U Bein Bridge: Glorious and idyllic sunset

U-Bein Bridge is far from bustling and hustling cities and located in the peaceful suburbs of ancient capital – Mandalay in Myanmar. With the length of 1.2 kilometers and at the age of 1800, through word of mouth, U-Bein Bridge is regarded as the most ancient and the longest bridge in the world. Unlike modern bridges, it exhibits a distinctive characteristic: 1000 giant wooden pillars and thousands of wooden pallets are connected well to create its architecture. This means wood is the main material of the bridge. Local citizens pride in and take it as one of the artificial marvels in Myanmar when you come Travel Indochina and Myanmar

The best time of a day to travel here is in the sunset.  At this time, your must-do is to escape from the urban life, let your soul and your mind deep into the fresh and idyllic atmosphere, walk along U-Bein Bridge to watch the stunning sunset over and see how local life happens in every sunset. Before sunset, you can go around some areas which are near this bridge and understand more local life as well as people.

At sunset every day U-Bien Bridge is immediately busy with not only travelers to enjoy the must-see but also local people who come back home after a long hard-working day.  At the time of sunset, the sun turns into a giant golden balloon and disappears gradually at the horizon. There is no scorching sunlight and instead of it, warm sunlight makes you feel more relax and peaceful in a strange way.

U-Bien Bridge stands over Taungthman Lake and it is a connection between two lakesides. At any time, when sun go downs, the whole of large lake surface as well as the sky and the horizon is dyed golden yellow. However, not all visitors see the yellow color of the sunlight at sunset. Each traveler sees the different color at the different time. Some see it is violet while some see it is orange. Actually, all colors are the magical light of the setting sun. Standing at the middle of the bridge at this time, you can feel that you are dipping yourself into the colors of the life, immerse yourself in the stunning natural beauty so that you cannot take your eyes off it.  One more thing, what impresses you can be the shadow of the wooden pillars and pallets on the lake surface. It sometimes looks weird but awesome with the different shape, which is created by the setting sun. Honestly, the sunset in U-Bein Bridge produces a glorious lake inflection. Remember to take some photo to keep these memorable moments. Myanmar travel packages

Travelers can enjoy the spectacular sunset on the bridge or at the lakeside. If you want to find another new feeling, try taking a small rowing boat onto the lake. You can cost from 10,000Ks (8USD) to 4,000Ks (3USD) for 2 people to rend a boat from regional boatman. Reaching the middle of lake can promote your relax and cool feeling.

A traveler who has ever met U-Bein Bridge at the sunset said: “I cannot use any word to express my feeling at the first time I see the sunset here. It brings me about relax and peaceful feeling, but so stunning are the sunset that I want to jump up and down. I admire the beauty of the sunset at the U-Bein Bridge. If I have another chance, I will come back here”.

If you are keen on exploring the natural beauty, especially one of idyllic outskirts, the sunset in the U-Bein Bridge is highly recommended. U-Bein Bridge – a picture-like scene will definitely satisfy you.

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