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Irrawaddy Cruise from Mandalay to Bagan, Myanmar
Regular readers of this blog will by now have understood that I like to get on a boat if I can. While I am usually not a fan of tours, the creature comforts on day cruises and tourist boats offer
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1 Day, 3 Capitals: Sagaing, Inwa & Amarapura (Mandalay, Myanmar)
After the fall of the Pagan Kingdom in Bagan due to several Mongol invasions, Myanmar split into smaller (city) states. But the kings who ruled along the Irrawaddy in Sagaing, Inwa, Amarapura and finally, Mandalay, conquered the lands - at
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Mandalay, Myanmar’s Spiritual Center & Last Royal Capital
After Yangon, Mandalay is Myanmar’s second city. It was the last royal capital and remains not only the economic center of Northern Myanmar but also the cultural center of the country. Mandalay is little more than 150 years old and