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Going to Mrauk U

and those 150 temples

 

"Off the beaten path" surely applies to Mrauk U

A tourist cannot get there by road.  You must take a boat.

Not a bad alternative, though, if you love boats

(and I do)

 

 

 

 

You have to first get to Sittwe, on the west coast

 

 

Feels like a frontier town of the old American West

 

 

 

Stay overnight

Grab a boat next morning

It's a two-level passenger boat

Find a seat here on the top deck

 

 

 

 

Shove off from the dock

 

 

 

 

accompanied by your own elegant escorts

 

 

 

 

 

and join the other river traffic

 

 

watch how the locals live

(not quite in the water, not quite on the land)

 

 

then begin to meet the other passengers

 

 

 

keeping an eye out for life along the river

 

those stupas are likely to show up most anywhere

 

 

alternately enjoying the company

 

on board

 

 

and on shore

 

 

 

finally landing at Mrauk U

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