The famous U-Bein bridge - the longest teak bridge in the world. Amarapura near Mandalay.
People going to work in the field. Amarapura near Mandalay.
U-Bein bridge. Amarapura near Mandalay.
Golden arcades in Mahamuni temple in Mandalay.
The famous Mahamuni Buddha in the Mahamuni temple in Mandalay - one of the three holiest places in Burma (Myanmar). The statue is covered with thick layer of gold formed by very thin gold leafs stuck by the pilgrims since several centuries.
Golden arcades in Mahamuni temple in Mandalay.
Burmese woman smoking cheroot - a traditional cigar. Kyautawgyi temple in Amarapura near Mandalay.
Burmese woman smoking cheroot - a traditional cigar. Kyautawgyi temple in Amarapura near Mandalay.
Elaborate sculptures on the roof of the Shwenandaw monastery in Mandalay - a unique and one of the few original wooden buildings in Burma.
Detail of the intricately carved roof of the Shwenandaw monastery in Mandalay.
Young boy in monk's robes from Shwenandaw monastery in Mandalay.
Two young in monk's robes from Shwenandaw monastery in Mandalay.
Detail of a door in Shwenandaw monastery in Mandalay.
Young boy in the elaborately carved entrance to Shwenandaw monastery in Mandalay.
A group of nuns in their typical pink robes in the early morning on a street in Mandalay.
Children in the Kyautaugyi in Amarapura near Mandalay.
Rural scene seen from thr U-Bein bridge in Amarapura near Mandalay.
A view from U-Bein bridge. Amarapura near Mandalay.
U-Bein bridge in Amarapura near Mandalay - the longest bridge in the world built of teak wood (1200 m).
A monk shaving the head of his colleague. Amarapura near Mandalay.
Frescoes in the entrance to Kyautawgyi Paya in Amarapura near Mandalay.
Kuthodaw temple in Mandalay is called "the largest book in the world", because it contains marble tables with the text of the entire buddhist teaching canon (tripitaka) in 729 litttle shrines.
Morning rush hours at the piers of the river port in Mandalay.
Young monk walking past the Kyautawgyi Paya in Amarapura near Mandalay.
Defensive wall and moat of the huge fort in the center of Mandalay.
A child from Mingun near Mandalay.
A "taxi" in Mingun on the bank of Ayeyarwady river waiting for tourists coming from Mandalay.