 Kinpun Base Camp at 0500am |
 Kinpun Base Camp. Breakfast at 0500am after 5 hours of Myanmar pop videos and a few hours on the floor in a dorm for pilgrims |
 Dawn in Kinpun Base Camp |
 At sunrise the trucks to the top starts running |
 At sunrise the trucks to the top starts running |
 On the truck |
 Life insurance included! What a relief... |
 The race to the top has started |
 Our driver is more crazy than Yours! |
 The truck stop on Mt Kyaiktiyo |
 View from my room at "Mountain Top Hotel" |
 View from my room at "Mountain Top Hotel" |
 Nothing like a cold Myanmar beer in the morning after a strenious night. - At "Mountain Top Hotel" |
 Mountain Top Hotel |
 The Kyaiktiyo temple complex in the distance. The entrance is between the two lions |
 The Kyaiktiyo Pagoda |
 The Kyaiktiyo Pagoda |
 The Kyaiktiyo Pagoda |
 The square in front of the pagoda |
 Attaching gold leaf to the rock |
 The village serving the pilgrim and tourist industry on the mountain |
 Monk wearing flip flops. I thought this was a no footwear area?... |
 Shrine close to the Pagoda |
 The Kyaiktiyo Pagoda |
 Snake on the rock |
 The "Golden Rock" |
 The Kyaiktiyo Pagoda |
 Offerings in front of the pagoda |
 Sorry ladies! |
 The Kyaiktiyo Pagoda |
 The entrance to the temple area. From here on any footwear is stricktly forbidden |
 The entrance to the temple area. From here on any footwear is stricktly forbidden |
 Stupa in the village |
 Village serving the pilgrim and tourist industry on the mountain |
 The trucks are coming in all day long |
 The truck stop |
 View towards the temple complex |
 Just befor sunset the fog rolled in |
 The square in front of the pagoda |
 The square in front of the pagoda |
 Kyaktiyo Pagoda |
 Kyaktiyo Pagoda |
 Kyaktiyo Pagoda |
 Attatching gold leafs to the rock |
 Kyaiktiyo Pagoda |
 The square in front of the pagoda |
 Stairs leading to the square in front of the pagoda |
 Monks collecting alms in the early morning fog. My hotel in the background |
 Monks collecting alms in the early morning fog. My hotel in the background |
 Just outside "Mountain Top Hotel". Monks collecting alms in the early morning fog. |
 Second leg of "Rally Monte Kyaiktiyo" has started! |
 Second leg of "Rally Monte Kyaiktiyo" has started! |
 The bus back to Yangon had a short stop at Shwemawdaw Paya in Bago. The highest stupa in Myanmar. |
 The bus back to Yangon had a short stop at Shwemawdaw Paya in Bago. The highest stupa in Myanmar. |