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Palace

Posted on July 21, 2015 1:30 am by Kerri 2 Comments

This is the palace in Mandalay which was used between 1859 and 1885.

It now has the military government slogan posted at the entrances.

The buildings are peaked wood covered with gold paint.

There are lots of them.

Many don’t seem to have been planned out very well and run into each other.

These are the royal flip flops. The heals are gold, the soles are silver, and there are three rows of rubies around the sides.

This is the royal yak tail whisk. The handle is guilded wood decorated with precious gems.

This is the royal chin rest.

This is the royal spittoon. It is made of solid gold and covered with precious gems. And presumably some royal spit.

This is the royal throne.

This is the royal guardhouse.

This is the no-so-royal view from the top of the royal guardhouse.

Most of the royal clothing replicas were bright pink.

This is Kerri dressed as the king.

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Bugers

Posted on July 21, 2015 12:04 am by Kerri Comment

On our way back from the palace we passed a buger place.

Matt had been craving a buger so we stopped for one.

It was an OK buger.

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Mount Popa

Posted on July 19, 2015 12:17 am by Kerri Comment

This temple was up at the top of a mountain.

Which meant climbing a lot of stairs.

Barefoot.

Past a lot of monkeys.

And no, those monkeys are not potty trained.

Actually the only available potties are just holes in the ground.

And you are not allowed to wear your shoes to the holes.

Which is really disgusting.

But the monkeys are cute.

The temple at the top of the stairs was not terribly impressive.

The main draw is probably the view, but because it was the rainy season that was not so impressive.

When the fog cleared a bit you could see quite a ways.

Mostly Buddhas. So many Buddhas.

Even the statues seemed pretty unimpressed.

Though there was a happy one too.

It did have some cool dragons guarding it though.

Which didn’t coat the stares in grime. Unlike the monkeys.

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Bupaya

Posted on July 18, 2015 12:16 am by Kerri Comment

This is another funny shaped gold coated pagoda by the river.

There was a spot where you could see the gold leaf peeling off and flying away. I suspect there is a good gold panning business going on somewhere downstream.

But the best part is that this temple is guarded by tweedle dee.

And tweedle dum.

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Gaw Daw Palin Phaya

Posted on July 17, 2015 11:42 pm by Kerri Comment

This was another huge pyramid temple.

That Matt again did not want to pose in front of for some reason.

It had more Buddhas. These ones seemed to have even longer thumbs than most.

One had really oddly shaped thumbs.

Some of the Buddhas even looked like they were sick of Buddhas.

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