Day 65 Pagoda hill and Inwa

Today I got up and did some sight seeing. Most of the gems of Mandalay lay outside the city limits so it is a necissity to get yourself a tuk tuk and make a day of it. I split the ride with a guy from Canada and we got on pretty well while we went from hill to pagoda to horse cart to bridge and finally boat. Yes it was quite the day.

The first stop was a stroll up this hill near the river to take in the view and see all the pagodas. It was nice and hot and I got a few pictures. It was a nice view but worth the hike?



Next we stopped at of the ancient city of Inwa. Here we took a horse cart tour of what used to be the capital and saw about 209323 more temples. Some of them were pretty cool.


Our ride around town





The most interesting part for me was seeing the rural life so close to the city of Mandalay. There were people growing cheerots, a type of cigarette that is quite popular and life just looked really really peaceful.

As we boarded the tuk tuk we were bombarded with children. All the Southeast Asian children have been pretty adorable but Burmese children take the cake in any contest. They are just so excited to see you and love to take pictures!