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Temple Heaven
Mar 25, 2007
(129 photos)
"Palenque..Tikal...Machu Picchu....Easter Island....Borobudar.........................and now Bagan. So how does it compare to the other ancient sites I have visited, have a look at ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
hodge
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The Temples of Bagan
Aug 16, 2005
(12 photos)
"I got onto the bus in Pyay no problems, heading for Bagan. Nice and comfortable with no-one beside me. As a bonus I was able to watch The Italian Job on their TV, this beats the us ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
irax
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These guys really dig Buddha huh?
Oct 31, 2005
(37 photos)
"I awoke at 5am feeling surprisingly well considering the pain and torment experienced the day before. I could actually stand and move. Still, it seems all public transport in Myanm ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
technotrekker
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Bound for Bagan
Feb 15, 2005
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"It was black and the chill of the morning dew made me glad I'd worn my krama tied about my neck for the tuk-tuk ride to the ferry dock. The driver had just taken our luggage and we ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
christinasworld
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Bagan's many payas
Dec 16, 2004
(14 photos)
"Written by Nelly Written on Dec 17th in Mandalay Bagan Temples Bagan was the capital of the Bamar Kingdom between 11th and 13th century. The Bagan plains are dotted with thousands ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
jessnel
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The wonders of Bagan
Jan 8, 2004
(14 photos)
"I have always followed the letter to the law, never eat the food at any place that buses stop at. We could not find any food for the 8 hour boat ride to Bagan. So we starved. I had ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
uncle_davros
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Bagan
Feb 21, 2007
(19 photos)
"Bagan - From Mandalay I took a slow boat down the Ayeyarwady to Bagan, Myanmar's number one attraction. Bagan is a massive area covered with over 4000 temples ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
jon_lyall

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The Ancient Temples of Bagan
Feb 21, 2008
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"(to see all the Bagan photos, click here) The red dry-season dust from the plains of central Myanmar gets kicked up by the kilo off the hooves of the horse carts - the only practic ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
nzgreenie

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The temples of Bagan
Dec 9, 2006
(13 photos)
"The Mandalay to Bagan journey, fed up with the buses, and with my stomach still getting used to Burmese cuisine we decided to travel in style and caught the 9 hour 'fast' ferry to ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
rowananddave

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Burmese hip-hop in Bagan
Aug 10, 2007
"So if you could translate "shake that ass for me, shake that ass for me" into Burmese, what would it be? If only hours listening to karaoke dvds on a bus could actually ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
chienwentong

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Bagan
Nov 13, 2006
"8 hour bus ride to Bagan. ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
yushim

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Pagoda overload
Jul 14, 2006
(14 photos)
"Some more photos of my short trip around Myanmar with Amber and her family ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
whereiskylie

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temples in Bagan
Jan 16, 2008
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"today i'm in Bagan where the famous complex of the buddha temples is, i'm gonna rent a bike and go around to see it, tomorrow i'm going back to Yangon, and on the 18th i have ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
tobi

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one Pagoda, two Pagoda, three Pagoda, more
Dec 6, 2005
(7 photos)
"Bagan was truely impressive. We spent two fun/sun filled days biking around thousands of Pagodas. They were built by different kings between the ninth and thirteenth century. We ha ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
globetrippin

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o my pagodas' !
Feb 4, 2007
(24 photos)
" pagodas, pagodas, pagodas if the US has a military industrial complex, then it is certain that myanmar has a pagoda building complex. we are in Pagan (bagan). and they got th ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
douglaschien

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Bagan... Who Knew?
Nov 29, 2006
"We had heard good things about this place Bagan. So we went there. After a really long boat ride, we were greeted at the docks by lots of really anxious Tri-Shaw driver ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
natecropp

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Schiffsreise nach Bagan
Oct 25, 2006
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"Morgen frueh um 5 nahmen wir ein Schiff welches uns nach Bagan brachte. So verbrachten wir 15 gemuetliche Stunden auf dem Ayeyarwaddy-Fluss, bevor wir die Stadt der 10'000 Tempel e ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
moskovskaja

