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Off with horse chart. Martin and his co-driver,
a little girl. The grandma to the right. |
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Jorunn and Martin outside the horse chart.
Jorgunn bought a gong for Kjell to call the meals. |
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Pong along the road.
A teak monastery.
Detailed description about the teak monastery. |
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Front door carvings.
Another fanciful carving. |
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Massive teak poles.
Stuff you can buy and it was lots of it. |
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The road outside the monastery.
Off on our horse charts, a common transportation method for the Burmese in
this region. |
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Our little girl.
A giant brick palace that doubled up as a fortress by an evil queen. |
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Massive portals.
And of course, lots of stuff to buy. |
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The spire on top of the
castle. Martin in one of the underground pass
ways under the castle. |
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Jorunn in the
underground. They all looked like this. A local
beauty. It was a full moon festival and the school children had the day off.
This is one of them. |
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Martin was here too.
With the pagoda in the background. |
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Our little couch driver
had fallen asleep. Off we went again. |
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Pagodas en masse.
Our sister ship had moored outside ut. |
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The old Ava Bridge was
built in 1934, blown up in 1942 and built up again in 1948. In the
background, the new additional bridge built in 2002.
One of the end point. Watch the video
of the bridge. |
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Daily washing in the
river. Passing under the bridge. |
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Top notch Buddha on a
hill top. The view from the hill top. |
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The valley in the haze
below. Martin's shoes. |
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Martin and Randi.
Martin was here too. |
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Brita, Randi and Martin
with some locals on the top. The Burmese are as
the Thais, below 20 degrees is freezing and a woolen cap with ear warmers
are the thing. |
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Crossing the bridge.
The longest teak bridge in the world, The
U Bones Bridge. |
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Made of massive teak
poles. A look underneath, a simple, effective
construction. |
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It was a holiday and
stacks for visitors. Both on and below the
bridge. |
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Martin and Jorunn took
a rest at the end of the bridge. Then it was
time for a trip and a very shallow lake in these boats. |
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A lot of geese on a
small island. A fisherman with his net. |
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Some combined fishing
with swimming. Our trusted crew from the boat
brought us champagne for the sunset. |
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The champagne ready to
be served. Jorunn in a neighboring boat. |
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A glass of bubbly in
the sunset. Lovely view. |
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The champagne in the
sunset. The bridge in the sunset. |
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Our boat.
Jorunn in the sunset. |
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Two lonely glasses in
the sunset. All boats in the sunset. |
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Back to shore.
Very crowded, but very efficient embarking at the shore. |
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Back over the bridge
and to our trusty boat. Our boat. |
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