9 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6640.JPG.jpg?itok=ggDFBIF5 1000w" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span> <figcaption class="figure-caption">Handbag made of tyre - a patch that was used to cover a hole is visible</figcaption></figure><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'filter_caption' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --> <figure role="group" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center"><span class="caption-span"> <img alt="ChuChu shop" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a9f7f973-5d92-4611-91b5-408d5459fb62" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_6642.JPG" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6642.JPG.jpg?itok=5FeX1VWk 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6642.JPG.jpg?itok=ZgMg6YMM 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6642.JPG.jpg?itok=hOrJNoPO 1000w" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span> <figcaption class="figure-caption">The workshop</figcaption></figure><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>Aung Taw Mu Big Buddha Statue</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/jVzrQpmqqAmF3CV57">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>Another large Buddha statue that looked like it is still under construction - open air with just a tin roof to protect it from the sun and the rain.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="4a67dbab-9555-4019-bfb2-027ce1760357" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6664.JPG.jpg?itok=7UijDOvl 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6664.JPG.jpg?itok=Kz-78GYZ 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6664.JPG.jpg?itok=ih_WGxyb 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_6664.JPG" alt="Aung Taw Mu Big Buddha statue" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>Orphanage/school</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/6qtzDYAgwwM9MrW56">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>Not really an attraction or a sight this one, located just behind the Aung Taw Mu Big Buddha Statue our driver called it a "school", but it looked more like an orphanage. It is managed by a single Indian man, there were about 10 kids, lying under the "classroom". Honestly, we got some bad vibes from this place and tried to leave as quickly as possible.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'filter_caption' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --> <figure role="group" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center"><span class="caption-span"> <img alt="Ferry to Dala" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="877268c0-e1d1-4dc9-91c5-2c336609a862" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_6675.JPG" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6675.JPG.jpg?itok=417KJNh0 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6675.JPG.jpg?itok=Tf0lUdv- 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6675.JPG.jpg?itok=QRRfWuGQ 1000w" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span> <figcaption class="figure-caption">View from the ferry back to Yangon</figcaption></figure><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'filter_caption' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --> <figure role="group" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center"><span class="caption-span"> <img alt="Ferry to Dala" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="17b7ca5a-b0db-41d2-ad12-baff59eb846a" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_6673.JPG" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6673.JPG.jpg?itok=LA1aIw5U 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6673.JPG.jpg?itok=8lVrY19k 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_6673.JPG.jpg?itok=bWfcMxfQ 1000w" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span> <figcaption class="figure-caption">View of Yangon over the Irrawaddy river</figcaption></figure><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>Dala scams</h2> <p>Unfortunately there are some things that may spoil your day in Dala, here are the popular ways locals may try to scam tourists. If you encounter other scams - please share your experience in the comments.</p> <h3>Drivers</h3> <p>The complete lack of regulation allows for locals offering transportation in Dala (including to Twante) to ask exorbitant prices from tourists. This applies for taxis, tuk-tuks, motorbikes, trishaws drivers and guides - everything depends on your negotiation skills. From the moment you set foot off the ferry there will be people offering their services, often giving you the best price as you are their best friend, brother or boss. Negotiate, haggle and be ready to walk away if the price does not sit well with you. Before starting the journey be sure to have clear understanding of what and how much you are paying for. Is the price per person or for the whole vehicle? Is it per hour, 30 minutes, or for the whole trip? Return or one way? Use common sense too - never pay in advance, never pay in the middle of the trip - be it for gas, repair or whatever - if asked, just find another driver.</p> <p>Some tourists have been asked to pay for damage blamed on them - do not pay and walk away. If you notice something broken at the start - point it out to the driver. Make a joke of it if you want, but make sure he knows you know it is broken.</p> <p>We agreed to go with a tuk-tuk driver at the price of 3000 Kyat per 30 minutes. It was a pleasant ride, he stopped everywhere we wanted to and allowed us to take our time at stops. He was friendly and spoke good enough English to give us a bit of information about the sights. When we returned to the ferry we calculated that for the hour and a half we owed him 9000 Kyat, which I happily paid. Taking the money he asked for another 9000 - he tried to convince us this was price per person. We refused, argued a little and left. Point of reference - the day before we paid 4000 Kyat for one hour taxi (air conditioned) ride in Yangon.</p> <h3>Official tourist guides</h3> <p>It is possible that at the Pansodan Terminal or even before that - in close proximity to the terminal - you are approached by people claiming to be official guides. They might insist that foreigners are required to have an official guide to go to Dala. This is not true and is the first step in a scam. Softer approaches also exist - just a friendly girl offering to take you to her poor village on the other side of the river. Again - simply avoid. What happens next most likely is the rice scam below and/or an expensive trishaw ride across Dala. People have complained that they were asked to pay hundreds of dollars for transportation and guiding services, initially offered as free.</p> <h3>Rice for the poor</h3> <p>This most often occurs at the Bamboo village - you may be taken there by an "official" tour guide or your driver. They claim that the village had been devastated by the 2008 cyclone and/or the 2004 tsunami. Often your driver/guide will add a personal touch by mentioning close relatives lost to the disaster. After taking you trough the village they will suggest or insist on a donation in the form of bags of rice that can be very expensive. It is understandable how the sad story, combined with the bleak state of the place can pull some strings in your heart and make you willing to give a donation. It is a scam that has been going on for a long time, you are not the first and will not be the last - simply decline the offer and be firm.</p></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--field-date-visited.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostfield-date-visited clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-date-visited--post--default.html.twig * 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'layout__onecol' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x layout--onecol.html.twig x layout--onecol.html.twig * layout.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--comment.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostcomment clearfix"> <h2 class="block-title">Comments</h2> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--comment--post--default.html.twig * field--node--comment--post.html.twig * 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field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><div class="loginBtnSocialDiv"> <button class="loginBtnSocial loginBtnSocial--facebook"> <a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/user/login/facebook">Login with Facebook</a> </button> <button class="loginBtnSocial loginBtnSocial--google"> <a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/user/login/google">Login with Google</a> </button> </div></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> Sat, 25 May 2019 11:43:04 +0000 2hw 60 at https://2hungrywanderers.com Tea house breakfast with sweet tea and Burmese donuts https://2hungrywanderers.com/tea-house-breakfast-sweet-tea-and-burmese-donuts <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--title--post.html.twig * field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--node--title--post.html.twig' --> <h1 class="page-header">Tea house breakfast with sweet tea and Burmese donuts</h1> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--node--title--post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--post.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">2hw</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--post.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span>Mon, 04/08/2019 - 09:52</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'layout__onecol' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x layout--onecol.html.twig x layout--onecol.html.twig * layout.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--extra-field-block--node--post--links.html.twig * block--extra-field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--extra-field-block--node.html.twig * block--extra-field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-extra-field-blocknodepostlinks clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--field-image.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostfield-image clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-image--post--default.html.twig * field--node--field-image--post.html.twig * field--node--field-image.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--field-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2019-04/main.jpg?itok=IqeZDbm7 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/2019-04/main.jpg?itok=qHvnKsTq 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/2019-04/main.jpg?itok=hY8MeOr9 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2019-04/main.jpg?itok=IqeZDbm7" alt="Tea house breakfast with sweet tea and Burmese donuts" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--body.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostbody clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--post--default.html.twig * field--node--body--post.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Most hotels in Myanmar include breakfast in the room rate where the food can vary greatly in quality and quantity. Here I will tell you about our favorite alternative (or addition) to hotel breakfasts, local and tasty.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a70c4c44-4361-47bd-b17c-049eb44868c2" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2018-04-16%2011.24.00.jpg?itok=HEH_ng_1 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2018-04-16%2011.24.00.jpg?itok=P5w6Q5DS 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2018-04-16%2011.24.00.jpg?itok=1-fXHJ3N 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/2018-04-16%2011.24.00.jpg" alt="eecha" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>Early in the morning, usually before 9 am strips of dough get deep fried into "Burmese donuts" - both crispy and fluffy pieces of bread called "eecha" or "kya kway". Due to the simple ingredients of the dough and lack of flavoring the resulting breads are not delicious eaten by themselves.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="98f5df18-5f43-4d30-8bf0-c8f926141706" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2018-04-16%2011.22.27.jpg?itok=4ioAcYcR 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2018-04-16%2011.22.27.jpg?itok=bVGFwqB2 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2018-04-16%2011.22.27.jpg?itok=i30COgai 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/2018-04-16%2011.22.27.jpg" alt="eecha" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>The magic happens when you get tea. Now, a side note regarding the two types of tea in Myanmar - one is usually kept in big thermoses on each table in a tea house and is free for all guests, similar to table water in western restaurants, it is a mix of herbs and tea leaves boiled in hot water, people drink it instead of water. The second type is the tea one has to order - sweet drink with rich flavor and texture, similar to Thai tea.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="298c65a9-67f2-4f63-a86f-5c0cb2834868" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2017-02-07%2008.04.44.jpg?itok=VlZMr8mO 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2017-02-07%2008.04.44.jpg?itok=yVaV-iTe 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2017-02-07%2008.04.44.jpg?itok=ERI5KYHa 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/2017-02-07%2008.04.44.jpg" alt="eecha" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>When the cup arrives be careful, it is hot and also - use the spoon to stir it, condensed milk is added at the last moment before serving and takes a bit of time to dissolve. It is a nice drink to have on it's own, though I think it is sweeter than hot cocoa and some people may consider it too sweet.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="171b6583-139a-40de-ad57-2181bc8d357d" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_0472.JPG.jpg?itok=TkgIO2pV 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_0472.JPG.jpg?itok=7co0iEp0 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_0472.JPG.jpg?itok=nhJTirdD 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_0472.JPG" alt="eecha" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>Now, with a plate of eecha and a cup of sweet tea you are ready to enjoy this breakfast for champions. Take a piece of fried bread and dip it in the tea, can leave it to soak for a couple of seconds too. Eat it - the hot and delicious liquid turns the dry and porous eecha into a juicy, slightly sweet piece of heaven.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="9529eb39-a349-4146-9d51-939e02565742" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/combo.jpg?itok=p3DVxcx1 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/combo.jpg?itok=LSw7I8Se 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/combo.jpg?itok=PJnFNp-- 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/combo.jpg" alt="dip it!" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>The best way to enjoy this breakfast meal is at a tea house - there are many, all over Myanmar and the larger ones most likely have eecha on the menu. Below I have listed our favorite tea houses in some cities, but feel free to share yours in the comments section. Another approach is to buy eecha from a market stall and find another stall that sells tea - a bit more challenging, but a fun way to explore morning markets. Either way, this breakfast is super cheap too - price for a cup of tea is similar to a piece of eecha, about 200-300 kyat, which means $1-2 per person for a solid breakfast. Usually we have one cup of tea and 2-3 breads each.