MC. Honda Wuyang 125 cc. year 2016
The red triangles show my MC.Myanmar Journey. Mandalay / Bagan / Bago / Nyaung Shwe / Mandalay / Touch the photo, then it becomes large
21 dec. 2016 – 16 jan. 2017
Motorcycle report B.v.H.H.S.
I'm sitting here in the door opening and enjoying views across a beautiful lush garden, from my so-called motel room on May Kyun Nadi Motel in the town of Pyay. First now have I gathered myself together to put words and pictures together for the first MC.Myanmar Report.
It's 30 degrees hot - just right when you are sitting in the shade. Small leaves sprinkles of trees in the gentle breeze, a young boy sweeping them together in front of my temporary residence. At the back of the garden glimpse I saw one of the women who are about to hang clothes to dry. I have a pair of pants and two shirts for washing, which is half of my clothes selection. Tonight is New Year's Eve and then I hope my blue jeans would be dry so I do not to have to wear my old heavy leather pants, there is more than 25 years old . They can withstand the strong chilly wind when I drive fast and is durable if I were to proceed.
It's 30 degrees hot - just right when you are sitting in the shade. Small leaves sprinkles of trees in the gentle breeze, a young boy sweeping them together in front of my temporary residence. At the back of the garden glimpse I saw one of the women who are about to hang clothes to dry. I have a pair of pants and two shirts for washing, which is half of my clothes selection. Tonight is New Year's Eve and then I hope my blue jeans would be dry so I do not to have to wear my old heavy leather pants, there is more than 25 years old . They can withstand the strong chilly wind when I drive fast and is durable if I were to proceed.
Before landing in Mandalay's airport pm 13: 20 - I could see the golden spiers and temples in the distance
On the Asian way, you are greeted by a rank order of action
One of the few advertising signs I saw on my way from the airport in to Mandalay
Mandalay / Myanmar
I have via my hotel ordered a taxi which stood ready to pick me up. A bit tired I could therefore slip down in the front seat to get a good view of the 48 kilometers drive to Mandalay. The city has 1 million. pop. The airport is slightly out of the country. There is very little traffic and otherwise open green space. When we get to the Mandalay the driver drove sometimes on bumpy gravel roads.
The streets of Mandalay is divided bit like in New York. Almost all streets have a figure number. The streets figure number that runs north-south is first then East-West. The hotelet I live in'Peacock Lodge' no.5 / 60 Street, Between 25 & amp; 26 Street. It was therefore incredibly easy to orient myselves without having to look on a map.
I arrive at 'Peacock Lodge', located in the old town and quite close to Mandalay Palace. run by a young friendly and helpful family. They have made a relaxed garden restaurant with good food and the room was OK. They will help me tomorrow to find out where I might rent a Motorcycle. I borrow a bikecycel and took a ride into town to see some of the many temples.
The streets of Mandalay is divided bit like in New York. Almost all streets have a figure number. The streets figure number that runs north-south is first then East-West. The hotelet I live in'Peacock Lodge' no.5 / 60 Street, Between 25 & amp; 26 Street. It was therefore incredibly easy to orient myselves without having to look on a map.
I arrive at 'Peacock Lodge', located in the old town and quite close to Mandalay Palace. run by a young friendly and helpful family. They have made a relaxed garden restaurant with good food and the room was OK. They will help me tomorrow to find out where I might rent a Motorcycle. I borrow a bikecycel and took a ride into town to see some of the many temples.
Sandamuni Pagoda 1874
Total 1774 Stupa with 1774 marble stone with comments and subkommentarer the world's largest book 'Tipitaka' who are in Kuthodaw Pagoda
A country full of Pagodas and Stupas
I have looked forward to this MC. Myanmar Journey. The pictures in the guidebook 'Myanmar' Publishing Eyewitness Travel, makes one visually experiencing Myanmar as a spiritual wonderland with all these gilded gold leaf pagodas and stupa's and the area around Bagan of 50 km2 with more than 2,000 monuments of between 11 and 13. century when Bagan was the capital and the area was a religious and cultural center that attracted monks as far away as India and Sri Lanka.
This is the view of the Mandalay Palace, located on a 2x2 km. large area
Myanmar has a total of 52 mill. pop.
The capital is Naypyitaw and Yangon the largest city with 5.2 million. pop. Where 89% are Buddhist, 4% Christianity 4% Islam. In Myanmar, there are about ½ mill. Monks and nuns 75,000. Myanmar is rich in natural resources such as teak, oil, natural gas, metals, precious stones and minerals. The country is also among the world's two largest producers of opium and drug trafficking is increasing.
The world's largest book
In addition to the gilded pagoda Kuthodaw Pagoda consists of 729 stupas having 729 marble stone carved on both sides. Dubbed the world's largest book of 1.460 pages. The 2 extra pages describing the genesis. On the marble stone is written Theravadabuddhismen interpretation of the Tripitaka, which should be based on the historic Buddha's mouth.
