Road to Mandalay (Part 2)

The might Road of Mandalay boat is awaiting for us at the river bank.  We have to walkthrough this wodden flap which later on we know that it can be considered very luxurious in Myanmmar.

Once we were on the boat, we were greated by the Front Office Team including the Hotel (Boat?) Manager.   The Boat Manager is a Kiwi and other than him and the Head Chef, the rest of the crews are Myanmarese.

There are few types of room, ranging from Governor's Suite, State Cabin, Deluxe Cabin, Superior Cabin and Single Cabin.   I think the majority of the rooms ste State Cabin and follows by Deluxe Cabin.  You can get the comprehensive layout of the room from the official website.

Once we got our key, we went down to our room.  The receptionist is at the main level, and our room was in the basement.    This is the stair from the main floor to the basement level and the hall way to our room

 

 

Our room is a Deluxe Room.  The room, I think, is about 22 sqm.  It is very functionality nonetheless.  If you do not look outside, you do not know that actually you are in the boat.   It is equppied by a telephone and TV.  There is not much programmes on the TV anyway.  It has a fully functional bathroom also.  We have warned that the water used for toilet flushing is not treated.  Only the tab water and water for shower are filtered.  If I remember correctly, it is not recommended to use the tap water to even brush the teeth.

 

 

 

The view ourside the room.  There are quite some activities on the rivers.  Apparently, the river is used as a mode of transportation.  There are many pagodas also on the other side of the river.  Anyway this is a Land of Golden Pagodas.

 

 

 

 

 

So now, it is time to go touring the boats.   As the other guests were not arriving on the boat, we have the priviledge to look into other type of room.

 

Here is the State Cabin, Superior Cabin and Single Cabin

 

 

 

 

 

 

It has fully functional gym room to keep you fit through out the journey.  It also have spa for treatment and Clinic and Doctor on board.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back to the main level which the receptionist is, on the other side, we have piano room and also a lecture room which is used for shows and presentations.   It has also traditional Burmese musical instruments.

 

 

 

 There is also a gift shop on board which you can get souvenir including the Myanmar Longji (Saroong).

 

It is time to go to the upper deck.  BTW, here is the boat name.

 

 

There is a swimming pool on the upper deck including the tanning bed. Here is the few of the upper deck.

 

The captain and his room.

 

 

And other of the crews preparing for our journey

From the upper deck also, you can see there are quite some activities by the local makinng use of the Road of Mandalay base camp for daily activities such as bathing and washing clothes.

 

 So once all the guests are on board, we were going for lunch.  After lunch we will go to our excursion tour to Mandalay town which I will cover in Part 3.