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Pagoda Marathon
Jul 3, 2008
(19 photos)
"Bagan was a 2 day pagoda marathon. After this we never want to see another pagoda again. It was another long drive from Mandalay on bad roads. We took the short route and had to cr ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
faff

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BAGAN - A temple lovers playgound!!!!
Dec 26, 2006
(15 photos)
"I spent Christmas of 2006 in Bagan, Burma. I rented an oversized bicycle with a basket and rode it around the 42 square kilometer temple complex of Bagan, which is peppered ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
therunningdog

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Temples of Bagan and Mount Popa
Nov 14, 2006
(20 photos)
"Now had been reading my bible...and as every backpacker will tell you thats your lonely planet book.. And one of the jewels of Asia is Bagan, and i gotta agree they are right. Ther ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
marcmsm

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The Ancient City - Bagan
Jun 10, 2008
(40 photos)
"Bagan, a world heritage site, is the number one stop on the tourist circuit in Myanmar. Even so, there was barely anyone there. We saw a few other westerners, met up with a f ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
jenandjeffmilum

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Ancient Temples of Bagan
Mar 28, 2004
(4 photos)
"Raymond's Travel Page December 14 The overnight bus trip to Bagan proved to be a bit of a nightmare. According to the booking sheet our seats were in the second back row, but the ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
raymondc

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Bagan
Feb 3, 2006
(5 photos)
"I had not purchased a ticket for the 5 am boat, anticipating leaving my companions and spending a day at the orphanage. I was able to get on without a seat, and curled up on a pile ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
patsouth

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Baganning to get tired of temples
Apr 3, 2008
(19 photos)
"Ah.....we finally made it to Bagan. And the first thing I noticed was it was just as hot and dusty here as it was in Pakokku. Damn! We mostly puttered about on our arrival day as i ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
twoelders

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Bagan: ancient temples and Buddhism
Apr 1, 2007
"With a really nice cold (yes! I got ill! first time in almost 2 moth!), and a pretty hot humid weather ( around 40 oC at midday) I landed in Bagan. For those who didn't check ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
anonimous_lady

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Veramente tanti templi
Jul 27, 2005
(1 photo)
"Bagan sta a Myanmar come Angkor sta alla Cambogia. ho detto tutto credo. Ero indeciso se andare a Bagan o meno perche' non volevo un'altra overdose di templi e in piu' non volevo d ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
marcorusti

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A gem of a place
Feb 7, 2007
(28 photos)
"Magnificent Bagan The archeological site of Bagan is close to the city of Nyang U where the slow boat stops. It's a nice and relaxed little town with plenty of accomodation and tou ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
patandsaoyuth

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Quantity Over Quality
Feb 18, 2007
(15 photos)
"Months and months ago, I received a warning as I entered South East Asia: You will get sick of temples. Somewhere along like line they all blend together and you stop caring. What ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
dogeleven

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Temples
Sep 16, 2007
(37 photos)
"Bagan is home to the largest area of Buddhist temples, pagodas, stupas and ruins in the world - many dating to the 11th and 12th centuries. Today, there are over 2000 of them but o ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
mattandnicole

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bagan
May 18, 2007
"reet, bagan next, 9 hours west from mandalay on a local bus with a load of stink arsed locals. thankfully i was sat next to an ozzy lass who was quite cool to talk to but to be hon ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
jordanblair100

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Bagan - Weltkulturerbe / World Heritage
Mar 13, 2006
(27 photos)
" Bootsfahrt von Mandalay nach Bagan Fuer die Anreise nach Bagan leisten wir uns eine ganztaegige Bootsfahrt am Ayeyarwady. Die Fahrt ist toll und das leben am Flussufer beeindrucke ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
petra_karlaut

