Mandalay
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The Luxor and Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada as seen in December 2003. The lettering on Mandalay Bay’s second room tower (shown here) was changed to read THEhotel in 2005, and is now marketed as a separate property. An original photo by urbanphotos.net
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A day trip from Mandalay, Burma.. Sagaing sits on the Ayeyarwady River and has a peaceful lookout across a landscape speckled with the golden stupas of temples.
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I was having dinner at the outback, and the places was loaded with stuff to take pictures of. I noticed that the table consisted of tiles of mandala
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Sunset at U Bein’s Bridge – a teak bridge located a short distance from Mandalay, Burma. It is said to be the longest wooden bridge in the world.
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Oil Portrait of Rudyard Kipling, Writer. I’ve loved his exploring heart, his gift for imagery and lyrical writing, his storytelling that pulled you in to dust and sweat, wild animals, and his being so moved by foreign ports, land, & people, since my childhood. Oh Rudyard Kipling!! The places you’ve taken me!!. / Born in Bombay- live-wire mother and sculptor father who met in Rudyard Lake and so named their firstborn. Aunts married famous painters; cousin Stanley Balldwin was 3 times PM pre-WW I. Nobel Prize – Literature 1907, still youngest ever & first English language winner; rejected a knighthood. / This kind of invitation to fantastic adventure in his tribute to Bombay, and it’s “strong light and darkness”: Mother of Cities to me, For I was born in her gate, Between the palms and the sea, Where the world-end steamers wait. / was surpassed by his more famous and endlessly exquisite: / ‘On the road to Mandalay, Where the flyin’- fishes play, / An’ the dawn comes up like thunder outer China ‘crost the Bay!” / At 16, unqualified to pursue academia, shipped to Pakistan to assist the editor of the local rag, Civil & Military Gazette, which he called his most true love. Thank God, they asked him to contribute short stories. Rudyard Kipling was later called the first modern science fiction writer. He left at 24 for Hong Kong, Japan, San Francisco, sending stories home from dozens of states, crossed Canada, met Mark Twain in NY. 8 months later, Kipling moved to Liverpool, got famous in London. In 1891, at 25, he headed for South Africa, Australia, New Zealand; married Carrie Balestier, moved to Vermont. 5 years later moved to Torquay on Devon’s coast. The family regularly trekked to South Africa. Dozens of places in Canada, the UK, and USA are named for him. / His beautiful poem,” If-” written in 1895 remains superb advice for growing up: / “If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you…. Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it…” The only spoken words at Ayn Rand’s funeral; runs like a river for over a 100 years through songs, plays, movies (The Man Who Would Be King), and rock’n’roll. Like other Kipling stories, immortalized, complained about, his fanciful combination of delight and terror keeps his memory sharp. Rudyard Kipling was a vociferous taker-in of all the world he could set his eyes on, and then who wrote about beautifully for the rest of us, so we might see it too. / ABOUT THE PAINTING: Again reaching into the time and presence of the subject, and one that startled me! I couldn’t get him to hold still! His hands moved, his head turned, he sat, stood, he was all motion. It was amazing. Then he settled down a bit. I turned his profile from the reference photograph I used to a 3/4 face, and because he was a writer wanted to include his hand (if I could get it to hold still). I am not a biographer-portraitist to trust, I invent as I go along. But all he means to me is in this: The sun of India is burning behind him, and the roads, waterways and purple skies drift from his blue eyes and crowded brain. He’s thinking of a story in my painting. I copied the style of the Medieval and Renaissance painters who place a raised finger on their saints, pointing to heaven, which is where, as far as I can tell, Kipling surely spent most of his life. / www.hawksperch.com
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Acrylic on Canvas.
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U Bein’s Bridge is located in Amarapura – a village near Mandalay, Burma. The bridge is built entirely of teak and is said to be the longest wooden bridge in the world. A large Buddhist Monastery is situated at the foot of the bridge. This explains the many monks and nuns that can be observed on the bridge at any time of day.
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Buddhist Monks on U Bein’s Bridge – Mandalay, Burma. The bridge is constructed entirely of teak and is reputed to be the longest wooden bridge in the world. It is located just outside the large city of Mandalay in Central Burma. A Buddhist Monstery is situated at the foot of the bridge.