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'filter_caption' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --> <figure role="group" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center"><span class="caption-span"> <img alt="Tea house in Bagan" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="df2d5c8d-4db7-4eb7-aa9f-488edb2d883d" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/2017-02-07%2008.17.49.jpg" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2017-02-07%2008.17.49.jpg?itok=jdDN_oHC 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2017-02-07%2008.17.49.jpg?itok=47IZOlaD 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2017-02-07%2008.17.49.jpg?itok=FuK7SNX8 1000w" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span> <figcaption class="figure-caption">Tea house in Bagan</figcaption></figure><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>Another advantage of tea houses is that they have other delicacies to offer - samosas, pakoras, dumplings, curries, soups and so on - many don't have a menu, but feel free to look around or ask. Often plates you haven't ordered are brought to your table, don't worry - you pay only for what you eat and it is a convenient replacement for a menu.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'filter_caption' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --> <figure role="group" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center"><span class="caption-span"> <img alt="they tried to tempt us with some dumplings and samosas (it worked!)" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="f50c7ff5-8d77-40da-a395-a132b82d8ad6" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/2019-02-07%2011.49.13.jpg" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2019-02-07%2011.49.13.jpg?itok=5Isx0SJM 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2019-02-07%2011.49.13.jpg?itok=fepAf-DP 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2019-02-07%2011.49.13.jpg?itok=tAUMwAKw 1000w" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span> <figcaption class="figure-caption">They tried to tempt us with some dumplings and samosas (it worked!)</figcaption></figure><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>Here are our favorite tea shops:</p> <ul><li><strong>Yangon</strong>: Yatha Tea Shop (<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/vJqEZRmUHoG2">Google Maps</a>) - Just a stone throw away from Sule Pagoda, with very friendly staff, they also offer other food like samosas, pakoras, curries, their pastries deserve a special recommendation - don't leave the city without trying the mutton puffs, then for a dessert grab a coconut one.</li> <li><strong>Mandalay</strong>: 2 Lions Gate Tea House (<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/JnMZDgLGEs92">Google Maps</a>) - The great and rare thing about this place is that it is so huge and popular, they continue to make fresh eecha during the day, we've had our "breakfast" in the afternoon there, and it was just out of the oil, ultra hot batch. Great selection of other menu items, many lunch and dinner options too. The flat bread, baked while stuck on the inside wall of a clay oven is covered in bubbles and goes well with all the curries, also it is fun to watch how they make it.</li> </ul></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'bs_2col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x bs-2col.html.twig x bs-2col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/bootstrap_layouts/templates/3.0.0/bs-2col.html.twig' --> <div class="row bs-2col"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--field-destinations.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostfield-destinations clearfix"> <h2 class="block-title">Destinations</h2> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-destinations--post--default.html.twig * field--node--field-destinations--post.html.twig * field--node--field-destinations.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--field-destinations.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--field_destinations.html.twig' --> <ul class="field__items_list"> <li><a href="/destination/asia" hreflang="en">Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/destination/myanmar" hreflang="en">Myanmar</a></li> </ul> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--field_destinations.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--field-tags.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostfield-tags clearfix"> <h2 class="block-title">Tags</h2> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-tags--post--default.html.twig * field--node--field-tags--post.html.twig * field--node--field-tags.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--field-tags.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--field_tags.html.twig' --> <ul class="field__items_list"> <li><a href="/tag/eating-drinking" hreflang="en">eating &amp; drinking</a></li> <li><a href="/tag/food" hreflang="en">food</a></li> </ul> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--field_tags.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/bootstrap_layouts/templates/3.0.0/bs-2col.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'layout__onecol' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x layout--onecol.html.twig x layout--onecol.html.twig * layout.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--field-gallery.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostfield-gallery clearfix"> <h2 class="block-title">Gallery</h2> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-gallery--post--default.html.twig x field--node--field-gallery--post.html.twig * field--node--field-gallery.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--field-gallery.html.twig * field--image.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--node--field-gallery--post.html.twig' --> <div class="field field-node--field-gallery field-name-field-gallery field-type-image field-label-hidden has-multiple"><figure class="field-type-image__figure image-count-1 caption caption-img" role="group"> <div class="field-type-image__item"> <span class="caption-span"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2019-04/XXX_2633.JPG.jpg?itok=hiV_Rx8W 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/2019-04/XXX_2633.JPG.jpg?itok=uPOrfQTY 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/2019-04/XXX_2633.JPG.jpg?itok=S4Q69zmH 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2019-04/XXX_2633.JPG.jpg?itok=hiV_Rx8W" alt="The dough gets rolled into a medium thickness strip" title="The dough gets rolled into a medium thickness strip" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> </span> <figcaption class="field-type-image__figcaption figure-caption" property="schema:description">The dough gets rolled into a medium thickness strip</figcaption> </div> </figure><figure class="field-type-image__figure image-count-2 caption caption-img" role="group"> <div 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src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2019-04/XXX_2659.JPG.jpg?itok=dHP_LxwG" alt="Then it is cut into the desired size strips" title="Then it is cut into the desired size strips" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> </span> <figcaption class="field-type-image__figcaption figure-caption" property="schema:description">Then it is cut into the desired size strips</figcaption> </div> </figure><div class="adsense_gallery"> <script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!-- po-sveta.com [responsive] --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-6470203795457618" data-ad-slot="8094012753" 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/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/2019-04/XXX_2648.JPG.jpg?itok=50atji-d 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2019-04/XXX_2648.JPG.jpg?itok=daTsTxq5" alt="Just a minute or two in the hot oil" title="Just a minute or two in the hot oil" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> </span> <figcaption class="field-type-image__figcaption figure-caption" property="schema:description">Just a minute or two in the hot oil</figcaption> </div> </figure><figure class="field-type-image__figure image-count-4 caption caption-img" role="group"> <div class="field-type-image__item"> <span class="caption-span"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2019-04/XXX_2652.JPG.jpg?itok=dPyXTdPJ 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/2019-04/XXX_2652.JPG.jpg?itok=uLAT06UI 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/2019-04/XXX_2652.JPG.jpg?itok=7hxwFVpC 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2019-04/XXX_2652.JPG.jpg?itok=dPyXTdPJ" alt="And the puffy and crispy breads are drained from the oil and ready" title="And the puffy and crispy breads are drained from the oil and ready" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> </span> <figcaption class="field-type-image__figcaption figure-caption" property="schema:description">And the puffy and crispy breads are drained from the oil and ready</figcaption> </div> </figure></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--node--field-gallery--post.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--comment.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostcomment clearfix"> <h2 class="block-title">Comments</h2> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--comment--post--default.html.twig * field--node--comment--post.html.twig * field--node--comment.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig x field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/comment/templates/field--comment.html.twig' --> <section> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/comment/templates/field--comment.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--block-content--33e89c58-379a-4510-9f42-cd3599b682d0.html.twig * block--block-content.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-block-content block-block-content33e89c58-379a-4510-9f42-cd3599b682d0 clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--block-content--body--basic.html.twig * field--block-content--body.html.twig * field--block-content--basic.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><div class="loginBtnSocialDiv"> <button class="loginBtnSocial 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field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--node--title--post.html.twig' --> <h1 class="page-header">15 things to see in the strange city of Nay Pyi Taw</h1> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--node--title--post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--post.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">2hw</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--post.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span>Sat, 04/06/2019 - 07:57</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'layout__onecol' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x layout--onecol.html.twig x layout--onecol.html.twig * layout.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--extra-field-block--node--post--links.html.twig * 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block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostfield-image clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-image--post--default.html.twig * field--node--field-image--post.html.twig * field--node--field-image.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--field-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2019-04/main_1.JPG.jpg?itok=x9vBBwZN 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/2019-04/main_1.JPG.jpg?itok=lT3xHIu8 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/2019-04/main_1.JPG.jpg?itok=TyYFz98m 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2019-04/main_1.JPG.jpg?itok=x9vBBwZN" alt="15 things to see in the strange city of Nay Pyi Taw" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--body.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostbody clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--post--default.html.twig * field--node--body--post.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Nay Pyi Taw is the capital of Myanmar and unlike most of the places in this full of history country it is brand new - the construction began 2002 and in 2006 it officially became the capital. Everything in it is planned and charted - zones for hotels, restaurants, residential areas, shopping complexes, schools, etc, but not yet fully completed, with a lot of the people working in Nay Pyi Taw still living in the old capital Yangon and this makes the city feeling like a ghost town with huge empty highways and streets and houses no one lives in.</p> <p>Some of the buildings in the city are ready and in use, but some are still empty, awaiting for people to come and move in, new ones are being built and part of the place is just at the idea stage. We found it funny that even the public transport is already planned, but not functional yet - bus stops are everywhere, but no actual buses running. The lack of services is one of the main reasons that most of the people working in Nay Pyi Taw live in Yangon and commute weekly.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'filter_caption' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --> <figure role="group" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center"><span class="caption-span"> <img alt="Bus Stop" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="31679a86-fea8-4cb6-b0e2-4f741c91e533" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/IMG_20180406_162105.jpg" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/IMG_20180406_162105.jpg?itok=sWhZsbJt 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/IMG_20180406_162105.jpg?itok=WS1fL_QK 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/IMG_20180406_162105.jpg?itok=VXlBetaD 1000w" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span> <figcaption class="figure-caption">Waiting for the bus here will take a long time</figcaption></figure><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>Interesting fact is that the new capital came as a surprise for most of the country. It had been planned and built in secrecy and after the reveal the government and the administration were given just a few months to move from the old capital - Yangon.</p> <p>As I mentioned, the city is divided in zones - zones for everything, hotels, shopping, housing. Employees working in different parts of the administration are placed in different residential zones that are even color coded - Ministry of health are in their own apartments with blue roofs, Ministry of Agriculture employees have green roofs, mansions for the high ranking officials. The military higher ups have their own zone, separate from the others, consisting of tunnels and bunkers. How it works if someone needs to change their job I don't know - probably have to move to a new apartment too.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="10f37065-2677-4758-905b-f2c7628ca238" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/IMG_20180406_113607.jpg?itok=KxhQrR-p 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/IMG_20180406_113607.jpg?itok=Kyb94gZD 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/IMG_20180406_113607.jpg?itok=HpNm8F8f 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/IMG_20180406_113607.jpg" alt="Residential buildings" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>We arrived in Nay Pyi Taw by train from Malwamyine a little after 10 pm, after a 16 hour long train ride. Our hotel was in one of the hotel zones and looking at google maps the main train station was a little farther from the hotel than the one before it - Pyinmana, so we decided to get off there. It is a local station, but there were several taxis waiting outside and we quickly negotiated a reasonable price for a trip to our hotel.</p> <p>The drive first took us through the town of Pyinmana, one of the towns that existed before the start of the construction of the new capital - it was full of life and little restaurants, narrow streets and dusty houses. We exited Pyinmana and navigated through wide empty roads to get to the hotel zone. So many hotels - big and small, with brightly lit lobbies and big neon signs, we wondered if there are enough visitors to fill all of them. We were the only car on the six lane road going through the hotel zone, and at some point we realized that despite all the lights, there were no cars in front of the hotels and all the guest rooms were completely dark. It was a surreal feeling being on the empty streets with the empty lighted up buildings around and one we would experience many times in this strange city.