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Bref survol du Myanmar
Sep 21, 2004
"Et par bref, bien sur, on entend bref selon mes termes, c'est a dire presque un roman pour n'importe qui d'autre... ;-) En quittant le village de trek, on s'est diriges d'abord ver ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
philippeachkar

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Myanmar's answer to Angkor
Jun 17, 2007
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" Returning to Mandalay for a night, I hopped on a boat for the 15 hour journey down the Irrawaddy/Ayeryarwady at a somewhat unpleasant 5 in the morning. Still, better that tha ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
mrconfused

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Bagan - And The Oscar Goes To.....
Aug 8, 2007
"A 4.18am start. Given I'd already packed, I figured it would take me 12 minutes to get dressed, throw water on my face and be downstairs with my bags. Perhaps this is as good ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
adrianmurray

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Floating down the Irrawaddy River to Bagan
Feb 12, 2008
(48 photos)
" There's two types of boats doing the route from Mandalay to Bagan along the Irawaddy River: the fast and the slow boat. According to Chris, a German bloke, we'd hooked up with in ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
garybarnes

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On the road to Bagan
Dec 3, 2007
(23 photos)
"I woke up to take my breakfast on the terrace of a restaurant: samosa and tea. It was nice to see everybody waking up with the first ray of the sun: the walkers, the trishaw (bicyc ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
worldtaste

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Wat, what?!
Apr 21, 2006
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"So after yet another delightful bus ride, our intrepid travellers arrived in Nyaung U near Old Bagan. We made the journey on a local bus, which proved to be quite an experience, if ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
travellingtrio

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Nothing Special
Sep 8, 2006
"Go to the Summary Page ___________________________ I had made very sure, with the train station employees, that I was getting a comfortable reclinable seat (upper class) to spend t ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
peacefrog

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So few tourists, so many pagodas
Jan 20, 2008
"HE SAID: This place is so far behind most countries in terms of tourism. It's clear why there are so few tourists. One issue the requirement to remove shoes and socks o ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
travelbee

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Temple Time
Feb 6, 2005
(5 photos)
"Time Warp Team Rob & Anjali must now fly Air Bagan on a retired Mexicana Airlines plane to the thousand year-old kingdom of Bagan in west-central Myanmar. Flying to Bagan was a bit ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
robanjali

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Bagan
Mar 3, 2006
"Ok, so we've been too busy travelling and just a little bit lazy! We went here honest, but more on this later... ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
mfinney

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Via Mandalay nach Bagan
Feb 11, 2007
(16 photos)
"Bin dann schon bald vom Lake Inle geflohen, da dies das Turimekka Nr1 in Myanmar ist, ein kurzer Flug nach Mandalay um 15h Bus zu vermeiden. Wollte dort eigentlich noch nen Mo ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
beachbum78

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Thousands of stupas in Bagan
Nov 28, 2006
"Next stop...Bagan, Myanmar! We finally left Mandalay after a day or two too many. We took an all day slow boat down the Ayerdaddy (sp?) River. It was a nice leisurely ride with abo ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
kskye1

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far from the eyes, close to the heart
Mar 5, 2005
"10hours boat ride to bagan, and i'm finally here. i realise that in my entries, i didn't mention about the attractions to be found here. i just kept explaining what happened to me, ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
walk

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Back of the bus, on the bus and in the bus we go..
Nov 5, 2006
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"The day started at 6am with everyone on the back of a pick-up bus that took us to the junction. From their we jumped on top of a mini-bus for some phenomenal views but the novelty ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
rofo

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Des pagodes, en veux tu, en voila!
Mar 9, 2005
(25 photos)
"Nous avons passe 24h a Mandalay, je n'ai pas trop aime la ville, etouffante et pas tres interresante, malgre le nom que je trouve tres beau. Nous avons gravis la Colline de Mandala ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
tiphaine

