Mandalay Hill rising 230m above the city |
Shrines half way up Mandalay Hill |
Chinthes lions guarding the southern entrance to Mandalay Hill |
Burmese Guardian Lions, Mandalay Hill |
Burmese Guardian Lions, Mandalay Hill |
Chinthe at the base of the ascent up Mandalay Hill |
The easy way up - gate to the Mandalay Hill Road |
Shrine along Mandalay Hill Road |
Phallic water spout, Mandalay Hill |
Sutaungpyai Pagoda at the summit of Mandalay Hill |
Sutaungpyai Pagoda at the summit of Mandalay Hill |
Summit of Mandalay Hill |
Silver roof, Sutaungpyai Pagoda. Mandalay Hill |
Sunlit pillar, Sutaungpyai Pagoda |
Sutaungpyai Pagoda on the summit of Mandalay Hill |
Elevator - the easy way up from the parking lot |
Temple-style roof at the top of the elevator shaft, Sutaungpyai Pagoda |
Temple-style roof at the top of the elevator shaft, Sutaungpyai Pagoda |
Sutaungpyai Pagoda |
View of Kuthodaw Paya ("Biggest Book") from Mandalay Hill |
View southeast from Mandalay Hill |
Panoramic view from the summit of Mandalay Hill |
Mountains across the flat plain east of Mandalay |
Sutaungpyai Pagoda |
Sutaungpyai Pagoda |
Temple roof, Sutaungpyai Pagoda, Mandalay Hill |
Monastery on the slopes of Mandalay Hill with paddy fields below |
Mandalay Jail behind what looks like a palace seen from Mandalay Hill |
Flooded rice paddies around Mandalay |
Sutaungpyai Pagoda |
Sutaungpyai Pagoda - a good place for sunset |
Sutaungpyai Pagoda, Mandalay Hill |
The two guardian lions at western base of Mandalay Hill with a small monastery, Mandalay |
View to the west of Mandalay Hill |
Mandalay Hill Resort Hotel |
The city of Mandalay with the sun reflecting off the Irrawaddy (Ayeyarwady) River |
Sunset from Mandalay Hill |
Sunset from Mandalay Hill |
Dennis at sunset, Mandalay Hill |
Sunset, Mandalay Hill |
Sutaungpyai Pagoda, Mandalay Hill |
Sutaungpyai Pagoda, Mandalay Hill |
Main stupa of Sutaungpyai Pagoda |
Sutaungpyai Pagoda, Mandalay Hill |
Young monk and a Burmese boy |
Young Burmese come here to practice English |
Dennis at Sutaungpyai Pagoda |
Dennis at Sutaungpyai Pagoda |
Sunset from Mandalay Hill |
Sunset from Mandalay Hill |
Me at sunset, Mandalay Hill |
Dennis at sunset, Mandalay Hill |
Dennis at sunset, Mandalay Hill |
Dennis with monks on Mandalay Hill at sunset |
Dennis and a monk at sunset, Mandalay |
Burmese monks at sunset, Mandalay Hill |
Mandalay Hill sunset |
Most Burmese monks we saw wore maroon rather than orange |
End of sunset, Mandalay Hill |
Burmese monk, Mandalay |
Burmese monks, Mandalay |
Light smoke over Mandalay |
Smoke among the trees and buildings of Mandalay |
Nat (spirit), Mandalay Hill |
Nat (spirit), Mandalay Hill |
Nat (spirit), Mandalay Hill |
Chinthe at the base of Mandalay Hill |
Chinthe (Burmese guardian lion) at the base of Mandalay Hill |
Chinthe at the base of Mandalay Hill |