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'filter_caption' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --> <figure role="group" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center"><span class="caption-span"> <img alt="lobby and restaurants are lit up, but not a single guest" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="42395cbe-94f8-4ebb-b81c-060eb9f30de2" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4802.jpg" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4802.jpg?itok=L_tVbbox 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4802.jpg?itok=TkkZKlzF 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4802.jpg?itok=-wEQNRY5 1000w" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span> <figcaption class="figure-caption">Lobby and restaurants are lit up, but not a single guest</figcaption></figure><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>Our hotel was one of the smaller ones, a bit of an unusual design with a lobby in a building next to the entrance and a main building about 200 meters inside a small park. The staff drove us, with all of our luggage, in a golf cart. </p> <p>Nay Pyi Taw has a population of just under a million, but it is a huge city area-wise, the attractions are scattered around and with dedicated hotel zones, your hotel is close to other hotels only. To do sightseeing walking is just not an option. Cycling can be done, if one is in good shape, but it will take a lot of time and stamina. The two best ways to see the capital is to get a car with a driver (without a Myanmar drivers license one cannot drive and rent cars in the country) or to rent a motorcycle.</p> <p>Renting a motorcycle in Nay Pyi Taw is not as easy as in other tourist spots in Myanmar. Our online research only yielded one hotel that offers bikes - The Golden Lake hotel - and we booked it to make sure we can go around the city on our own. From what I can tell they had only two bikes to rent and they were 30000 kyats for the day, a lot more than the usual 8-10k elsewhere - still, we were happy to get one. All in all we had 2 full days in Nay Pyi Taw, each day going for a little over 100 km around the city.</p> <h2>Defense Services Museum</h2> <p>We started our first day with a 40 km trip to the Defense Services museum. The museum grounds consist of around 15 separate buildings, four outdoor displays featuring real tanks, planes and water vessels, enormous water fountain, statues of the three greatest monarchs - King Anawrahta, Bayinnaung and Alaungpaya - all enclosed in a square with a side 1.5 km long. The place is huge, they let you go in on your bike, it is not possible to walk it.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'filter_caption' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --> <figure role="group" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center"><span class="caption-span"> <img alt="Defense Services Museum" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="f5818914-899a-410b-9064-26951c37dd45" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4585.JPG" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4585.JPG.jpg?itok=cDkd3tYH 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4585.JPG.jpg?itok=dCt-zEeO 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4585.JPG.jpg?itok=WqyReslQ 1000w" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span> <figcaption class="figure-caption">View to the central water fountain and opposite buildings</figcaption></figure><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>At the gate we put our names in the big notepad, left one of the passports and got a pass. Then we went in - the road that leads into the museum and goes around the whole thing is actually a small highway - two lanes in each direction with a green strip in the middle.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'filter_caption' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --> <figure role="group" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center"><span class="caption-span"> <img alt="Defense services museum" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="1d9df696-c983-4b66-818b-2cb80c933c80" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4643.JPG" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4643.JPG.jpg?itok=KXFv98Gu 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4643.JPG.jpg?itok=zPSOI89A 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4643.JPG.jpg?itok=PPOWkk-n 1000w" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span> <figcaption class="figure-caption">The road inside the museum</figcaption></figure><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>The outdoor displays are in three corners of the square that is the museum grounds - north-west is planes and helicopters, north-east sea vessels, south-east has ground military machines and south-west is still empty. Of course, to have a look you go on your motorcycle. There are around 30 planes, including some passenger ones and several fighter jets, some 30-40 boats, some in their own pools, and a lot of military ground vehicles - including a tank. </p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="ee6b95e9-53e4-442c-b3c6-1a7c5b74dfa2" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4542.JPG.jpg?itok=1vXfncbS 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4542.JPG.jpg?itok=xvLihsTu 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4542.JPG.jpg?itok=iXZOP4BK 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4542.JPG" alt="Defense Services Museum" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="6c08c219-95d2-42e4-8656-341b3df27f43" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4633.JPG.jpg?itok=aeOfTqtI 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4633.JPG.jpg?itok=bnu-Aivb 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4633.JPG.jpg?itok=bXwYUU5a 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4633.JPG" alt="Defense Services Museum" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="9f6cae82-c6f8-440e-8eaf-6f7199494983" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4550.JPG.jpg?itok=yoKzA5Sq 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4550.JPG.jpg?itok=gLAsM6uL 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4550.JPG.jpg?itok=OzAxvH3r 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4550.JPG" alt="Defense Services Museum" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="5fc5e68e-fd79-427d-8b44-44ae30102f18" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4575.JPG.jpg?itok=pEYWriO_ 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4575.JPG.jpg?itok=LMgR2N1j 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4575.JPG.jpg?itok=01Tlx7fJ 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4575.JPG" alt="Defense Services Museum" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="2ffeed72-84d4-4f12-9919-9411f60e5d07" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4621.JPG.jpg?itok=J--rqJKT 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4621.JPG.jpg?itok=4Jv_1p9L 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4621.JPG.jpg?itok=8B1kc3Ks 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4621.JPG" alt="Defense Services Museum" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>The buildings with the indoor displays are all linked with covered walkways, but it is easier to drive around. From what we can see not all rooms are filled, but there is still a lot of stuff to see. We entered two or three and realized there is a limit of how much military history and equipment we want to see in a day, so just drove past the other ones.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="871c24dc-d4ed-435d-863f-66fb4279e13b" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4556.jpg?itok=RV7_TnCT 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4556.jpg?itok=vKuqXoAT 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4556.jpg?itok=ZexCt08O 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4556.jpg" alt="Defense Services Museum" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="c4ebef6f-32a2-416d-808a-6fe68e20affc" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4564.jpg?itok=jlzBiEi0 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4564.jpg?itok=_Mj8mRQ8 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4564.jpg?itok=LYiGxiwO 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4564.jpg" alt="Defense Services Museum" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>At the entrance of every building we went into we had to put our names in a handwritten list. Going in we had at least one person assigned to escort us around the place, not as a guide mind you, they did not speak English, but just walk with us. Most seemed like military personnel and many were actually wearing uniforms. Felt a bit weird, but people were very nice and we didn't really mind.</p> <p>Next to the museum is Zayar Thiri Sports complex - the road leading in was closed, looking from afar it looked like big empty stadiums, probably an interesting sight up close.</p> <h2>20 lane highway and Parliament building</h2> <p>After the visit to the museum we took to the highway again to go and see an even bigger highway - the twenty lane highway that runs in front of the Parliament building. Now, every time I am stuck in a traffic jam at home I will be dreaming of this impressive and empty road - twenty lanes and not a single car. It looks more like a giant square than a road.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="2e129e91-5ea3-4514-a980-d1340548c607" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4722.JPG.jpg?itok=MhFXacEd 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4722.JPG.jpg?itok=T-7bqDZ- 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4722.JPG.jpg?itok=y1X-PE0z 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4722.JPG" alt="20 lane highway" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>The Parliament itself is also impressive, but unfortunately not open for visitor so only a glimpse through the fence is allowed.</p> <h2>Junction Centre and Capital City</h2> <p>There are two malls in Nay Pyi Taw - Junction Center and Capital City, both have supermarkets, the only real supermarkets we've seen in Myanmar, some shops and some fast food places. Junction Center is the slightly bigger and more popular and Capital City has a cinema.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="2ceed9ff-c500-43f8-a41c-646f7ffc6c80" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/IMG_20180406_134150.jpg?itok=KwZOFhmJ 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/IMG_20180406_134150.jpg?itok=wkPtAFvb 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/IMG_20180406_134150.jpg?itok=b52BzvDd 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/IMG_20180406_134150.jpg" alt="Capital city mall in Nay Pyi Taw" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>Naypyidaw Water Fountain Garden</h2> <p>We finished the day in the Naypyidaw Water Fountain Garden - best time to visit is in the evening as there is a water, lights and music show at the lake. It is really nice and the music is surprisingly modern, even including some hard rock pieces, very well synchronized with the fountain too. The whole park is buzzing with life during that time as it is a favorite spot for an evening walk for the locals.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="51d7a967-d5eb-4991-96cc-c071ca778a25" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4736.JPG.jpg?itok=UKipVfqR 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4736.JPG.jpg?itok=1w41taoS 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4736.JPG.jpg?itok=q0sHet2U 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4736.JPG" alt="Naypyidaw water fountain garden" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="77d075c4-4c80-4867-afa3-d77315983c1b" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4775.JPG.jpg?itok=SxnYzZsx 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4775.JPG.jpg?itok=6kUCFCnG 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4775.JPG.jpg?itok=eGHtia22 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4775.JPG" alt="Naypyidaw water fountain garden" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>There is a pool, built like a natural cave - it is open during the day, but looked a bit dirty.</p> <h2>Myoma market</h2> <p>We started our second day in Nay Pyi Taw with a visit to Myoma market - it is the busiest market in town and if you are taking a bus out this is where it will depart from. To be honest, it is not a really big market, and not so interesting for tourists - there is a small fresh meat section and some fruit and veggies stalls, a lot of used fridges and other white goods on sale, clothes and sewing services. No souvenirs, but this is not unusual in Myanmar. Several cafes/tea shops are good for breakfast and lunch.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'filter_caption' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --> <figure role="group" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center"><span class="caption-span"> <img alt="Myoma market" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="b2c45b68-2b33-470f-81bf-79cbdbb59534" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4837.JPG" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4837.JPG.jpg?itok=k547qFuP 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4837.JPG.jpg?itok=DJq7AgmK 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4837.JPG.jpg?itok=iwf_3luO 1000w" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span> <figcaption class="figure-caption">Just pick a cloth and style and the seamstresses will make it for you</figcaption></figure><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'filter_caption' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --> <figure role="group" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center"><span class="caption-span"> <img alt="Myoma market" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="be12bdf0-9217-49e0-b34c-b9ba8c136b08" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4835.JPG" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4835.JPG.jpg?itok=TrXNDm4j 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4835.JPG.jpg?itok=NtbnDhdu 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4835.JPG.jpg?itok=u2HTBnmN 1000w" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span> <figcaption class="figure-caption">Second hand white goods, many imported from Thailand</figcaption></figure><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'filter_caption' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --> <figure role="group" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center"><span class="caption-span"> <img alt="Myoma market" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="801d5e55-2b63-46ca-a1e4-7682bde5e128" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4839.JPG" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4839.JPG.jpg?itok=3iHBsDQq 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4839.JPG.jpg?itok=e8MxDC5Q 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4839.JPG.jpg?itok=UL91y_eB 1000w" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span> <figcaption class="figure-caption">Bamboo shots for tasty meals</figcaption></figure><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>National Herbal Park</h2> <p>This is a big park that can be visited on a motorcycle, the herbal gardens are filled with different plants and it is a nice walk to see them. However, they are not in best shape and there are not many signs in English.