Crikey I've seen a lot of temples since we last spoke. Somewhat templed out.
We ventured to the south of Mandalay to a whole heap of former capitals. All of which had a lot of temples. All of which, if I'm honest, looked pretty much the same.
We started in Imwa, where the main form of transport appears to be offroad horse and cart, went onto Sagaing (home of one of Asia's foremost Buddhist universities), then onto U Bein bridge. Now this bridge is probably Mandalay's most well known tourist attraction; longest teak bridge in the world, don't you know? We'd been to a teak monastery in Imwa, it was really pretty; covered in ornate carvings. We kind of expected the teak bridge to be similar. It wasn't. It was just a rickety bridge. It's got to run the Peeing Boy close for the coveted World's Most Overrated Tourist Attraction award.
Yesterday, we spent the day on the Irrawaddy. Didn't see any dolphins. For some reason Daniella thought I was lying about the small, pink dolphins that live in the river - can't see why.
We're in Bagan now. That's a place famous for its temples. There are loads of them. I'm comfortably into triple figures already today and there is a whole afternoon of temple based fun to go.
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