Maha Aungmye Township

Best travel reports from Maha Aungmye Township

My Birthday in Mandalay

After a few hours of sleep and a cold shower (unfortunately, there is no hot water), we start our day by lounging on the rooftop terrace of our hotel. Breakfast buffet We spend...

Hiking in Shan State

Water and vastness as far as the eye can see. Occasionally, a few cargo ships or small fishing boats, loaded with rice bags, vegetables, or other goods, cross our path. Children...

Day 244 Bootstour nach Mandalay

Es ist mal wieder Zeit zu relaxen

Goodbye Myanmar

Before we write about our experiences in Bagan and Mandalay, here are some hopefully interesting and funny facts about Myanmar: - Myanmar has its own time zone (GMT +6:30). -...

Mandalay (Myanmar)

Mandalay was completely different from Bagan, in comparison, it is a bigger city with busy streets, buildings, shopping centers,...(despite the many shopping opportunities, it...

The shock of a lifetime!

15th+16th February 2020 I was woken up at night, someone was walking through the room and out again. Well, go back to sleep. Later, when I woke up again, I wanted to know the...

Exploring Mandalay.

11th and 12th February 2020 As always, the day started early. I was picked up at 05:15 am, and we took a 10-hour boat ride from Bagan to Mandalay. I had a slightly elevated...

Goodbye Myanmar!!!

From Bagan, we took the rickety train for 8 hours to the city of Mandalay. We actually wanted to travel this route by boat on the river, but unfortunately, they only operate...

Content tag 51 to 52 Thursday, February 25, 2016 Mandalay

Hello, There are not only beautiful days when you travel, sometimes there are days that are simply for s... or like in my case to sh... . Today is one of those days again,...

45th to 47th day, Wednesday, February 11, 2015 Mandalay

Mandalay, as exotic as it sounds, you somehow expect more. But in reality, you are greeted with constantly honking motorcycles (everyone seems to have one), red snot everywhere...

Tag 124: exploring Mandalay as a group of four

After having dinner together with five people yesterday, Natascha unfortunately had to leave for Bagan today. However, when we were planning our day in the morning, Sarina asked...

The U-Bein Bridge at sunset.

13.02.2020 Today again to the second part of the Kuthodaw Pagoda with the largest book in the world. In 730 small white stupas are tablets with the history of Buddha. Then to...

Tag 123: a few more pagodas before moving on

This morning we rented three more scooters to visit a few more temples and pagodas. However, the sight of the old buildings had become repetitive by now, so we took it easy....

24/05/2018 - 27/05/2018 Mandalay

24/05/18 - 27/05/18 Mandalay ...and we thought it was hot in Bagan. After a six-hour journey covering just 200km, we arrived in Mandalay, the second largest city in Myanmar. The...

Tag 126: one last drink together

After going to bed so late yesterday, we decided to have a very relaxed day today. This suited me just fine because my friend from Taiwan messaged me and said that a typhoon is...