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="6a988ce6-f53a-4a3d-8054-f71159140172" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4828.JPG.jpg?itok=X3N6AoQl 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4828.JPG.jpg?itok=H0xaeCvC 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4828.JPG.jpg?itok=ZkCEbrUi 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4828.JPG" alt="National Herbal Park" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'filter_caption' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --> <figure role="group" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center"><span class="caption-span"> <img alt="National Herbal Park" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="f0ad88e7-5e8c-4faa-8df5-ac892f4c6a1c" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4831.JPG" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4831.JPG.jpg?itok=2YHtPbke 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4831.JPG.jpg?itok=XsK2OaTn 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4831.JPG.jpg?itok=AvWhuv8T 1000w" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span> <figcaption class="figure-caption">I need one</figcaption></figure><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'filter_caption' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --> <figure role="group" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center"><span class="caption-span"> <img alt="National Herbal Park" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="0ddca963-3b06-4e36-8b2a-1b0b864c78dd" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4825.JPG" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4825.JPG.jpg?itok=Ybba41OL 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4825.JPG.jpg?itok=ei8IHLL5 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4825.JPG.jpg?itok=69Kf_OAT 1000w" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span> <figcaption class="figure-caption">One really sad aloe plant :(</figcaption></figure><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>Uppatasanti Pagoda</h2> <p>Probably the main attraction to see in Nay Pyi Taw, this pagoda is a replica of  Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, made a few centimeters smaller as to not overshadow the original. It is best visited in the morning or at sunset, if it is sunny during the day the steps and the terrace around it get very hot and very unpleasant to walk barefoot (as is required in Myanmar temples).</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="c1ccd9c9-af9b-4953-8493-e84a07dc0b72" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4884.JPG.jpg?itok=RVn3MuRB 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4884.JPG.jpg?itok=8KPuo7vS 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4884.JPG.jpg?itok=dslw7LcB 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4884.JPG" alt="Uppatasanti Pagoda" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a74a8d2c-5c67-4f7a-ba69-3495c9670cdd" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4910.JPG.jpg?itok=2zOXaf7m 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4910.JPG.jpg?itok=8WI3sBCh 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4910.JPG.jpg?itok=aHSmV4Hu 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4910.JPG" alt="Uppatasanti Pagoda" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>The pagoda itself is very beautiful and being on a (manmade) hill it gives a nice view of the city. Inside are four jade Buddha images and the walls are painted with religious scenes. Next to the temple there is the Bo tree garden Maha Bo Tree and 28 Buddha images.</p> <h2>Drive around the city</h2> <p>We decided to spend half of our second day just driving around and soaking up the atmosphere of the somewhat empty city instead of going to one of the other attractions. We enjoyed riding on the empty highways through the different neighborhoods.</p> <p>Deciding where to go was not so easy, we knew we wanted to see more of the city, but some parts of it are still just empty fields, not really exciting. So, we looked at Google maps, both maps and satellite view, to choose places that seem interesting - big roads/highways and buildings.</p> <p>We visited Thiri Yadanar Shopping complex (<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/UC3arzSgCzm">Google Coordinates </a>19.726662, 96.100000) - on the maps it looked like a big open air mall, streets lined with shops. And it was, just that most of it was empty - empty streets with buildings standing ready for at least several years now, waiting for their owners and tenants to come, a few here and there were occupied, but looked closed, signs already decaying - exactly the ghost town/post apocalyptic feeling we were looking for.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'filter_caption' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --> <figure role="group" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center"><span class="caption-span"> <img alt="Thiri Yadanar" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="2aee7144-3159-4407-9fda-4c46f04ba1a5" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4856.JPG" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4856.JPG.jpg?itok=hfkawOkP 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4856.JPG.jpg?itok=p78p3KxW 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4856.JPG.jpg?itok=HtesixS_ 1000w" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span> <figcaption class="figure-caption">Overgrown shops waiting to be stocked</figcaption></figure><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>Then we went through some of the residential neighborhoods around, very nice looking 3-4 storey apartment blocks, with gardens and small parks, be it a bit overgrown at places.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="dd5e053c-5405-48d4-aa9a-ad4e9fa315c1" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/IMG_20180406_124919_0.jpg?itok=EWCxTO0v 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/IMG_20180406_124919_0.jpg?itok=4JAIqcHP 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/IMG_20180406_124919_0.jpg?itok=v7y5Cg17 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/IMG_20180406_124919_0.jpg" alt="residential buildings in Nay Pyi Taw" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>Next destination was the Diplomatic Housing Estate (<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/sakNjxpy5ux">Google Coordinates</a> 19.708782, 96.083282), I spotted it on Google maps and it looked like a grid of streets with one main road going through, so we decided to go have a look. We expected rows of empty houses and streets and weren't even sure if we would be able to actually go there, being a "diplomatic" zone. No check point to stop us from entering we freely drove our motorcycle in, but something wasn't right - on my GPS Google maps was showing that we were in the middle of a housing estate with streets, but looking around - we were in a field of nothing. I quickly realized my mistake after switching to satellite view - the Diplomatic Housing Estate, with the grid of streets and road was only in the idea stage.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="43968d8f-1fb9-493a-9c6c-d2f114ba776e" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/mapsatellite.jpg?itok=nHgvamil 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/mapsatellite.jpg?itok=V_4C5tO1 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/mapsatellite.jpg?itok=LsskNy-y 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/mapsatellite.jpg" alt="Map view and satellite view of the Diplomatic zone" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>Not making the same mistake twice, this time looking at the satellite view of the city, we went to a neighborhood that from above looked like big buildings with wide roads (<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/vGEWKNNCeMC2">Google Coordinates </a>19.716487, 96.128452). It turned out to be commercial offices, again most of them empty - main buildings open to the road, with large yards behind walls, different gem companies in the only occupied buildings. I didn't know there were so many gem companies in Myanmar to warrant a whole district just for them, but here it was. Again the ghost town feeling was there, completely empty streets and overgrown, ready for their new owners buildings.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="666a7e90-685c-42ad-8440-1ca2f1801175" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4851.JPG.jpg?itok=cne6pFUK 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4851.JPG.jpg?itok=7YBI8aUo 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4851.JPG.jpg?itok=gV9IAdcZ 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4851.JPG" alt="empty building" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>We also went through the hotel zone during the day, still all the hotels look functioning with nice little gardens and roads leading to them, but then you look closely and there are no cars in front. There were so many hotels in our hotel zone and I am still not sure how many were actually having visitors.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'filter_caption' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --> <figure role="group" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center"><span class="caption-span"> <img alt="Hotel zone" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="dc2b0290-d687-4725-afdd-e7ab681b861b" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4843.JPG" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4843.JPG.jpg?itok=GwP_dtVF 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4843.JPG.jpg?itok=KlNfYTe_ 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4843.JPG.jpg?itok=IzF8AO9m 1000w" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span> <figcaption class="figure-caption">A single car in front of that hotel</figcaption></figure><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'filter_caption' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --> <figure role="group" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center"><span class="caption-span"> <img alt="Not a single visitor in sight" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="0344bfb8-cd28-4cd7-ab2b-897cc23aca14" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/IMG_20180406_152339.jpg" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/IMG_20180406_152339.jpg?itok=hy6Kf3Cy 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/IMG_20180406_152339.jpg?itok=WCWFFKD2 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/IMG_20180406_152339.jpg?itok=RSQ6fk6s 1000w" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span> <figcaption class="figure-caption">Not one visitor in sight</figcaption></figure><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>Mr Bar BQ</h2> <p>Is a restaurant deserving of its own place in this list? I'll put it here as it wasn't really that easy to find a decent place to eat in Nay Pyi Taw. Mr Bar BQ is a very good place for a dinner in, you guessed it, the restaurant zone. Best barbeque place in town.</p> <p><strong><em>This was all we managed to visit during our two day stay in Nay Pyi Taw, we left the next morning on a bus to Bagan. It is an interesting city and we really enjoyed our stay there, the atmosphere is quite unique. There were a few more attractions that we didn't go to:</em></strong></p> <h2>Thatta Thattaha Maha Bawdi Pagoda (replica Buddha Gaya)</h2> <p>This place was 40 km further away from the Defence Services Museum, it would have taken most of the day to just drive there so we decided to give it a pass. It is a pagoda, replica of the Maha Bodhi pagoda in India, beautifully positioned next to a lake. In Google maps it is labeled Buddha Gaya (19.966634, 96.148876).</p> <h2>Naypyidaw Gems Museum</h2> <p>Museum of gems, as the title says - there are good reviews online, may be worth visiting if you have more time in Nay Pyi Taw and is very close to Myoma market.</p> <h2>National Museum</h2> <p>I am really sorry we didn't get to see this one. We have seen the one in Yangon and it was really interesting.</p> <h2>Planetarium</h2> <p>We couldn't find much info about the planetarium, but is on our list of things to see when we return to Nay Pyi Taw.</p> <h2>Nay Pyi Taw Zoological Gardens</h2> <p>A lot of animals in the zoo and as with other things in this city a lot of planning to make it a good place to visit, it even has a climate controlled penguin enclosure, but it is not well maintained and as is usual in poorer countries - the treatment of animals is not good.</p> <p>Most of the animals were moved from the Yangon zoo during the time the government and administration was moving, a comedian who made the joke "all our animals are going to Naypiydaw" was imprisoned.</p> <h2>National Landmark Garden</h2> <p>Shaped like Myanmar, this 400 hectares garden is impressive and has miniature versions of the country's major attractions, amusement park with a ferris wheel, bumper cars and a log ride, two observation towers and restaurants. One hour tour on a golf cart is included in the admission price.</p></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--field-date-visited.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostfield-date-visited clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-date-visited--post--default.html.twig * field--node--field-date-visited--post.html.twig * field--node--field-date-visited.html.twig * 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https://2hungrywanderers.com/inwa-ava-detail <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--title--post.html.twig * field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--node--title--post.html.twig' --> <h1 class="page-header">Inwa (Ava) in detail</h1> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--node--title--post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--post.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">2hw</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--post.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span>Sun, 02/10/2019 - 09:05</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'layout__onecol' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x layout--onecol.html.twig x layout--onecol.html.twig * layout.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 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field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2019-02/main.jpg?itok=0l3CfZLd 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/2019-02/main.jpg?itok=sJ8TucFn 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/2019-02/main.jpg?itok=6fQnNiyg 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2019-02/main.jpg?itok=0l3CfZLd" alt="Inwa (Ava) in detail" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--body.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostbody clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--post--default.html.twig * field--node--body--post.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span> </span>About 20 kms south of Mandalay, the ancient city of Inwa is a popular day-trip destination. Between 1365 and 1842, on five separate occasions, for the total of 360 years it was the capital of Burma (the Kingdom of Ava as it was known to the Europeans up to the 19th century). A series of earthquakes in 1839 devastated the city and the seat of power was moved to a new palace in Amarapura in 1842, leaving Inwa in shambles. Today, it is a village scene with hundreds of stupas and temples scattered around, parts of the inner and outer city walls still intact, and a lone leaning tower to mark the old palace.</p> <p>There are several options to visit Inwa:</p> <h3>As a part of an organized tour or taking a taxi to the ferry</h3> <p>We did a tour our first trip to Mandalay and it is what most people visiting the city for a couple of days do. We found a tour that covered the attractions around Mandalay - Sagaing, Inwa, Amarapura (Ubein Bridge), the bus stopped on the Mandalay side of Myitnge river, they put us on a ferry to Inwa and gave us a couple of hours to go around on our own. We did enjoy the tour very much at the time, and while it is still a good way to see more of Mandalay in less time, this year we left a whole day for Inwa and did it on a motorbike and realized that on the tour we have not really seen much of the old city.</p> <p>Another option is to get a taxi from Mandalay to the ferry station, then taking the ferry and crossing to Inwa, spending as much time as you want in the city itself.