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Bagan Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Bagan, Myanmar
The temples of Bagan
... the views along the river were amazing; many villages of bamboo huts and plenty of trees covering the landscape. On our arrival in Bagan we were taken to our Guest House that we had booked the day before - 'New Heaven Guest House'. That evening I ...
Farangs, Day 33
Itinerary: This morning, we visit the site of Tayoke-Pyay Pagoda in Min Nanthu Village, as well as the Phaya Thone Zu and Nandamanya Temples, noted for exquisite murals of 13th century. We will also see Kyat Kan Cave monastery, a famous meditation ...
Bagan - Weltkulturerbe / World Heritage
... beisammen auf der Insel von Manhattan und wurden alle nur in einer Zeitspanne von 230 Jahren erbaut. Die Bluetezeit von Bagan endet mit dem Einmarsch von Kublai Khan und seinem riesigen Mongolenheer. Heute stehen noch ca. 2000 Tempel und Stupas. ...
bagan
... along pretty well and shes a decent lass, not the loopy loo i innitially thought but a lecturer at sydney university. so, anyway, bagan started shit wen we pulled up outside the city and all whitey were made to pay 10 dollars to enter which i thought ...
May 12, 2012
Shwe Zigon Pagoda - Bagan
First pagoda today was Shwe Zigon Pagoda. It is a prototype of Burmese stupas and consists of a circular gold leaf-gilded stupa sitting on 3 terraces surrounded by smaller temples and shrines. Construction began during the reign of King Anawrahta and was ...
Biking in Bagan
... cone, topped with jewel and/or metal finials; often contain relics of Buddha) and other religious monuments. Kyaung - Myanmar Buddhist monastery; pronounced chown Naga - multiheaded dragon-serpent from often seen sheltering or protecting the Buddha ...
Temples of Bagan and Mount Popa
... a death trap cycling on sand but got to see all the main temples and a lot more. Weather coulnt have been better either. geting to used to these blue skies and no rain. Back to Bagan airport that evening for a flight back to Yangon... direct this ...
The Side-of-the-road life
As senhoras, pintadas de Thanakha, vendem Kunami frequinho. Compramos uma saca de maracaté e outra de funini. Há uma que nem chega a sobreviver ao arranque da pickup onde estamos, para retomar o nosso destino. Homens com ar aborrecido mascam ...
Temple Hopping in Bagan
... over the mountains on one of the taller temples. The Temples here are just as good as Angkor in Cambodia. Bagan is in a beautiful setting and it is definitely one of the highlights of my trip to Myanmar. We return to the village for dinner and ...
Beauty of Bagan II
Just a photo continuation from the previous blog entry. Sunrise, biking around, sunset, then off to bed for an early morning flight to Mandalay! ...
Bagan - A Case Of Panny Worts
... additional Potato Curry was more simple to comprehend. Mao-teh did speak to me about the Government system (the MJ) in Myanmar, which I did feel uncomfortable with. Travellers have told me about MJ 'spies' who tend to pop up around conversations ...
The temples and Stupas of Bagan
... single lane came to an end and the rest of the journey was completed on an unsealed dusty track!! The countryside changed as we neared Bagan to what I can best describe as dry African bush. Bagan is in an area called the dry zone. We are in the dry ...
Beauty of Bagan
... and ruins in the world with many dating from the 11th and 12th centuries. It is THE historical place to visit while in Myanmar. Bagan is quite unique, not just because of the concentration of temples, but because of their "fruit" shapes, as most temples ...
Pagoden soweit das Auge reicht
... ist ja schon das Land der unzähligen Pagoden, man sieht sie überall und meistens stehen gleich mehrere nebeneinander. Aber Bagan toppt das Ganze nochmal deutlich. In Bagan und Umgebung befinden sich über 4000 (!) buddhistische Tempel, die zwischen dem ...
St Patty's Day - Bagan Style
... ago. We took the dirt road back toward Old Bagan. It was a tough go for our young horse (3 1/2). We had lunch at the Myanmar Buffet - there were between 15 and 20 dishes that were set in front of us. I tried the dried fish (it was OK, very ...
Temples
... worth it. We headed back to town on the pitch black road with no street lights. We had nice weather while we were in Bagan, but the rain in the north came down the river flooded part of the town. But all was good. We were able to book a cheap ...
The temples of Bagan
... women (and children) wear it to protect themselves from the sun. Next up, down the road towards the more traditional brick Bagan temples. We stopped at Upali Thein - inside this one, many of the old murals were still intact. It was possible to see ...
Different terms
... , a quinze minutos de distância. Mas isto não interessa nada! E os putos a trabalhar em restaurantes? Hum? No Myanmar há restaurantes, tascas, boteques, que são inteiramente geridos ou, melhor, impulsionados por punhos e membros em muito menores ...
More Bagan photos
The other part of Bagan - more than just temples We loved Bagan so much we thought you would like to see some more pictures of ...
Nothing Special
... had little sleep, but the sky was very clear, and the full moon was spreading a dim light on the Burmese countryside... I arrived in Bagan at 5am, got a taxi and then a room, and went to bed at 6, after a last minute contemplating dawn taking over that ...
The Ancient City - Bagan
... - sort of like a three year old. It was quite a spectacle and gave us a rare and totally unplanned glimpse into real Myanmar life - we have the magnificent SG of course to thank for finding this ad hoc unplanned event. Bagan is truly a world class ...
So few tourists, so many pagodas
... over my face versus putting shaving cream on my toothbrush. We stayed at the Tharabar Gate Hotel ( www.TharabarGate.com ). Bagan is truly special since nearly every direction you look, there is a golden pagoda in sight. A birds eye view ...
More Temples
... time with American Doron and Polish Anna, and a few other Spanish and Italian people. That makes Bagan the place where I met the most travellers in Myanmar. With Doron we had a memorable cross-country cycling with rubbish bicycles, as we were trying ...
Bagan - And The Oscar Goes To.....
... sellers or the like. This family is going to put up with hardship to give their children the best education available in Myanmar, by sending those who want to go, to Mandalay University. Oscar's friendly wife, who speaks little english, has two ...
The amazing temples of Bagan
... of the backpacker scene in the Bagan area. The reason to visit the area are the unbelievable remains of the ancient kingdom of Bagan, literally thousands of temples scattered around the planes south of Nyaung U. From the 11th till the 13th century AD, the ...
Weirdo in Temple Land
... . There was one other foreigner (a French guy) and we met over beers during our dinner stop. We rolled into Nyaung U (a suburb of Bagan) at 3am, and fortunately I arranged to have someone to pick me up. The taxi, with a sign that read "Ms. Margia", was ...
Pagoda Raider
... a guide. He put on the guilt trip "I waiting you!" but thankfully took the hint pretty quickly. I made it all the way to New Bagan and then on the way back stopped at the sights on the roadside. At one stop a Burmrese woman shared the food right out of ...