On the road to Mandalay

[The_Traveler]

This is the famous (if you've read Kipling) Moulmein Pagoda, now better know as the Mawlamyine Pagoda.

"By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' eastward to the sea,
There's a Burma girl a-settin', and I know she thinks o' me;
For the wind is in the palm-trees, and the temple-bells they say:
"Come you back, you British soldier; come you back to Mandalay!"
Come you back to Mandalay,
Where the old Flotilla lay:
Can't you 'ear their paddles chunkin' from Rangoon to Mandalay?
On the road to Mandalay,
Where the flyin'-fishes play,
An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay!"

This poem is silly for several reasons.
There is no sea to the east; the city actually lies in the mouth of the Salween river where it enters the Gulf of Martaban on the west coast of Myanmar.
China is north and the road from Rangoon (now Yangon) to Mandalay is 150 miles away.
But it's a nice city.

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[Jeff15]

Good memory and shot......

 

[tirediron]

VERY cool, Lew!

 

[The_Traveler]

The problem with shooting here at 4 AM is that the lights are very strangely balanced, no tripods are allowed and shadows are deep.

 

[The_Traveler]

 

[The_Traveler]

I realize that these are only memory shots that anyone can take but I like them for their memories.

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[K9Kirk]

Nice set, #1 is way cool.