</p> <p>Once in Inwa you will have to decide how to go around. There are two options - horse cart or walking. You will be greeted by people offering horse cart rides, a lot of them. You can try haggling, but prices are not going down much. The advantages of the horse ride arethat you are in the shade and they usually go the major tourist spots, plus it is faster than walking (by a little), the disadvantages are that it is bumpy, smelly, will get you to some of the pagodas, but it is not easy to change the route if you have something else in mind.</p> <p>If you decide to walk, prepare for people trying to dissuade you - "You can't walk", "Too far", "It takes 9 hours" were some of the things we heard going through the crowd of horse carts at the ferry station. While it is not that impossible walking the city is not really pleasant either - the roads are dusty and the sun is hot, going from the ferry to Bagaya monastery it is around 3-4 km. If you decide to walk, the best bet is to stick to the inner city and probably a detour to Bagaya monastery, but don't forget to take water, put on some suncreen, a hat and comfortable shoes, a rain poncho is a good idea for the wet season.</p> <h3>Taking a car tour of the city</h3> <p>You can arrange this with your hotel or with one of the many taxis in Mandalay - a car to take you to Inwa and then drive you to the major attractions. It is a convenient way to see the ancient city, but it is going to be expensive.</p> <h3>Bicycle or motorbike</h3> <p>Those are the two options that I would recommend. We did it on a motorbike this year and were able to see the whole city in one day.</p> <p>If you go on a bicycle - be prepared that it is 30 km ride to Inwa and another 30 km back, plus the day spent in Inwa. To shorten the ride you can drive to the ferry and take your bike on the ferry, but it still a good 20 km ride there and another 20 km to go back to Mandalay. Unfortunately, we did not see bicycle renting places in Inwa itself, probably the horse cart "mafia" holding the market, so you will have to cycle the whole way from your hotel and back.</p> <p>We rented a motorbike from our hotel and started the day early after a good breakfast. The drive to Inwa takes about 50 minutes - 1 hour and we entered the city from the main road on the south side, from AH1.</p> <p>Here is a map of our route, with all the stops along the way. We enter via AH1 from the south and exit the same way back to Mandalay. <a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/public_access/inwamap_wm.jpg">Download high resolution version of our route map of Inwa</a>.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="2cf41b3b-3e97-4b86-914a-27c131c89cdf" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/inwamap_wm_small.jpg?itok=YzmlLEUB 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/inwamap_wm_small.jpg?itok=ktrBg_C3 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/inwamap_wm_small.jpg?itok=xHpfvB4o 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/inwamap_wm_small.jpg" alt="map of inwa - small" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>1. Maha Zay Ya Pahta</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/FxAWbjkopGN2">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>This is the first temple after entering the outer city walls - not much is left of the walls here, but the pagoda is beautiful - one of the still actively maintained places with a golden stupa, it is on the right side of the road. On the other side is a small pagoda complex, partially in ruins.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="4fe2d5b2-a453-4871-a230-f72f2c5621e4" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/1b.JPG.jpg?itok=uxTarn1z 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/1b.JPG.jpg?itok=M_tw6-5l 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/1b.JPG.jpg?itok=uoNnNkBj 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/1b.JPG" alt="Maha Zay Ya Pahta" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="e2ce7dfa-5601-48f4-baa7-a0284d9e1338" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/1a_0.JPG.jpg?itok=dTycSaua 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/1a_0.JPG.jpg?itok=pE-xdBhT 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/1a_0.JPG.jpg?itok=vienWBhZ 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/1a_0.JPG" alt="Maha Zay Ya Pahta" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>2. Lay Htat Gyi Paya</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/mJBGhgJpDps">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>About 200 m up the road from Maha Zay Ya Pahta, on the left, is the truly impressive Lay Htat Gyi Paya, or what is left of it. Built on a three level terrace this huge temple resembles the one in Mingun.</p> <p>Devastated by earthquakes, only the left side of the temple is still standing with several huge cracks visible from the inside. Even in this condition a lot of the facade is intact, with ornately carved figures of dragons and other mythical creatures on the walls of the building itself and on the terraces. On the left side there is even some colors on the figures - the red tongues and white teeth of the dragons, probably a lot more were present when the temple was built and used, but faded to the dray of the stone we see today.</p> <p>Going inside the temple, via the narrow dirt track over the rubble, is still possible and some of the interior details can be seen, as well as the cracks left by the earthquakes.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="9b2d9035-4f0e-4d88-9705-a3cc4b7b6e86" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2a.JPG.jpg?itok=aESHE0bL 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2a.JPG.jpg?itok=n77q99at 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2a.JPG.jpg?itok=652hws13 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/2a.JPG" alt="Lay Htat Gyi Paya" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'filter_caption' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --> <figure role="group" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center"><span class="caption-span"> <img alt="Lay Htat Gyi Paya" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="64cbe339-6e48-40f6-bcdb-975328665763" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/2b.JPG" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2b.JPG.jpg?itok=Sfwk4ak2 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2b.JPG.jpg?itok=z8FESgLf 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2b.JPG.jpg?itok=5vItndvU 1000w" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span> <figcaption class="figure-caption">Niches in the wall, probably contained Buddha images at some point in time, visible over the rubble inside the temple</figcaption></figure><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'filter_caption' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --> <figure role="group" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center"><span class="caption-span"> <img alt="Lay Htat Gyi Paya" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="5af39227-a272-4708-858e-6492013b1f79" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/2c.JPG" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2c.JPG.jpg?itok=Ivxov8NK 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2c.JPG.jpg?itok=1U5aD_X9 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2c.JPG.jpg?itok=wg1iWqVx 800w" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span> <figcaption class="figure-caption">Huge cracks in the building</figcaption></figure><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'filter_caption' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --> <figure role="group" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center"><span class="caption-span"> <img alt="Lay Htat Gyi Paya" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="fa3b4a2e-b821-4e3f-9fa8-c7ccb76838ee" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/2d.JPG" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2d.JPG.jpg?itok=k9mYAxeI 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2d.JPG.jpg?itok=oj9NqZaq 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/2d.JPG.jpg?itok=IgbThaU_ 1000w" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span> <figcaption class="figure-caption">Red tongued dragon</figcaption></figure><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>3. Sandamuni temple</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/2nSzBLKKvV42">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>Just across the road from Lay Htat Gyi Paya is the tall golden stupa of Sandamuni temple.</p> <h2>4. Khae Thin Pagoda complex</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/Sp2ivJ9Y5CM2">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>Continuing to the Inwa inner city is the less popular Khae Thin Pagoda complex, just right of the road it is a small complex with several brick stupas, some still retaining parts of their facades and several chinthe lions standing guards to the ruins. It is a worthwhile stop, no other tourists around, it makes for a nice and quiet walk around the crumbling structures. There are a couple of overgrown brick hills, marking the places of where bigger stupas once stood before the earthquakes.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="8598db02-7ed1-4fe3-aee0-ed17048c76d1" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/4b.JPG.jpg?itok=QTXhmek3 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/4b.JPG.jpg?itok=TmQhOd9N 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/4b.JPG.jpg?itok=klVGw-CV 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/4b.JPG" alt="Khae Thin Pagoda complex" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="404aeea3-9524-4dae-b397-9660b0f6cfc2" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/4a.JPG.jpg?itok=Ez9MhzNw 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/4a.JPG.jpg?itok=H-n4nAI4 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/4a.JPG.jpg?itok=hfFuZPvT 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/4a.JPG" alt="Khae Thin Pagoda complex" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>5. Daw Gyan Pagoda complex</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/kBDskK3FDaJ2">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>Another pagoda complex, just outside the city walls, which are clearly visible over the old moat. Some horse carts and tour buses stop here, but otherwise is a nice and quite place to walk around, explore the Buddha images inside the old temples.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="329b14a9-8fb9-4325-92cd-d9e4edd64125" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/5a.JPG.jpg?itok=mCsoc6jM 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/5a.JPG.jpg?itok=NCEX5qOa 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/5a.JPG.jpg?itok=pT0yu-ml 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/5a.JPG" alt="Daw Gyan Pagoda complex" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="1fc78223-8525-45b3-affd-5e3e143da555" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/5c.JPG.jpg?itok=5Lji-mUO 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/5c.JPG.jpg?itok=v8-oLnZH 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/5c.JPG.jpg?itok=oVAIYLB0 800w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/5c.JPG" alt="Daw Gyan Pagoda complex" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="6af47e7c-1058-41e6-bda5-7fc4fd839f86" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/5d.JPG.jpg?itok=XMefiRe8 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/5d.JPG.jpg?itok=N4Z7Lbd_ 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/5d.JPG.jpg?itok=wq4XuT7_ 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/5d.JPG" alt="Daw Gyan Pagoda complex" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="3ef1bcc0-95c0-4a98-a209-45618b9f6079" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/5b.JPG.jpg?itok=0Ng-pQ2J 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/5b.JPG.jpg?itok=Bk5sUsN3 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/5b.JPG.jpg?itok=oTEwHzPs 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/5b.JPG" alt="Daw Gyan Pagoda complex" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>6. Inwa Archaeological Museum</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/d46buyjZ2Ls">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>It is a two-hall museum with some artifacts from the old city and paintings copied from the temples of Inwa. Not really that impressive, but it is included in the 5 day Mandalay Archaeological zone pass and worth spending 20 minutes wandering the dusty rooms. There is a good map-model of Inwa with all the temples and stupas, can be a good guide of what to see.</p> <p>From the road next to the museum is the best spot to take a photo of the shiny golden Shwezigon pagoda - visible over the moat and the city wall.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="d7c104cb-6579-4432-a65f-6b77d11346b1" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/6a.JPG.jpg?itok=0BGaiBa6 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/6a.JPG.jpg?itok=qH6xLC6C 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/6a.JPG.jpg?itok=fKvwAd7y 800w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/6a.JPG" alt="Inwa Archaeological Museum" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="70c79b46-66fd-4f20-aac8-9f2f021a3f1c" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/6b.JPG.jpg?itok=RnPsam80 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/6b.JPG.jpg?itok=mhzH0IAA 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/6b.JPG.jpg?itok=GFQhJJe7 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/6b.JPG" alt="Inwa Archaological Museum" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="53f0d3b2-ef8a-4c09-a05f-361a3b95cf0a" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/6c.JPG.jpg?itok=Uv-tK7v9 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/6c.JPG.jpg?itok=yOsDowI4 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/6c.JPG.jpg?itok=dQfN_Js3 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/6c.JPG" alt="Inwa Archaological Museum" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>7. Yandana Sinme Pagoda complex</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/ovDWgxNvam22">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>On the left side of the road when going to the Bagaya monastery this place is definitely worth a stop. Several crumbling pagodas shaded by an enormous flame tree and three Buddha statues it is a really picture perfect spot. Here you will find a couple of painters selling their work. The beautiful art makes for a perfect souvenir to take home.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="0073e31f-dc5a-41f4-a344-476c1dd74926" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/7a.JPG.jpg?itok=5y6YmdGI 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/7a.JPG.jpg?itok=TKGW39bE 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/7a.JPG.jpg?itok=vpme1qyo 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/7a.JPG" alt="Yandana Sinme Pagoda complex" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="cbff4a6e-dcec-4b2b-b14b-efae147c92e2" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/7c.JPG.jpg?itok=1IiNRcwC 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/7c.JPG.jpg?itok=huLmIWtL 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/7c.JPG.jpg?itok=WMZtK_4K 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/7c.JPG" alt="Yandana Sinme Pagoda complex" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>8. Bagaya monastery</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/Qg8Pp1C9QtN2">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>A beautiful teak monastery with impressive woodwork and supported by 267 huge teak woodposts. One of the major attractions in Inwa, this place is usually packed with tourists, most coming on the horse cart tours of the city. The ornate wood carvings covering the entire exterior and interior of the place have some astonishing details and are definitely worth a good look.