Mingun Paya was never completed & badly damaged by earthquake in
1838 /
Temple at Amarapura
Sheila with 90 year old abbess Daw Pon Nami of Zayar Theingi Nunnery
on
Sagaing Hill /
Mandalay Hill with view of Sagaing Hill across the Ayerwaddy River
Derek on 200 year old wooden bridge crossing the Taungthaman Lake /
Shrine in the lake
Shwenandaw Kyaung wooden monastery / View down from Mandalay Hill to
Kuthodaw Paya
Around the central stupa are 729 marble slabs inscribed with the entire
Buddhist canon
known as the world's biggest book
View up the Ayerwaddy River from Mandalay
Sheila at Mandalay Railway Station / Rail travellers give alms to poor
villagers en
route
RETURN TO RANGOON
Monk at Schwedagon / Derek says farewell to the temple