Kuthodaw Pagode 1857
Honda Wuyang 125cc model 2016
They recommend that I try Mandalay Motor Bike Rental & amp; Tours owned by a young welcoming and friendly American Zach, who is married to a Burmaneser. He had 3. new Honda Wuyang similar to small variations of a shopper. I was looking for a motorcycle that was slightly bigger, stronger and larger wheels, making it more slip, run stable and better able to cope with the bumpy roads.
All day I drove by bike around 4-5 landlords. On the web there were a few landlord with great MC. But it was only through the network could reach them. 98% of the motorcycle runs on in Asia is a mixture of a scooter or a motorcycle. I need to sit on a real MC and not in a fully automatic scooter model. But it is great convenient in the city.
I wait therefore back to Zach and we agreed that I showed up the day after the deposit of $ 500 and payment for 22 days rent of $ 15 per. day. An excellent price for renting a whole new machine.
All day I drove by bike around 4-5 landlords. On the web there were a few landlord with great MC. But it was only through the network could reach them. 98% of the motorcycle runs on in Asia is a mixture of a scooter or a motorcycle. I need to sit on a real MC and not in a fully automatic scooter model. But it is great convenient in the city.
I wait therefore back to Zach and we agreed that I showed up the day after the deposit of $ 500 and payment for 22 days rent of $ 15 per. day. An excellent price for renting a whole new machine.
Temples, monasteries and monastic universities
On the map I can see at Mandalay Palaset size is surrounded by temples. On one side there were originally 23 temples and various monastery right in a row. I have taken some photos.
King Mindon's home until Mandalay Palace was built 1857-1859
I was allowed to enter this unique beautiful aesthetic wooden building with a total of 7 tiered spire called pyatthat, the name of a multistage roof. Mandalay Palace built by King Mindon had the same number pyatthat.
The monk who let me enter the building said that King Mindon had lived there before he moved into the Mandalay Palace. I thought I had misunderstood what he said. Only after having visited Mandalay Palace and found out that the most important religious and royal buildings were the ones that had the most pyatthat, I realized that I had heard right.
So it was a bit of a luke that I was allowed to enter this unique wooden building and photograph where some monks live, probably to protect and maintain these fragile old wooden building.
The wooden floors are gradually worn out
At each of the temples have been a single access point
Shwenandaw Monastery
Shwenandaw Monastery belonged to Mandalay Palace and was called the Golden Monastery, when the entire building was gilded. This building has become famous because it was the only building that survived the massive bombing during World War II. The show the typical traditional Myanmar wood carving. It is incredibly beautiful in its decay. The palace was rebuilt 1990.
Shwenandaw Monastery
Atumashi Monastery
Sataungpyet Tempel
Sataungpyet Temple, now the tourist reasons, has been detached a lookout tower with elevator
Myanmar's military dictatorship
Since independence from British colonial rule in 1948 (1885-1948) has Myanmar's history been characterized by civil war, dictatorship, oppression of democratic forces, entrenched poverty and humanitarian disasters. This happened while the country isolated themself more and more from the outside world after the military coup in 1962. In 2003, the military government, however, a seven-step roadmap to democracy, adopted since the current government took office in 2011. By-elections in 2012 won the opposition party National League for Democracy (NLD), with Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in the lead, 43 seats in parliament, but the government and the parliament is still heavily dominated by the military and the military regime's party
Myanmar's population consists of about 135 different ethnic groups, of which Burma constitute the largest group of approximately 60% of the population. The government has concluded bilateral ceasefire agreements with most ethnic armed groups despite the recent political and economic progress lies Myanmar at the bottom compared to other Asian countries when it comes to social development. For most of the country's population has been little economic change.
According to the World Bank 37.5 per cent lived. of the population in 2010 in poverty, with the bulk of poverty concentrated in rural areas and ethnic areas. In addition, one third of the population just above the poverty line. (Information / Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
More Burmese human rights organizations are negative for today's tourism, which support and add revenue to the regime. Many will plead that they support the population by traveling there, but in reality it is impossible to carry out any trade without having very close relations with the regime.
Myanmar's population consists of about 135 different ethnic groups, of which Burma constitute the largest group of approximately 60% of the population. The government has concluded bilateral ceasefire agreements with most ethnic armed groups despite the recent political and economic progress lies Myanmar at the bottom compared to other Asian countries when it comes to social development. For most of the country's population has been little economic change.
According to the World Bank 37.5 per cent lived. of the population in 2010 in poverty, with the bulk of poverty concentrated in rural areas and ethnic areas. In addition, one third of the population just above the poverty line. (Information / Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
More Burmese human rights organizations are negative for today's tourism, which support and add revenue to the regime. Many will plead that they support the population by traveling there, but in reality it is impossible to carry out any trade without having very close relations with the regime.
Bjarne v.H.H.Solberg
Artist & Scenographer
+45 30230036
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