</p> <p>Be careful when walking bare footed in the monastery, the flooring is not in great condition, despite the beauty of the place you better look down more often and avoid the occasional loose nail or floorboard.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="732dea93-7e74-47d8-bc4b-84f5f704a5c7" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/8a.JPG.jpg?itok=fiIC38vl 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/8a.JPG.jpg?itok=XX0HRoSZ 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/8a.JPG.jpg?itok=sugm_GMe 800w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/8a.JPG" alt="Bagaya monastery" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="53d6b8c7-527e-468a-9bf8-a803f3734134" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/8c.JPG.jpg?itok=yaRm5eW1 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/8c.JPG.jpg?itok=n5I7LOmf 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/8c.JPG.jpg?itok=Gt9dMWkX 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/8c.JPG" alt="Bagaya monastery" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="fb01b1f5-b20f-46f1-8b7b-b930f38ce9e4" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/8b.JPG.jpg?itok=yImhrqgn 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/8b.JPG.jpg?itok=HsbIQiSE 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/8b.JPG.jpg?itok=0W_-nCVM 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/8b.JPG" alt="Bagaya monastery" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>9. Koe Sue Tan pagoda complex</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/sdSEQWD7rKT2">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>Instead of going back to the main road, we turned left at the entrance of Bagaya monastery following a narrow dirt road. On the left side, a few hundred meters is another pagoda complex. It consists of 9 pagodas, a couple of them recently restored. Very scenic place in the middle of rice paddies.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="8f24304f-f40a-4ab9-9f66-9f2124fa5927" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/9a.JPG.jpg?itok=qzhDmIuh 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/9a.JPG.jpg?itok=ewQGMIQD 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/9a.JPG.jpg?itok=ZE0laRxO 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/9a.JPG" alt="Koe Sue Tan pagoda complex" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="882cc3fb-1df9-4838-84a7-2d4db37e584b" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/9b.JPG.jpg?itok=aR9MNsEA 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/9b.JPG.jpg?itok=7NojkXyH 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/9b.JPG.jpg?itok=Y7zNviSn 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/9b.JPG" alt="Koe Sue Tan pagoda complex" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="413e952a-68c0-47a5-a735-1b1e4430e718" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/9c.JPG.jpg?itok=2nhfDNpv 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/9c.JPG.jpg?itok=Lw-EjIo5 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/9c.JPG.jpg?itok=ZlV4aZeK 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/9c.JPG" alt="Rice paddy" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>10. Loka Dutta Man Pagoda, Kyaung Lain, Myint Mor Taung pagoda and Win Ka Par Temple</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/HnLpb3fENcu">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>Continuing west on the dirt track you will get to the remains of the outer city wall and three pagodas and a monastery on the right. Almost no tourists get here, so likely you will have the place to yourselves.</p> <h2>11. Lawkatharaphu Pagoda</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/YnDNZhmVxru">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>Going back to the main road we turn left and visited the Lawkatharaphu Pagoda - nothing much to see really, a big golden stupa.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="208bdce2-c5fd-44bf-808f-c5726ec1b5b6" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/11.JPG.jpg?itok=p00eCVdP 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/11.JPG.jpg?itok=NaBmJwdd 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/11.JPG.jpg?itok=z_r-qgHz 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/11.JPG" alt="Lawkatharaphu Pagoda" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>12. Sinkyone fort</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/zydfrL65StS2">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>Even though the fort is not part of the ancient Inwa city, it is still interesting to visit. It is one of the several forts that failed to deter the British army in 19th century, what is left of it is a low wall and a couple of cannons. It is on the Irrawady river and presents good views of it and the adjacent Sagaing.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="3fa0e755-7180-45d7-858d-80a6ebfe1165" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/12a.JPG.jpg?itok=SxIY3rjC 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/12a.JPG.jpg?itok=wJmwHZww 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/12a.JPG.jpg?itok=gr_Gb7AH 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/12a.JPG" alt="Sinkyone fort" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="d88de8de-8ce9-47e4-bd8a-600e077d94bc" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/12c.JPG.jpg?itok=DKipLMiN 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/12c.JPG.jpg?itok=nMNUqQWt 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/12c.JPG.jpg?itok=_33u9WcI 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/12c.JPG" alt="Sinkyone fort" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="de6ee473-cbdf-4a46-b4a9-54b7d3870bbd" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/12b.JPG.jpg?itok=A4HfRPWX 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/12b.JPG.jpg?itok=lVauyeWI 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/12b.JPG.jpg?itok=7XfD0A81 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/12b.JPG" alt="Sinkyone fort" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>13. Shwezigon pagoda</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/EeUJzgiNoUq">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>Going back to the city and crossing the inner city wall through the west gate we first went to visit the shiny golden Shwezigon pagoda. Even though a quiet walk trough the empty yard around the temple is a nice, the truth is this pagoda is more impressive from afar, for example across the moat and in our opinion can be skipped, a closer look is not really necessary.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="4dc438d5-f41f-4ffe-b898-3e881d4fa3e1" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/13.JPG.jpg?itok=2sMwt9ic 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/13.JPG.jpg?itok=L-zDYdHx 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/13.JPG.jpg?itok=8qPEioAj 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/13.JPG" alt="Shwezigon pagoda" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>14. Thisa Taik Pagoda</h2> <p>(<a href="Thisa Taik Pagoda">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>Beautiful whitewashed temple with stucco decoration, some of it looks recent and made of cheap gypsum, but behind this temple, a little bit up the hill is another small pagoda with a golden spire and original marble chinthe guardians. There are some cracks in the figures, but the craftsmanship is exquisite.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="ad46bc92-74f3-426a-82c0-97cc516846ef" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/14a.JPG.jpg?itok=o9Wofeth 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/14a.JPG.jpg?itok=aozc-D0R 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/14a.JPG.jpg?itok=x7fW0okO 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/14a.JPG" alt="Thisa Taik pagoda" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="f5e78bf9-a614-4017-b949-a0a8f095889b" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/14c.JPG.jpg?itok=rtRuuRhn 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/14c.JPG.jpg?itok=odK9sbCw 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/14c.JPG.jpg?itok=7A85McXQ 800w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/14c.JPG" alt="Thisa Taik pagoda" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'filter_caption' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --> <figure role="group" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center"><span class="caption-span"> <img alt="Thisa Taik pagoda" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="478a038a-36ce-4b47-94a2-26c8b9a33e8b" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/14b.JPG" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/14b.JPG.jpg?itok=gxwaGR_N 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/14b.JPG.jpg?itok=nWe1wZKz 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/14b.JPG.jpg?itok=aiMA80rk 1000w" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span> <figcaption class="figure-caption">Marble chinthe guardians</figcaption></figure><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>15. Htilaingshin Pagoda</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/awQagtM5se32">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>We parked our bike next to the many vendor stalls selling souvenirs and refreshments, at the foot of the stairs up to this whitewashed pagoda with a line of golden spire stupas dating back to the Bagan period. It was quiet and peaceful, most tourists are drawn to the impressive Maha Aung Mye Bonsan temple next door.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a4688754-d24d-44e9-9330-293187d3a5a2" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/15_0.JPG.jpg?itok=gQmwT7hL 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/15_0.JPG.jpg?itok=5viXyiEp 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/15_0.JPG.jpg?itok=gdepiKsz 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/15_0.JPG" alt="Htilaingshin Pagoda" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>16. Maha Aung Mye Bonsan pagoda (Me Nu Brick monastery)</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/6Y3LcrBhRCE2">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>A rare remnant of the Ava period, this 1822 brick temple has an exquisite stucco exterior, beautiful and quite photogenic from every angle. The main floor chambers are mostly empty but for a couple of Buddha images, but provide cool air behind the thick temple walls.</p> <p>The undercroft is dark and cool, a bit damp and dirty, nothing much too see but for some sleeping bats.</p> <p>Walking behind the temple and down the stairs the old monk's residence building is still barely standing, now locked and abandoned. Walking past it to the river bank there are nice views of Sagaing.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="1de3c462-8a1b-4f76-bcc2-b9ca4a40824c" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/16b.JPG.jpg?itok=vT0gV9AH 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/16b.JPG.jpg?itok=BXETnY3k 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/16b.JPG.jpg?itok=NRufYv2j 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/16b.JPG" alt="Maha Aung Mye Bonsan pagoda" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="e2ab526f-2744-418a-ae23-1676803f5001" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/16d.JPG.jpg?itok=8rIdGU6h 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/16d.JPG.jpg?itok=fvPYlYmK 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/16d.JPG.jpg?itok=91NDT7gO 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/16d.JPG" alt="Me Nu brick monastery" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'filter_caption' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --> <figure role="group" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center"><span class="caption-span"> <img alt="Maha Aung Mye Bonsan pagoda" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="c0e75349-d684-4e8a-8db6-f3b99f3f2e90" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/16c.JPG" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/16c.JPG.jpg?itok=jl5Vknku 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/16c.JPG.jpg?itok=Hnaj94eK 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/16c.JPG.jpg?itok=mx7Imxan 1000w" typeof="foaf:Image" /></span> <figcaption class="figure-caption">Former monk residence</figcaption></figure><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/filter-caption.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>17. Nan Myin Tower and the royal palace</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/Dxx8WGUABAu">Google Maps - tower</a>, <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/jmHoCbfij7u">Google Maps - Prince's Lake</a>, <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/dcPwRwkSWJL2">Google Maps - Princess' Lake</a>)</p> <p>Not much is left of the palace that once stood in the middle of the city. The earthquakes took their toll on it and after that whatever survived was taken to be part of the new one in Amarapura. The only real reminder of where the royal palace of the empire of Ava was two centuries ago is now the only standing building - Nan Myin tower and the two artifical lakes - the southern one - for Prince, and the northern one - for Princess.</p> <p>Up until few years back the tower must have been a great viewpoint allowing visitors to climb to the top and presenting views of the surrounding temples and monasteries, ruined stupas and golden zedis, rising from the greenery, but unfortunately, today it is tilted slightly to the side and not deemed structurally stable enough to support tourist going up, locked with a metal door.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="45d328a9-8b68-4d97-97d8-096861050e50" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/17.JPG.jpg?itok=sT5RKoDU 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/17.JPG.jpg?itok=qha-OoQS 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/17.JPG.jpg?itok=WdZW_Le7 800w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/17.JPG" alt="Nan Myin tower" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><h2>18. Shwe Myauk Taung</h2> <p>(<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/Vv6hHi8JhqT2">Google Maps</a>)</p> <p>Exiting the ancient city through the east most southern gate we see this temple on our right. This smallish pagoda is best viewed over the moat and the wooden bridge that leads to it.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="6d0c52e5-238a-4edb-905a-7f49e717ee10" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/18.JPG.jpg?itok=_aob77ft 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/18.JPG.jpg?itok=Ni5jTJ1h 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/18.JPG.jpg?itok=whe00j5Y 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/18.JPG" alt="Shwe Myauk Taung" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p> </p></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--field-date-visited.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostfield-date-visited clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-date-visited--post--default.html.twig * field--node--field-date-visited--post.html.twig * field--node--field-date-visited.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--field-date-visited.html.twig * field--datetime.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-date-visited field--type-datetime field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Date Visited</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'time' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/system/templates/time.html.twig' --> <time datetime="2017-02-13T12:00:00Z">February 2017</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/system/templates/time.html.twig' --> </div> <div class="field--item"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'time' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/system/templates/time.html.twig' --> <time datetime="2019-02-01T12:00:00Z">February 2019</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/system/templates/time.html.twig' --> </div> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'bs_2col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x bs-2col.html.twig x bs-2col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/bootstrap_layouts/templates/3.0.0/bs-2col.html.twig' --> <div class="row bs-2col"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--field-destinations.