Pyin Oo Lwin, Myanmar
Power had us on a route march. First off - chartered a boat up the Ayeyarwady river to climb up what must be the biggest pile of bricks ever. The Mingun pagoda only 1/3 built standing at 240' high & 400 feet or so wide before building stopped due to lack of funds, Kings death & earthquakes. We climbed to the top of that before ringing the 2nd biggest bell in the world by bashing it with a bamboo cane, then visited a statue of a guy who memorised the bigge...