Just when the scenery was moving from relaxing to monotonous we began to approach Mandalay, signalled by the big white bridge crossing the river. The boat docked across from Sagaing, just outside Mandalay. It's a series of hills that served as the capital of Burma after the fall of Bagan, for all of about fifty years during the 1300's. As usual, they busied themselves covering the hills with stupas, although thanks to its proximity to Mandalay, these religious buildings are still in use. The hills are covered with dozens of temples and monasteries, and the gleaming stucco and gold stupas are quite a remarkable sight.
3 comments:
Stupafying.
sorry, that was me and it was trite, but what are you gonna do?
Don't worry, stoli, I knew Anonymous was you, since you're the only person who makes comments on my godforsaken blog. My only criticism of your little joke is it came at a weird place, since in Yangon I had about five posts about the temple there, then Bagan is nothing but thousands of stupas, whereas Mandalay isn't really stupa-intensive. Maybe it's just a general comment on stupa overload, in which case not to worry, as our next stop after Mandalay is stupa-free, then we're off to equally stupa-free Italy.
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