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostfield-destinations clearfix"> <h2 class="block-title">Destinations</h2> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-destinations--post--default.html.twig * field--node--field-destinations--post.html.twig * field--node--field-destinations.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--field-destinations.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--field_destinations.html.twig' --> <ul class="field__items_list"> <li><a href="/destination/asia" hreflang="en">Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/destination/myanmar" hreflang="en">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/destination/mandalay" hreflang="en">Mandalay</a></li> </ul> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--field_destinations.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--right"> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/bootstrap_layouts/templates/3.0.0/bs-2col.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'layout__onecol' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x layout--onecol.html.twig x layout--onecol.html.twig * layout.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--comment.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostcomment clearfix"> <h2 class="block-title">Comments</h2> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--comment--post--default.html.twig * field--node--comment--post.html.twig * field--node--comment.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig x field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/comment/templates/field--comment.html.twig' --> <section> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/comment/templates/field--comment.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--block-content--33e89c58-379a-4510-9f42-cd3599b682d0.html.twig * block--block-content.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-block-content block-block-content33e89c58-379a-4510-9f42-cd3599b682d0 clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--block-content--body--basic.html.twig * field--block-content--body.html.twig * field--block-content--basic.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><div class="loginBtnSocialDiv"> <button class="loginBtnSocial loginBtnSocial--facebook"> <a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/user/login/facebook">Login with Facebook</a> </button> <button class="loginBtnSocial loginBtnSocial--google"> <a href="https://2hungrywanderers.com/user/login/google">Login with Google</a> </button> </div></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> Sun, 10 Feb 2019 07:05:02 +0000 2hw 51 at https://2hungrywanderers.com https://2hungrywanderers.com/inwa-ava-detail#comments Ye - temples, beaches and 500 monk statues. Yay! https://2hungrywanderers.com/ye-temples-beaches-and-500-monk-statues-yay <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--title--post.html.twig * field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--node--title--post.html.twig' --> <h1 class="page-header">Ye - temples, beaches and 500 monk statues. Yay!</h1> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--node--title--post.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--post.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" about="/user/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">2hw</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--post.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span>Wed, 09/12/2018 - 16:04</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'layout__onecol' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x layout--onecol.html.twig x layout--onecol.html.twig * layout.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--extra-field-block--node--post--links.html.twig * block--extra-field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--extra-field-block--node.html.twig * block--extra-field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-extra-field-blocknodepostlinks clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--field-image.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostfield-image clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-image--post--default.html.twig * field--node--field-image--post.html.twig * field--node--field-image.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--field-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2018-09/head.jpg?itok=P2XeezU0 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/2018-09/head.jpg?itok=XPtoTiQY 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/2018-09/head.jpg?itok=XVaNZt2S 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2018-09/head.jpg?itok=P2XeezU0" alt="Ye" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--body.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostbody clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--post--default.html.twig * field--node--body--post.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>We arrived in Ye (pronounced "Yay") in the afternoon, after a four hour long bus ride from Mawlamyine. It was hot, the bus was full, even the "middle class" fully taken. What is "middle class" you wonder? All buses have two rows of seats with an aisle between, but on all bus regular (not VIP) routes we traveled in Myanmar, fold-outs or tiny plastic chairs fill the aisle making more room for extra passengers. We don't know if tickets for these seats are cheaper, but sure hope so as it looks quite uncomfortable.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="1ffe0368-ee65-4bcb-9b45-8b179b6b7812" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/1.jpg?itok=7NRhZKlk 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/1.jpg?itok=lOP5uucv 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/1.jpg?itok=offyWgyj 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/1.jpg" alt="bus" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>Thanks to the Google maps navigation we had on our phone, we were able to see that the bus passes close to our hotel on its way to the bus station in Ye. We noticed that other people ask the driver to stop along the way - most likely in places near their homes, so instead of going all the way to the end of the route we asked to be let off a short walk from the hotel. The two foreigners rolling their big suitcase were apparently an unusual sight as people were smiling at us as we passed, but we were happy to shorten our ride and not wait and pay for a taxi.</p> <p>There isn't much choice of places to stay in Ye - only a handful of hotels are housing the few tourists visiting the town. We decided to choose one of the older ones - Starlight guesthouse. It is held by an American guy and his Burmese wife for some years now. They provide very useful information about what to do and see in the area, can help organize tours around and transport out of the town and have motorcycles for rent - in good condition and reasonably priced.</p> <p>The rooms were basic but clean, with ensuite bathrooms. Our aircon dripped on the bed and there were a few times when mud was coming out of the shower and tap as it was the end of a very dry dry season, but those things are not unusual when staying in remote places like Ye. Breakfast was served on the second floor balcony with beautiful views of the lake and the temple.</p> <p>Visiting Ye is more about the experience than impressive sights. We spent our 3 days there doing an organized tour on the river, taking in the atmosphere of the local market and temples and riding on a motorcycle exploring the area and going to the seaside.</p> <h2>Tour on the river</h2> <p>Going upriver from the Jaung Ywar village on the Ye river is one of the main attractions here - for both locals and tourists. Foreigners are still not allowed to go on their own as it is a government requirement to have a guide to visit the village or take a boat.</p> <p>There are several options for the guided tour - you can get a car and a guide or the less expensive and more flexible - a guide with a motorcycle. For a solo traveler it is possible to ride with the guide, we rented our own bike and followed the guide on his. This gave us the freedom to just keep the bike and go around to other places after the half-day tour without having to go back to the hotel.</p> <p>We started the tour in the morning, first riding up a very steep road to a hilltop temple with amazing views of the lush jungle and the windy river. After that we went to Jaung Ywar, which is small village on the river. Once we parked our bikes in the tarp covered parking space we noticed that this was a popular spot for leisurely days - boats were lined waiting for customers and restaurants offered tasty looking skewers, leaf wrapped rice cakes and fresh fruits.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="98932709-6800-4804-a642-5481769e382c" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4081.JPG.jpg?itok=Whns2rPb 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4081.JPG.jpg?itok=ird8J-ie 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4081.JPG.jpg?itok=oRApvLWs 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4081.JPG" alt="river tour" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a66a0be8-e871-48ad-8911-78c2678fdc3c" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4086.JPG.jpg?itok=ZnTtGznP 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4086.JPG.jpg?itok=K7ItkPfh 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4086.JPG.jpg?itok=rREyrgsc 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4086.JPG" alt="river tour" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>We boarded our boat and started the 20 minutes journey to a small Mon temple where two branches of the river meet. Going upriver through the thick jungle is an amazing experience. We passed by a few other boats going in the other direction and waved at the smiling passengers.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a2c28678-bfa1-4229-a263-91c0430b6c1a" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4095.JPG.jpg?itok=_CCwCFOP 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4095.JPG.jpg?itok=0XjacmSq 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4095.JPG.jpg?itok=E9T0EwoK 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4095.JPG" alt="river tour" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="ad1a4ec1-695a-4346-8596-d3a6baa15f3a" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4115.JPG.jpg?itok=8tUFQ13s 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4115.JPG.jpg?itok=X2Qalgrn 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4115.JPG.jpg?itok=pglBC-2I 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4115.JPG" alt="river tour" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="18119540-9606-40ad-b0f9-d9255dab7c8c" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4120.jpg?itok=aAe1dOg8 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4120.jpg?itok=IGrsypOf 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4120.jpg?itok=SqRThxnA 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4120.jpg" alt="river tour" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>At the temple we had some time to explore and take pictures and also go for a dip in the crystal clear waters of the Ye river, and then it was time to go back and continue the adventure.</p> <h2>Seaside temple and the beach</h2> <p>There is not much to be said about the beaches in that part of Myanmar. Not touched by resorts and tourists they are unfortunately covered in trash brought by the sea waves so don't put your bathing suit on yet. This is not to say that it is not worth a visit - the long sandy beaches are still beautiful, if dirty, and the ride to get there goes through green paddy fields and small villages with shiny temples and makes for a nice day trip from Ye.</p> <p>There are several beaches close to Ye - Andin village has a long beach, Bin Le Wa is another one and there are some nice restaurants there as well as a hilltop temple, Ka Bia is a bit further south, but also sports seafood restaurants and is suitable for swimming, a resort is planned to be build there.</p> <p>We chose to go to Bin Le Wa beach as it is closest to Ye - only about 30 minutes ride. The beach itself was as I mentioned before very dirty, but a short climb up to a hilltop temple right on the edge of the sea provided stunning views and refreshing sea breeze.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="ab6ecdad-4c1a-4ddc-a399-c0b652d12d35" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4141.JPG.jpg?itok=p3uAXgzi 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4141.JPG.jpg?itok=ArUjf15z 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4141.JPG.jpg?itok=EMlf2x0w 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4141.JPG" alt="beach" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="3d800c8d-9a5a-4b2b-89ab-e42b04548cbe" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4145.JPG.jpg?itok=-2Y6z6Yw 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4145.JPG.jpg?itok=8O_slZYf 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4145.JPG.jpg?itok=afz15uVN 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4145.JPG" alt="beach" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>On the way back to Ye we stopped for a late lunch at a local roadside restaurant for some delicious Thai food.</p> <h2>Shwe San Daw pagoda</h2> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="875952de-cd4a-4cc5-afdf-58d4598a991a" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4286.jpg?itok=uNeMVIwv 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4286.jpg?itok=64ZKXAEe 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4286.jpg?itok=B8POo8Yr 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4286.jpg" alt="pagoda" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a2fc8e9b-11ad-47be-9351-999aa046b621" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4265.jpg?itok=yX_z_pSJ 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4265.jpg?itok=TNVlTgCA 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4265.jpg?itok=0SmLaLUa 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4265.jpg" alt="pagoda" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>With a big golden stupa and beautiful statues you cant miss this temple - located in the center of the town it presents opportunities for both nice daylight and night photos. An interesting feature of this temple are its guardians - big salmon colored lion statues.</p> <h2>The lake</h2> <p>The evening stroll around this artificial lake was very pleasant, with a small temple in the middle, beautifully illuminated at night it is a favorite evening spot for locals and tourists alike. Several nice restaurants (well, nice for Ye at least) make it a good dinner destination too.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="ccfc6ddb-c2b3-4311-9458-6551a693f72f" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4282.jpg?itok=RH7f7qSH 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4282.jpg?itok=DcI_IpNt 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4282.jpg?itok=uyQT46iR 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4282.jpg" alt="lake temple" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>We went all the way around the lake, but there is no footpath at places and we had to walk on the dark narrow street, which was a bit scary. I would recommend sticking to the central part of the lake where the platform with the temple is. And don't forget to spray on some mosquito repellent.</p> <h2>The market</h2> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="f9b6a7c6-eda7-4fb9-acb3-ef0a6cdc5f70" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4298.jpg?itok=D-R0NvYR 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4298.jpg?itok=s-XsN57e 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4298.jpg?itok=uc25cPbH 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4298.jpg" alt="market" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>If I am to be honest, this is not the most impressive market. If you've been to other markets in Burma there will be nothing new to see here. Still, it makes for a nice morning stroll browsing the fresh produce.