Floyd and I enjoyed a wonderful vacation in Myanmar and Vietnam over Christmas break! Scroll to the bottom for links to blog posts about other parts of the trip.
Here are some of our memories from the area of Mingun, about an hour’s boat ride upriver from Mandalay.
From Mandalay, we took a boat an hour or so upstream to Mingun (or Min Gun), on the opposite bank. Just boarding the boat was an adventure!
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Don’t be fooled by the fake door on the front. This structure has no inside – it’s solid all the way through, except for a tiny shrine in the front. |
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The view from the top. |
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Near the unfinished stupa is a gigantic, famous bell. |
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The Mingun Bell is the second-largest bell in the world, and the largest bell that actually rings. |
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Random locals kept asking to get their pictures taken with us! |
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These ox carts were all over Mingun, taking tourists around. |
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Another of the lions. |
Want to see more memories from our trip? Click on the links below!