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Wednesday 21 April : 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 April 22 : 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 April 23: 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 April 24: Bagan - Yangon
Breakfast. In the morning depart from the Road to Mandalay
and transfer to Bagan's airport for Air Mandalay flight to
Yangon.
Winter 2006 : Departure date for the Road to Mandalay, Departure from Yangon Wednesday.
| 05.04.2006 |
26.07.2006 |
27.09.2006 |
04.10.2006 |
01.11.2006 |
20.12.2006 |
| 19.04.2006 |
02.08.06 |
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11.10.2006 |
08.11.2006 |
27.12.2006 |
| 26.04.2006 |
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18.10.2006 |
15.11.2006 |
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25.10.2006 |
22.11.2006 |
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29.11.2006 |
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Winter 2007 : Departure date for the Road to Mandalay, Departure from Yangon Wednesday.
| 03.01.2007 |
07.02.2007 |
07.03.2007 |
24.10.2007 |
07.11.2007 |
05.12.2007 |
| 10.01.2007 |
14.02.2007 |
14.03.2007 |
31.10.2007 |
14.11.2007 |
19.12.2007 |
| 17.01.2007 |
21.02.2007 |
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21.11.2007 |
26.12.2007 |
| 24.01.2007 |
28.02.2007 |
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28.11.2007 |
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Inter- seasons 2007 : Departure date for the Road to Mandalay, Depature from Yangon Wednesday.
| 21.03.2007 |
04.04.2007 |
25.07.2007 |
26.09.2007 |
03.10.2007 |
| 28.03.2007 |
18.04.2007 |
01.08.2007 |
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10.10.2007 |
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25.04.2007 |
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17.10.2007 |
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