</p> <h2>Shiny temple</h2> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="d736e9ee-0a03-4709-b8f6-bf6c3e81cdc6" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4231.jpg?itok=LJcODwgP 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4231.jpg?itok=LE0diwkk 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4231.jpg?itok=mTpWRBcV 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4231.jpg" alt="shiny temple" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>I am not sure about the actual name of this temple, it was marked only as "Shiny temple" on our map and this is what it is. Tucked in a narrow dirt street is best viewed at sunset. Right next to the temple there is a big well where you can see the locals filling buckets of water to bring home or even bathing.</p> <h2>Ko Yin Lay (Banana temple)</h2> <p>30 minutes ride north of Ye, this temple complex is a sight to behold. Several ornate temple buildings, a huge reclining Buddha, 7 storey temple with four sitting Buddha statues on each side and an intricate old temple. But wait, this is what it was when we saw it, there was a huge plot being prepared for some new development, who knows what new statues and buildings are to be erected.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="7294bb28-2418-4ef1-8268-b2a9640ea0f7" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4172.jpg?itok=orw6HCvb 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4172.jpg?itok=u3qf3NVH 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4172.jpg?itok=l4K2tH91 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4172.jpg" alt="Banana temple" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>We walked around the reclining Buddha, then climbed the four Buddha tower. Only traditional clothing was allowed so we were both given longyis to put on (free of charge). The ascend is very interesting as every floor is a small temple in itself and the 360 degrees view from the top is stunning.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="71457ed8-dd67-4c33-bbb2-3eec0cce66a5" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4177.jpg?itok=CPa_6qDW 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4177.jpg?itok=wDhh-GFZ 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4177.jpg?itok=vKIQ2lv0 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4177.jpg" alt="Banana temple" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="bc6f1372-14e4-42d7-8070-53f3f3f2a231" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4193.jpg?itok=jubAVsJ- 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4193.jpg?itok=jRuRd6Lf 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4193.jpg?itok=tmj5mG2L 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4193.jpg" alt="Banana temple" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="4c4e27a5-0742-4abd-a16a-908267a4f501" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4190.jpg?itok=vV2H28Ay 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4190.jpg?itok=MUJAHZCO 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4190.jpg?itok=w1mqwN9T 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4190.jpg" alt="Banana temple" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>If you arrive around 10:30 - 11:00 am you can see the monks having their lunch in the old temple on the top of the hill and on days when there are not a lot of tourists (most days) you may be invited to join them.</p> <h2>The temple with the 500 monk statues</h2> <p>This one was kind of difficult to find, even with the map we had. After some time going up and down the main road (we knew we had to take a left somewhere) and accidentally visiting a local temple that was not the one we were looking for, a brilliant idea struck us. We tried to find it in the satellite view on Google maps - and we were successful! The row of monks is clearly visible and with that it was easy to see which road to take to get us there.</p> <p>500 gold monk statues go out in a neat line exiting the monastery on top of the hill which offers beautiful views and a good sunset spot. The road winds up and as you crawl on your bike up the steep hill you can see the silent figures.</p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="35f0e27c-235b-4b86-8476-5706510bbc0a" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4242.jpg?itok=5m4Uuhcl 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4242.jpg?itok=hg8AZYZX 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4242.jpg?itok=wvwnQO1T 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4242.jpg" alt="500 monks" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="04a38662-ea7a-493a-932d-5cadd35dc69e" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4250.jpg?itok=HZJpm3fu 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4250.jpg?itok=H-nuUXR- 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4250.jpg?itok=O9P6j3QM 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4250.jpg" alt="500 monks" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><!-- THEME DEBUG --><!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --><!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="2d9d5a22-960b-4bdb-82d1-7e1be6e1a67c" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4251.jpg?itok=PFanBfLm 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4251.jpg?itok=5x9flTjP 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/XXX_4251.jpg?itok=ymLvRwxV 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/XXX_4251.jpg" alt="500 monks" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>Although small and remote Ye surpassed our expectations. It was well worth the journey to get there and we enjoyed every moment of the time we spent exploring the town, the temples, the seaside and the jungle around.</p></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'bs_2col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x bs-2col.html.twig x bs-2col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/bootstrap_layouts/templates/3.0.0/bs-2col.html.twig' --> <div class="row bs-2col"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--field-destinations.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * 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OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostcomment clearfix"> <h2 class="block-title">Comments</h2> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--comment--post--default.html.twig * field--node--comment--post.html.twig * field--node--comment.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig x field--comment.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/comment/templates/field--comment.html.twig' --> <section> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/comment/templates/field--comment.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--block-content--33e89c58-379a-4510-9f42-cd3599b682d0.html.twig * block--block-content.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 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from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> Wed, 12 Sep 2018 13:04:18 +0000 2hw 45 at https://2hungrywanderers.com https://2hungrywanderers.com/ye-temples-beaches-and-500-monk-statues-yay#comments Bagan temples still open for climbing as of April 2018 https://2hungrywanderers.com/bagan-temples-still-open-climbing-april-2018 <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x field--node--title--post.html.twig * field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/bs_2hw1/templates/field--node--title--post.html.twig' --> <h1 class="page-header">Bagan temples still open for climbing as of April 2018</h1> <!-- END OUTPUT 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field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span>Wed, 04/11/2018 - 12:03</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'layout__onecol' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x layout--onecol.html.twig x layout--onecol.html.twig * layout.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--extra-field-block--node--post--links.html.twig * block--extra-field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--extra-field-block--node.html.twig * block--extra-field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 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block-field-blocknodepostfield-image clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-image--post--default.html.twig * field--node--field-image--post.html.twig * field--node--field-image.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--field-image.html.twig * field--image.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image_formatter' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2018-04/XXX_5457.JPG.jpg?itok=NvwWguev 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/2018-04/XXX_5457.JPG.jpg?itok=1XUvdRje 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/2018-04/XXX_5457.JPG.jpg?itok=VbWiFoqY 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/2018-04/XXX_5457.JPG.jpg?itok=NvwWguev" alt="Bagan temples still open for climbing as of April 2018" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image-formatter.html.twig' --> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--body.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * block--field-block.html.twig * block--layout-builder.html.twig x block.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> <section class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepostbody clearfix"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--post--default.html.twig * field--node--body--post.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--post.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span> </span> </p> <p>Starting January this year temples in Bagan are no longer open for people to climb on. Metal doors are now installed on almost all temples that have room access. The ban came more than a year after the 2016 earthquake and the reasons cited by officials are safety concerns for tourists and religious restrictions. </p> <p>A lot of the temples have external staircases to several levels of terraces and internal one leading to the roof terrace, but now locked metal gates are installed to prevent access. Unfortunately, this means that visitors cannot view the ancient city from above which was big part of the experience in Bagan.</p> <p>Several "view mounds" (dirt hills) were created, but they are not shown on any map and if you are exploring Bagan independently you can find them only if you happen to go by a sign pointing to one. The "view mounds" we saw, apart from looking like a sore on the Bagan's landscape, were very low, with trees on the side, and in such positions that would not give the best view. In time they may be elevated a bit more or new ones be put in better spots, but for now the situation is not ideal.</p> <p>We found only 3 temples that have roof access, plus one that people climb on the low terraces, but does not have a staircase.</p> <h2>Temple 843</h2> <p><strong>GPS Coordinates:</strong> <em>21.1547353,94.8807665</em></p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="b3521832-2a52-48f3-8aa7-a23faa469a45" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/temple%20843.JPG.jpg?itok=u6XBJveS 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/temple%20843.JPG.jpg?itok=Y1-nBTYU 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/temple%20843.JPG.jpg?itok=g9Vnd5tj 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/temple%20843.JPG" alt="Temple 843" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>This one has amazing views an all sides, especially good for sunset photos. It can get crowded during sunrise and sunset, but otherwise very quiet.<br /> The staircase is internal, look for a small doorway on one of the walls.</p> <p>There is a wooden frame at the start of the stairs, it is possible a door will be installed soon to lock it.</p> <h2>Temple 1277</h2> <p><strong>GPS Coordinates: </strong><em>21.148057,94.871913</em></p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="f7d3cc86-6759-4ac1-b7eb-4a5c91a6f7a4" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/temple%201277.jpg?itok=9Xjdvhln 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/temple%201277.jpg?itok=fVx6V-WF 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/temple%201277.jpg?itok=l6cIF2ma 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/temple%201277.jpg" alt="Temple 1277" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>Beautiful views, good for sunrise and sunset, can get a bit crowded during these times. Otherwise - quiet. <br /> The staircase is very narrow, again internal - look for a small doorway with stairs on one of the walls inside.</p> <h2>Temple 1311</h2> <p><strong>GPS Coordinates: </strong><em>21.156833,94.867936</em></p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="571f8f16-4c1a-4485-ae4f-0797c7db5019" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/temple%201311.JPG.jpg?itok=9j68Rlzu 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/temple%201311.JPG.jpg?itok=i7ZXyjJY 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/temple%201311.JPG.jpg?itok=l05E-2_U 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/temple%201311.JPG" alt="Temple 1311" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>A smaller temple, close to the one above. Great views on all sides, not too many people for sunset and sunrise. </p> <h2>Utrecht Temple</h2> <p><strong>GPS Coordinates: </strong><em>21.149617,94.87082</em></p> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'responsive_image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'image' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --> <img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="34d7f3e2-c640-4dc3-934a-38253a654006" data-responsive-image-style="middle_column" class="middle-column image-style-middle-column img-responsive align-center" srcset="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_520px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/utrecht%20temple.JPG.jpg?itok=omP4khRA 520w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_760px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/utrecht%20temple.JPG.jpg?itok=xK4IpLRj 760w, /sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/styles/w_1000px_wm_optimized/public/inline-images/utrecht%20temple.JPG.jpg?itok=nQvPOKgj 1000w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw" src="/sites/2hungrywanderers.com/files/inline-images/utrecht%20temple.JPG" alt="Utrecht Temple" typeof="foaf:Image" /><!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/system/image.html.twig' --><!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/responsive_image/templates/responsive-image.html.twig' --><p>A group of several temples that do not have stairs but terraces are low enough for people to climb. It felt disrespectful to go on a temple not designed for climbing just to snap a photo to us, but if you do it use common sense and be careful not to fall.</p></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> </section> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/block/block.html.twig' --> </div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/layout_discovery/layouts/onecol/layout--onecol.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'bs_2col' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: x bs-2col.html.twig x bs-2col.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/bootstrap_layouts/templates/3.0.0/bs-2col.html.twig' --> <div class="row bs-2col"> <div class="col-sm-6 bs-region bs-region--left"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'block' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * block--field-block--node--post--field-destinations.html.twig * block--field-block--node--post.html.twig * block--field-block--node.html.twig * 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