Now that our stomach bugs were over, I woke up with the beginnings of a cold. We headed out anyway, found the Mandalay Hill, guarded by huge white lions, and proceeded to walk up. This doesn’t sound like much but it’s 760 feet high, apparently 1729 steps, with various Buddhas and temples along the way. Luckily all along the steps are benches, built into the wall. It took quite a while, but was interesting – lots of school groups running up the steps calling out ‘Hello’, someone washing her clothes in a cement tub at the side, people selling flowers, horoscopes, you name it.
Once we got to the top we saw that there was a road that we could have taken in a taxi, which would have been easier, but then we couldn’t say we climbed the Mandalay Hill. It’s ‘considered a rewarding experience and a meritorious deed at the same time’ we had read.
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