The Golden Land (B-GL36)

Deck Plan - Pandaw IV

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Mandalay - Pagan - Prome on Pandaw IV 

22 December 2008: Rangoon

International arrivals in Rangoon and transfer to our 4-star hotel; afternoon orientation tour by coach followed by visit to the Shwedagon pagoda. Welcome dinner at the hotel.

23 December 2008: Rangoon to Mandalay

Early morning flight from Yangon to Mandalay. In the afternoon we tour central Mandalay visiting the Mahamuni Pagoda and Shwe Nan Daw Kyaung teak carved monastery. We stop to see tapestry making and other traditional crafts. 

24 December 2008: Ava and Amarapura

Morning visit to Ava by horse cart visiting the teak Bagaya Kyaung and Menu Ok-Kyaung. Return to ship for lunch. In afternoon we explore the ancient capital of Amarapura by coach and sampan, crossing the U Bein Bridge to see the paintings in a temple. 

25 December 2008: Sagaing and Sail Downstream

Explorations of Sagaing Hill and area with its many hermitages and visit to a nunnery; we cast off at noon and proceed downstream. 

26 December 2008: Yandabo Potteries and Oh Ne Kyaung Village

This very small rural village that specialises in pot making. We visit the Pandaw School built with past donations from Pandaw passengers.

In the evening we cross the river to visit Oh Ne Kyaung, a very different village where we hope to build another school attached to the local monastery. 

27 December 2008: Pagan Monuments

Pagan - we tour a selection of the 3,000 listed monuments in this important World Heritage Site. Afternoon further explorations of Pagan and visit to a lacquer ware workshop. Puppet show on deck at night. 

28 December 2008: Tan Kyi Taung Mountain and Sale

Ascend Tan Kyi Taung mountain by foot or by WWII jeep for the spectacular view over Pagan. Sail downstream to Sale. Here we visit a number of teak monasteries including the Yout-saun-kyaung with its spectacular wood carvings; we also explore an area of splendid colonial-style houses. 

29 December 2008: Taung Ba Lu School and Magwe Gold Bricks

If river conditions permit, morning visit to Taung Ba Lu village and school. Late afternoon we climb the river bank and wend our way through a labyrinth of passages and paths to reach the magnificent Myat-thalon Pagoda. This pagoda is constructed with solid gold bricks. Of interest are the many nat shrines and hermitages within the temple precincts. 

30 December 2008: Minhla Forts

Morning city tour by trishaw in Magwe. Afternoon Minhla and Gwechaung - we visit the two Italian built forts constructed to keep the British at bay from Royal Myanmar. We climb the Gwechaung hill for the view. These were captured by the British in the 3rd Anglo Myanma War. The fight for the Minhla redoubt was the only serious action in the war and the death of a young subaltern inspired Kipling to write a poem. Gwechaung, the more impressive of the forts was captured from the rear before the Myanma could turn the guns around. 

31 December 2008: Thayetmyo Frontier Post

This pleasant colonial town once guarded the border between Royal Myanmar and British Myanmar following the 2nd Anglo Myanma War of 1855, many of the buildings including the covered market date from this period. Thayet also boasts the oldest golf course in  Myanmar (1885) said by the locals to be reciprocally clubbed with the Royal & Ancient St Andrews (however when we mentioned this in an early brochure we received a curt note from the R&A Secretary denying any such association). Outside the town is an extensive war cemetery where Turkish prisoners of war were laid to rest. Captured in Iraq, the Turks were transported to labour camps in Myanmar where they died in their hundreds of malaria. In the town itself we visit the market, see the colonial houses and ride out by horse cart to see the countryside and golf links.

1 January 2009: Prome and the Ancient Pyu

Visit the 5th-8th century archaeological site of Thiri-ya-kittiya, former centre of the Pyu civilization with a fascinating museum of early Buddhist artifacts and sculpture. City Tour in Prome by bus with visit to the magnificent Shwe San Daw Pagoda.

2 January 2009: Prome to Rangoon

Disembark and drive to Rangoon, on the way visit to the war graves at Htaukchan; transfer to our 4-star hotel and afternoon visit to the Scots Market. 

3 January 2009: Rangoon

Transfers to international departures.