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 Sunrise over Thandwe ...What an idea during a vacation!

This page is dedicated to Kathrin and Fritz-Joerg

It's around 6:20 in the morning and we have been traveling already for 35 min ...
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... everyone is lying in a cozy bed.
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Nobody who is right in his mind is hanging around on Menon Hill at this  time ...

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... except my travel mates, Kathrin and Fritz-Joerg, and me!

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And, of course, some nice guys of our Bayview  Beach Hotel's staff who brought us here.

 

While we were freezing our butts off ...

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... we ate sandwiches and drank Champagne ...

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... and waited for the 'damn' sun to rise.

 

And that's what the sun did!

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This was worth every 'Penny', wasn't it!

So, thanks to Kathrin and Fritz-Joerg, who convinced me to do that.

 

By the way, Nandaw  pagoda is on Menon Hill:
Before Champagne After Champagne
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What a difference!

 

 

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