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Vegetable and flower shops at pinsa on the Mandalay-Pyin-Oo-Lwin Road

In the Pyin Oo Lwin gardens

Nonsense or rubbish translations on TV

37th street

   

Mandalay on a rainy/overcast day

   

 USL                                                                                            

 

Real Nice Trees

 

Just after the Water Festival, MayMyo/Pyin Oo Lwin

Downtown area of the cool ,quaint and unhurried town of Maymyo/Pyin Oo Lwin 

Road to Maymyo /Pyin Oo Lwin

Up and down  the mountains

Great view of Shan Highlands

Quiet village along the way

Nice trees at the Pwe Gauk / BE Falls

At the Botanical Gardens

It has been really hot /baking in Mandalay for a few weeks now, so I went up to Maymyo aka Pyin Oo Lwin for a two-day break from work and the heat. 

I was at the Botanical Gardens  for an afternoon. Great breeze and wouldn’t you  want to take a nap in the shade somewhere here  ? I did . Totally refreshing ! The kids wanted to swim but the swimming pool there had no water in it. Being summertime, quite strange , don’t you think ? But that’s Burma for you !  LOL LOL LOL !  Anyway I had the kids  fill the tub at the hotel and splash in that instead.

 We stayed at the Star Hotel, downtown near the market and restaurants and all. No view from windows and bit small ,the rooms but with A/C and they run the generator if the electricity’s out( some places don’t ). But we didn’t spend any time there  except while  we were sleeping , so I guess it suited our purpose. Next time  which will be in a few  months , I’ll try the Thiri Myanmar Hotel.

I had pizza and  hamburgers with the family at the Golden Triangle Cafe , wasn’t that good to be honest. Even my younger daughter was complaining  “The pizza’s not like last time “. But their garlic bread is still OK.

But a dinner of  Chinese dishes at the San Fransisco Restaurant was really delicious. Great cooking ! The baby corn with mushrooms was fabulous. We got around by  a motor-cycle taxi, something like a tuk-tuk in Thailand. It was nice strolling in the evening along the main road looking at the shops too.

I’ll have more photos from that visit and the Water Festival soon in this blog .So drop in again in a day or two . And also a list of my favourite places in Mandalay to eat out, use the internet ,play billards /pool ,buy baked stuff etc.

If you want to see lots of photos of  and info about Maymyo/Pyin Oo Lwin go to www.pyinoolwin.info

Tomorrow, it’s back to the classroom. I’m looking forward to seeing all the students.

Cheers !

USL

                                                                         

 

Hi everyone ,

The internet cafes have been closed for the last couple of days here so I couldn’t post anything . I think I had a good Water Festival .Thoroughly wet and a bit tired I was too.Will give you some links to some good photos of the fun in a few days .

I hope everyone had a good time too

and

 Best Wishes for the coming year.

Cheers

USL 

 

April photos:

Look ! Old ordination hall meets new cafe on the corner of 78th & 38th sts.

This is the place on 38th st btw : 78th & 79th sts  from where I ususally communicate with the outside world.

Quiet little lane beside the tracks

Nice street , I’ll show you dirtier ones ,older ones and ones with the old flavour of MDY soon.

 

On the Road in Mandalay

Motorbikes and bicycles are the best way of getting around this town.

This rail -road track is in the smack centre of the town.

To see  pretty photos  or the usual famous places and scenic stuff of Mandalay,go to the links in the last post