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Wednesday : Yangon - Mandalay
Morning flight with Air Mandalay flight from Yangon to Mandalay.
Transfer by bus with the other Road to Mandalay clients to
Shwe Kyet Yet and board to the Road to Mandalay. Buffet lunch
on board. This afternoon, visit Mahamuni pagoda, home to Mandalay's
holiest Buddha statue, and visit Shwe Inn Bin monastery. Make
a photo stop at the south of the moat around the Royal Palace
, with views on Mandalay Hill. Visit Shwenandaw Monastery.
Stop to see stone carving (if time permits) and later see
gold leaf being beaten inot wafer thin pieces (if time permits).
Lastly, enjoy the sunset from U-Bein Bridge, which is over
a kilometer long and made entirely of teak. Return to Road
to Mandalay. Dinner and cultural show on board. Accommondation
on Road to Mandalay.
Thursday : Mandalay - Bagan
Breakfast, cross the Ava Bridge, built by Bristish engineers,
to visit picturesque Sagaing Hill which is perhaps
the living center of Buddhist faith in Myanmar today. Hillsides
are dotted with numerous pagodas and monasteries Stop to see
the silversmiths producing silver alms bowls (if time permits).
Also visit the Zayar Thein Gyi Nunnery. Return to Road
to Mandalay for departure from Shwe Kyet Yet Jetty in the
direction of Bagan. Lunch on board. In the afternoon an onboard
program with a lecture by the tour guides, demonstration of
Tanaka and the famous Myanmar Longyi. Dinner on board. Accommondation
on Road to Mandalay.
Friday: Bagan
Breakfast. Road to Mandalay arrives at Bagan. In the morning,
visit the golden stupa of Shwezigon, which is Bagan's most
important reliquary shrine. Visit Nyaung U Local market and
continue to Htilomino, the last Bamar style temple
built in Bagan, with old murals and friezes. Return to Road
to Mandalay. Lunch on board. In the afternoon, visit Ananda
temple, a whitewashed masterpiece of Mon architecture with
four standing Buddhas and the adjacent brick monastery from
the Early Bagan ear with well preserved murals. Admire the
fine stucco work at Gubyaukgyi temple and stop at lacquer
ware shop. Continue to Minnathu village and see the
sunset from one of the famous monuments of Bagan. Return to
Road to Mandalay. Dinner and traditional Myanmar puppet show
on board. Accommodation on Road to Mandalay.
Saturday : Bagan - Mount
Popa -Bagan
Breakfast and drive out of Bagan to visit Mount
Popa, home to Myanmar's intriguing 'nats' (spirits). The steps
and path climb steeply up Mount Popa, rewarded by fabulous
view from the top above the Bagan plain. Lunch at Popa Moutain
Resort. Return to Road to Mandalay in the late afternoon.
Diner and entertainement on board. Accommodation on board.
Sunday: Bagan - Mandalay
Breakfast, morning at leisure to explore your own or you can
enjoy optional tour. Lunch on board. Departure for Mandalay
in the afternoon. Dinner on board. Accommodation on board.
Monday : Mandalay - Ava - Mandalay
Breakfast, morning at leisure on board. Lunch on board. Early
afternoon Road to Mandalay arrives in Mandalay at Shwe Kyet
Yet jetty, close to Ava bridge.
This afternoon, take local ferry to visit Innwa (Ava), located
on an island between the Irrawaddy and the Myitnge river.
You will visit AVA by horse carts and pass through the ancient
city walls to visit brick and stucco monastery called Maha
Aungmye Bonzan, the wathc tower, the impressive wooden Monastery
of Bagaya Kyaung. Return to Road to Mandalay. Dinner and cultural
show on board. Accommondation on Road to Mandalay.
Tuesday: Mandalay
Breakfast. Morning boat trip by local ferry to Mingun, site
of a brick pagoda towering 50 meters above the Ayeyarwaddy
river and home to the world's largest intact bell. The boat
trip is interesting because you see all the types of wooden
boats and bamboo rafts carrying goods up and down the river.
Return to Road to Mandalay for a lunch on board.
Afternoon at leisure or you have a choice of optional tours.
Dinner and cultural show on board. Accommondation on Road
to Mandalay.
Wednesday: Mandalay - Yangon
Breakfast. Transfer to Mandalay 's airport for Air Mandalay
flight from Mandalay to Yangon.
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