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Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. Benjamin Disraeli

In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children. Robert Benchley

Travelers never think that they are the foreigners. Mason Cooley

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing." Daniel J. Boorstin

There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror. Orson Welles

Mandalay

When to go to Mandalay ( Burma (Myanmar) ) ?

Month	Sunlight (h/d)	Average T min (°C)	Average T max (°C)	Record T min (°C)	Record T max (°C)	Precipitations (mm)	Wet days	Rating
january	9	14	29	7	32	3	0
february	9	14	29	7	34	3	0
march	9	16	32	8	36	3	0
april	9	20	37	12	43	5	0
may	9	26	39	18	42	30	2
june	8	27	38	21	45	146	8
july	6	27	35	20	41	159	7
august	5	27	35	22	42	68	6
september	4	26	34	22	37	103	8
october	6	25	34	21	40	136	9
november	7	24	33	17	38	108	7
december	8	20	30	13	38	50	3

How to read the charts

For example: In january, you will get 9 hours of average sunlight in Mandalay and the overall temperature will vary between 13 and 38 (Celcius) in this area of Burma (Myanmar). Usually you shouldn't see more than 0 rainy days wich is representative of this part of Asia.

What to do in Mandalay : Tips, places, hotels and restaurants

Burma's second city, Mandalay, has about one million inhabitants. A former royal capital, it is now populated with 50% of Chinese, and Mandarin is almost as played as Burmese.

Served by an international airport, it is also an important railway junction. The method of transport in the urban remains the bicycle or motorcycle, but there are also bus lines.

You can visit Mandalay some remarkable monuments, like the Fort, which once housed the royal palace destroyed during the Second World War, the Monastery Shwenandaw, superb teak construction, the pagoda surrounded by her Kuthodaw 729 small stupas immaculate, and the Buddha Mahamuni , among other wonders.

Do not miss a visit to the market with its 6000 exhibitors Zegyo. Cultural and religious center, the city has 700 monasteries and pagodas, and you undoubtedly come across the monks clad in their saffron-colored coat.

You'll have no trouble finding accommodation among hotel offering varied.