Mandalay Hill

A winding road leads to the top, travelled by shared pickup trucks in a few minutes or a leisurely hike in 30 minutes. At the crown of the hill is a pagoda, reachable by stairs that stretch another 2km upwards. Besides offering a bird’s eye view of the city, the pagoda is popular for wish granting Buddha statues. Somewhat congruously, fortune tellers line the pagoda complex just below the uppermost platform, ready to complement visitors’ wishes with more concrete consultations of their futures.