Amarapura and Mingun Temple

Amarapura is a former capital of Myanmar, located at the west of Ayeyarwady river. There is a very beautiful monastary made of carved teak wood. It was part of a palace of king Mindon - the king passed away in that house and then the son dismantled it and donate it to the monks.

And also there is U Bein bridge. The 1.2 km (the longest) teak wood bridge in the world. Built by the mayor U Bein salvaging the unwanted teak columns from the old palace during the move to Mandalay. See below, picture of sunset at U Bein bridge.



With a boat, I crossed Ayerwady river to go to Mingun temple. Mingun temple is a never finished temple.  due to an astrologer claiming that, once the temple was finished, the king would die. Only 50m high - compare to actual plan which was 150m.

And then damaged by an earthquate in the year 1800s. But still you can see that the temple is beautiful. You can climb to the top of the temple and from there you can see a breathtaking view of Ayerwaddy river.

Below is me in the buffalo cart - accompanied by 2 local guides. They are very nice, show me around and also helped me climbing to top of the temple and walk around to see view from all direction.

You need guide to do so as they know which part you can walk on and which part are dangerous due to the earthquake :-)