Amarapura's iconic U Bein's Bridge, a 1.2 km long teak footbridge over Lake Taungthaman |
Amarapura - west end of the Teak Bridge |
Amarapura is one of the most popular tourist sites around Mandalay so there are the requisite souvenir stalls |
Maha Ganayon Kyaung, Amarapura |
Stupas on the edge of Lake Taungthaman - islands in the wet season |
The 1.2km teak footbridge at Amarapura |
The royal capital moved to Amarapura in 1841 |
Dennis making a self-portrait on U Bein's Teak Bridge, Amarapura |
In the wet season these fields are innundated by the rising water of Lake Taungthaman |
During the dry season, the lake shrinks freeing up fertile land for farming |
Amarapura Teak Bridge |
1060 teak posts support the 1.2km long bridge at Amarapura |
U Bein's Bridge, Amarapura |
The Amarapura Teak Bridge is around 200 years old |
Villagers crossing U Bein's Bridge in the late afternoon, Amarapura |
Dennis and our guide, Soe Myint |
Amarapura Teak Bridge, Myanmar |
U Bein's Bridge looking east |
Monk crossing U Bein's Bridge, Amarapura |
Shadows of the Teak Bridge cast by the late afternoon sun |
The Teak Bridge of Amarapura is a popular spot for photography, especially around sunset |
In January, the water level of Lake Taungthaman are low |
Shadows of U Bein's Bridge, late afternoon, Amarapura |
Shadows of villagers and tourists on Amarapura bridge |
Dennis and the guide waiting for me to catch up |
Gnarled old tree on the edge of Taungthaman Lake, Amarapura |
Taungthaman Lake is named after a legendary ogre |
Photogenic old tree, Amarapura |
Buddhist nuns crossing U Bein's Bridge, Amarapura |
Monk crossing the Teak Bridge, Amarapura |
Monk crossing the Teak Bridge, Amarapura |
Dennis, Amarapura Teak Bridge |
Lake Taungthaman Lake, Amarapura |
Burmese Monks crossing U Bein's Bridge, Amarapura |
Tourist boat waiting for passengers |
Taking a boat out on the lake at sunset is a great way to photograph the Teak Bridge |
Dennis sitting on the edge of the Teak Bridge as a hopeful boatman waits patiently |
...nearly sunset... |
Late afternoon sun, Amarapura |
Gnarled tree silhouette, Amarapura |
Dennis with Lake Taungthaman at sunset, Amarapura |
Lake Taungthaman at sunset with tree, Amarapura |
Dry-season island at the midpoint of the Teak Bridge |
Dennis and a local souvenir seller on the Teak Bridge, Amarapura |
Rest area at the midpoint of the Teak Bridge |
Fertile fields on the dry-season island in the middle of Lake Taungthaman |
These huts must be temporary since the island is nearly completely flooded in the wet season (Jul-Aug) |
Boys on the bridge at Amarapura |
The bend at the midpoint of U Bein's Bridge |
U Bein's Bridge, late afternoon |
Monks crossing the Teak Bridge |
Teak Bridge, Amarapura, late afternoon |
Teak Bridge, Amarapura, late afternoon |
Midpoint pavilion, U Bein Bridge, Amarapura |
आमरपुर - Amarapura - "City of Immortality" - in Pali, the language of the Buddhist canon |
Boat on the lake through pillars of the Teak Bridge at sunset |
U Bein Teak Bridge, Amarapura, at sunset |
Boatman hoping to collect us from the mid-lake island |
Some posts of the Teak Bridge have been replaced by concrete pillars |
Sunset with tree, Lake Taungthaman, Amarapura |
Sunset with tree, Lake Taungthaman, Amarapura |
Sunset, Lake Taungthaman, Amarapura |
Amarapura boatman |
Amarapura boatman using the standing forward-facing cross-oar technique |
Dennis at sunset, Amarapura |
Paddling on Lake Taungthaman, Amarapura |
Sunset with tree, Lake Taungthaman, Amarapura |
Sunset with tree, Lake Taungthaman, Amarapura |
Sunset with tree, Lake Taungthaman, Amarapura |
Sunset with tree and boat, Lake Taungthaman, Amarapura |
Boat on Lake Taungthaman at sunset, Amarapura |
Amarapura tree |
Four monks giving scale to the side of the dead tree by the Teak Bridge |
Boys playing on the edge of the lake by the Teak Bridge, Amarapura |
Boys playing on the edge of the lake by the Teak Bridge, Amarapura |
Boat in front of the Teak Bridge, Amarapura |
Amarapura Sunset |
Amarapura Sunset |
U Bein's Bridge (Teak Bridge), Amarapura |
U Bein's Bridge (Teak Bridge), Amarapura |
U Bein's Bridge (Teak Bridge), Amarapura |
U Bein's Bridge (Teak Bridge), Amarapura |
U Bein's Bridge (Teak Bridge), Amarapura |
Passing under the Teak Bridge, Amarapura |
Passing under the Teak Bridge, Amarapura |
Passing under the Teak Bridge, Amarapura |
U Bein's Bridge (Teak Bridge) at sunset, Amarapura |
U Bein's Bridge (Teak Bridge) at sunset, Amarapura |
Villagers crossing the Teak Bridge at sunset, Amarapura |
Villagers crossing the Teak Bridge at sunset, Amarapura |
Villagers crossing the Teak Bridge at sunset, Amarapura |
Villagers crossing the Teak Bridge at sunset, Amarapura |
U Bein's Bridge (Teak Bridge) at sunset, Amarapura |
U Bein's Bridge (Teak Bridge) at sunset, Amarapura |
U Bein's Bridge (Teak Bridge) at sunset, Amarapura |
U Bein's Bridge (Teak Bridge) at sunset, Amarapura |
Teak Bridge at sunset, Amarapura |
U Bein's Bridge (Teak Bridge) at sunset, Amarapura |
U Bein's Bridge (Teak Bridge) at sunset, Amarapura |
Bicycles crossing the Teak Bridge, Amarapura |
Ro-Ro-Ro Your Boat |
Don't quit your day job! |
U Bein's Bridge (Teak Bridge) at sunset, Amarapura |
Sunset, Lake Taungthaman, Amarapura |
U Bein's Bridge (Teak Bridge) at sunset, Amarapura |
Soe Myint, our Mandalay Guide |
U Bein's Bridge (Teak Bridge) at sunset, Amarapura |
Teak Bridge pavilion sunset |
Pavilion on the Teak Bridge at sunset, Lake Taungthaman, Amarapura |
Pavilion on the Teak Bridge at sunset, Lake Taungthaman, Amarapura |
Silhouettes of villagers and a bicycle with the setting sun, Amarapura Teak Bridge |
Pavilion on the Teak Bridge at sunset, Lake Taungthaman, Amarapura |
Silhouettes of villagers and a bicycle with the setting sun, Amarapura Teak Bridge |
Sun setting behind the Teak Bridge, Amarapura |
Sun setting behind the Teak Bridge, Amarapura |
Sun setting behind the Teak Bridge, Amarapura |
Show's over... |
Sundowner Cruise, Cheers!, Amarapura |
Patient sales people waiting to ambush Dennis |
Their patience pays off... |