Jam Packed Bus Going to Sagaing

One of the main reasons to go to Mandalay is to explore the ancient cities around Mandalay. Yes, Mandalay isn’t even considered an ancient city since it was “recently” founded in the 1800s. There are four main ancient cities on the radars of most tourists: Amarapura, Inwa, Sagaing and Minggun. Each one of them was a capital of an ancient Burmese kingdom. I was in a state of confusion. I needed to leave Mandalay because of my lack of money and the coming Thingyan Festival but, of course, I couldn’t think of not visiting the ancient cities. I decided that I will be going to Sagaing, Amarapura and Inwa in that order. I would then go to the bus terminal after I finish exploring them. Minggun will have to wait some other time since that requires a ferry ride from Mandalay.
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