24-28 February 2013. It was a long day out. Mandalay to Amarapura and the monastery (see previous post), then to Sagaing, then Inwa, and finally U Bein bridge. Sagaing is another of those places that used to be the capital of the kingdom – for fifty years in the 1300’s, and then again in the … Continue reading Abandoned Capitals, a Long Bridge, and a Slow Boat Down the Irrawaddy