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au milieu des temples
Mar 24, 2008
"arrivee dans un site equivalent a Angkor, sauf que je ne le savais pas (la honte). Quel choc quand je suis monte sur le premier stupa et que j'en ai vu 500 a la ronde ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
gadjoxav

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Thousands of Pagodas and Temples
Apr 8, 2007
(25 photos)
"Although we had planned to stay 5 nights in Bagan, with 4 full days available and sufficient time to go around on our own, we had booked a car with guide and driver for the first d ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
houdiniswiss

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birthday in Myanmar... hmm
Feb 7, 2007
"Well, it's my birthday today. I met an interesting Japanese guy that was travelling from Monywa to Bagan, so we naturally ended up hanging together. He is this rather s ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
woogs

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The journey from hell...
Nov 5, 2006
(5 photos)
"Please see www.travelpod.com/members/rofo for this section since unfortunately last week my possessions including dairy got stolen and my memory really doesn't do this fantastic co ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
paulontheroad

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Bagan
Sep 16, 2006
(52 photos)
"We took the flight from Yangon to Bagan on Thursday. We rented a horse car for the first day to see Old Bagan and a bicycle for the second one to see new sites and different pagoda ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
perez_r

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Ayeyarwaddy river to Bagan
Mar 9, 2008
"Besides biking around countless temples, sunset rides in horsecarts and a meal of Mohinga with a local family the real event here to remember was the night of the crazy hive a ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
nomadicant

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Bagan - Myanmar
Feb 16, 2008
(20 photos)
"What a place - one of our highlights of the Burma leg. Most travellers come here by boat from Mandalay, but given the very few tourists around, its pretty infrequent. S ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
roamingmonk

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Temple town
Nov 16, 2006
(1 photo)
"Sunday, 12 November I left Rangoon on a very comfortable, nearly empty plane to Bagan to see the famous temples there. After an hour and a half flight (I had earlier thought it was ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
bangkokrandy

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Bagan (Nyuang U)
Feb 7, 2008
"The hometown of a huge plain of temples. Nice, but not that spectacular... (according to me...) ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
ruudbatta

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Lara Croft would make a killing
Aug 28, 2006
"Despite the 4 am start the journey was cool, a cargo boat making regular stops providing sporadic entertainment and lots of room for sleeping, i even got some free watermelon... sw ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
edsharp

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Bagan
Feb 5, 2008
(29 photos)
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A travel blog entry from Bagan by
mies

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Amazing Bagan..amazing no one is here
Apr 8, 2008
"It was a nightmare getting our bus tickets. Probably would have been impossible without the help of our guide Thiri. The water festival was a week away, a celebration of the Buddhi ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
amyl.emerson

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Bagan
Mar 24, 2006
"over 2500 tamples on the great plataue of Bagan ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
yftahp

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Amazing Bagan
Dec 1, 2006
(7 photos)
"Men gala Bah, The bus ride from Ngwe Shwe to Bagan was an amazing journey of 180 miles that took 14 hours. We boarded the bus at 5:30 and took three breaks by 8:30 all fine and see ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
nomadlobster

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Smiling Burma
Sep 27, 2005
(13 photos)
"Where to start... First of all, wherever I go, I realise that i don't have enough time to explore the place thoroughly... and one week in burma is definitely not enough! Arrived to ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
stulka

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Pagoda World..
Jan 28, 2007
"If there were an equivalent of Disneyland for Pagodas it would be in Bagan. There are more Pagodas then you can count. There is a local saying that translates to "Pagoda is done, g ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
bbackson

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Bagan
Sep 27, 2007
"Well, after 12 days without the internet I am back in Bangkok (I still don't like it here). I still find it hard to believe that the government shut down the internet around the wh ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
bethj

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tina
Jun 3, 2004
"20.12.04., Peking ...ich haenge mal ne mail von Tina rein...die beschreibt Burma auch sehr nett Out of Burma und gleich reinins lustige getuemmel von Bangkok. Da wird man doch glei ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
asci

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