The Pindaya cave is a huge cavern with 8,094 Buddha images of various shapes and sizes made from materials like teak wood, marble, alabaster, brick, cement and lacquer are all enshrined within its the nooks and corners. At the entrance to the main cave stands the 50 foot Shwe U-min Hpaya or the Golden Cave pagoda. The tazaung or prayer hall was built by the famous hermit U Khanti who also built many of the religious edifices on Mandalay Hill. The entire length of the cave is 490 feet. The numerous stalactites and stalagmites in these limestone caves form fanciful shapes and have given rise to such names as the "Fairy Princess Loom", "Posts for tying horses and elephants" and so on. Some of the smaller caves used as meditation chambers are accessible only if you crawl in on your knees and elbows. Since ancient times, the winding galleries, nooks and corners have been ideal places for meditation, worship and veneration.

During our visit, a group of Myanmar pilgrims asked to take a photo with us. The woman on Janet's right grabbed Janet's hand and put it around herself.

View from the highest passage.

On our way out, we drove by a stand of these large, magnificent trees. Many trees near the road are pained white on the bottom 'to make them easier to see at night'! Our guide told us that it was not a good idea to drive at night.

It didn't take long for the family monkey to climb up.