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Sunset at U Bein’s Bridge – Mandalay, Burma. The bridge, made entirely of teak, is said to be the longest wooden bridge in the world. A fascinating human procession can be seen on the bridge at any time of day, but especially at sunset. A large Buddhist monastery is located at the foot of the bridge explaining the large number of monks that use it.
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Origianal pen and ink – 2008 / The ‘Mandalay’ was a luxury schooner built in the USA in1928. / She was later on, beautifully outfitted in mahogany, brass, and ivory, and had a teak deck. Aft quarters were a suite of 2 rooms with an adjoining bath for the owner, 3 single staterooms, each with a bath, and a large guest room with an individual bath. Forward of the main mast were a large saloon and living room, 3 officer’s staterooms with a bath, and ample forecastle for 6 men with a washroom and shower. All bathrooms had hot and cold water and all waste connected to a complete sanitary system. There were electrical lights and fans and other electrical equipment, and every stateroom had individual ventilation. In late 1965, Mandalay was headed toward Miami with 23 vacationers and 12 crew, returning from a 10 day Bahaman cruise. Passengers had retired to their rooms after celebrating the arrival of the New Year, 1966, and Captain Asmund [Jim] Gjevick, a 26 year old Norwegian, went to sleep about 1:00 AM, leaving a novice seaman at the helm. All were awakened when Mandalay was driven hard aground on Long Reef. Later, Captain Gjevick admitted he had miscalculated the distance from Fowey Rocks, causing Mandalay to be 20 miles off course. Scavengers stripped the vessel, taking the ship’s compass, sextant, chronometers, passenger cameras, watches, and purses, and the owner’s personal gear. Tons of lead ballast blocks, taken by small outboard motorboats and melted into lead diving weights, were resold at $1.00 per pound. The ½ ton anchor and stud link chain were also taken. On the Sunday after Mandalay was grounded she was “picked to her skin and bones” by average work-a-day boat owners, before salvage tugs could arrive. The tugs failed to pull the ship off the reef, and so the masts were removed, by contract with the owners, for eventual use in the re-creation of a Spanish Galleon called Golden Doubloon. Today the skeleton of Mandalay, “red carpet ship of the Windjammer fleet”, can be found embedded on Long Reef in Biscayne National Park.
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Mandalay Beach cliffs at sunset. Near Walpole, Western Australia.
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Original pen and ink – Mike Paget – 2008 ‘To Bombay / A travelling circus came / They brought an intelligent elephant / And Nellie was her name One dark night / She slipped her iron chain, and off she ran / To Hindustan and was never seen again Oooooooooooooooooo.. / Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and / Said goodbye to the circus / Off she went with a trumpety trump / Trump trump trump Nellie the elephant packed her trunk / And trundled off to the jungle / Off she went with a trumpety trump / Trump trump trump Night by night she danced to the circus band / When Nellie was leading the big parade she looked / So proud and grand No more tricks for Nellie to perform / They taught her how to take a bow and she took / The crowd by storm Oooooooooooooooooo.. / Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and / Said goodbye to the circus / Off she went with a trumpety trump / Trump trump trump Nellie the elephant packed her trunk / And trundled off to the jungle / Off she went with a trumpety trump / Trump trump trump The head of the heard was calling far far away / They met one night in silver light / On the road to Mandalay Oooooooooooooooooo.. / Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and / Said goodbye to the circus / Off she went with a trumpety trump / Trump trump trump Nellie the elephant packed her trunk / And trundled off to the jungle / Off she went with a trumpety trump / Trump trump trump
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A couple of cucumber vendors at the vegetable market in Mandalay, Burma.
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Villagers waiting for my cruise vessel, the Pandaw IV, to moor in their town.
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Numerous open doorways in temple on Sagaeing Hill overlooking overlooking Mandalay, Burma. Pentax K10D and a DA 18-55mm lens.
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Burma Mandalay Shwenandaw Kyaung (Golden Palace Monastery) Bell Detail
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Burma Mandalay Fort Royal Palace The Watch Tower (Nan Myint Saung) Staircase
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Burma Mandalay Shwenandaw Kyaung (Golden Palace Monastery) with Boy Monk
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taken at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino-Las Vegas, NV
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outdoor fountain -Las Vegas, NV /
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