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Bagan Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Bagan, Myanmar
Bagan, Myanmar
... was just too much in this museum to miss out on it. As it turns out a big part of the museum was just a recap on how the Bagan sites were found as well as some sculptures, etc. There is so much to see out in the open fields that if I was to do ...
Bagan to Yangon
... ;up too much time just to get there as my visa was also expiring shortly.. I also had heard much about southeast Myanmar so that is another part of this country that I thought I would like to discover. My flight to Yangon was ...
Back of the bus, on the bus and in the bus we go..
... twenty minutes before arriving. We were absolutely soaked! It didn't finish there as another three hour bus ride stood between us and Bagan and by the end of it I had gone from losing sensation in my buttocks to regaining colossal feelings of pain in ...
Bagan
... of Burma where no tourists go anyways and the Monk uprising tourism is down 95%) we were able to have the magnificent Bagan to ourselves. We felt so fortunate and knew we were experiencing something unforgettable. ...
Des pagodes, en veux tu, en voila!
... ville mais on voulait aller a Bagan. Le paysage le long du trajet etait tres beau, tres sec mais avec beaucoup de palmiers. A Bagan nous avons pris une chambre dans la ville de Nyaung U, il y a plusieurs petites villes a partir desquelles on accede au ...
Bagan
... and wearing only a light jumper I was really freezing. Cambodia's got Angkor Wat, Thailand's got Sukhothai and Ayuthaya and Myanmar's got Bagan. I spent 3 days there and had a very good time. Bike was my way of transport on temples. Bagan was flourishing ...
Bagan, Myanmar
... that I am staying in this 30$ room I decided I should take advantage of the pool and gardens so I stayed this extra day in Bagan just to soak in the sun in between the dips in the pool. It was a wonderful lazy day of reading and just appreciating ...
Bagan, Myanmar
... I settled in my room and then rented a bike (at the hotel) to start exploring Nyaung U and the Temples of Bagan. This is another amazing historical area of Myanmar which covers a 42 sq. km. area. My 1st stop was at Shwezigon Paya and a quick look at ...
Bagan, Myanmar
Today I decided that it was time for a horse and cart. This way I could get to further sites and maybe the driver would also share some of his knowledge of this area. I walked to the market as I found that this is where most horse and carts wait to ...
Temple heaven
... . After getting hopelessly lost for a while we make the smart decision of buying a map. The whole day was then spent cycling around Bagan stopping at various temples and pagodas on the way. Given how cold it was on the night it was boiling hot in the day! ...
By Boat to Bagan
6th March: Tuesday: GT10: Irrawaddy (Ayeyarwady) River cruise to Bagan. We depart early morning from Mandalay port on board the local Mandalay-Bagan express boat service with other passengers. A simple boxed lunch is provided on board. Spending the whole ...
Ancient city of kings
... my back and manoeuvring me into all sorts of weird positions as she pummelled me with her hands and feet! After our nightmare journey to Bagan, we decided to shell out a bit on a flight to our next destination, Inle Lake. I am scared of flying but even a ...
Mt. Popa
... farm" where we saw mustard seed being pressed into oil. We also tasted palm sugar candies, palm whiskey and had typical myanmar treats. All very tasty. Then we continued to Mount Popa to visit the "nat" (spirits) temples and the monastary atop ...
A Memorable Sunset
If you've never heard of Bagan, well, you probably have a good reason. We'd not heard of it till we started researching Myanmar recently. While we are not blaming ourselves unduly for this lapse, we now feel that we should spread the word. Visiting a site ...
First Full Day in Bagan
... , a 13th century cave temple with some interesting frescos; and Ananda Pagaoda, one of the finest, largest and best preserved in old Bagan. We visit Ananda ok Kyaung- a former monastery with 18th century wall paintings. In the late afternoon a horse drawn ...
Bagan
... nice friendly place but with nothing really to make it stand out from the crowd. I guess I should give a quick lowdown on Bagan for the great unwashed out there. Bagan was the centre of a Burmese Kingdom during the time of the European Middle ages. ...
Thousands of Pagodas and Temples
... . Uphill we had to jump out and walk, but on the flat, Nei-Nei requested full speed from her. One of the highlights in Bagan, besides the cultural heritage, was the village of Minkaba (Myin Ka Par) with its market, the public bath and laundry in the ...
Bagan Stupas!
The first thing we did today was climb a stupa for a panoramic view of the Bagan stupas, it was amazing and pictures just cannot do it justice, there are literally thousands of stupas in the area and everywhere you look there's another one. We were the ...
The most nice place in Burma
Hello, if I say the most nice place in Myanmar, then I mean it. All these old temple buildings. Some are nice restaurated, others are as hundreds of years ago. In almost all of them you can find at least one Buddha. We have enjoyed the sunsets. I think ...
birthday in Myanmar... hmm
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 short, curly haired kid, who happened to be reading the Japanese version of ...
Temples Villages and Half a Day OFF !
... represent his displeasure of captivity. Nanpaya which is Bagan's first gu or cave style shrine and Gubaukyi Temple, in the old Bagan village of Myinkaba, an early period temple with well preserved paintings inside. The afternoon is free for you to ...
Hello, t-shirt, souvenir?
... 'roveň tak unikáme vsudypřítomným halekajícím prodejcům pohlednic, triček a vůbec vseho s nápisem Bagan a nějakým tím slonem. Mnozství turistů a otravných prodejců nás ujisťuje, ze jeden den v Baganu ...
Boat to Bagan
After an early night the day before I was feeling much better in preparation for the long boat journey from Mandalay to Bagan down the Ayarwaddy River. It was an 8 o clock departure for the boat and the journey took about 9 and a half hours, the time ...
More Stupas.....
This morning we climbed another stupa for more panoramic views of the Bagan temples, I was a bit "templed out" by this point but the views were still incredible. We then had a local village visit where we saw a calf that had literally just been born and ...
Stupa'd out
... amidst the really old pagodas, taking random pictures. Shu playing with a kid's dog. wonderful and typical day. Day four: Leave Bagan for Kalaw. Jason and I have a bus that leaves at 4 AM, Shu wakes up to see us off and see a pagoda ...
Pagodor, pagodor, pagodor
... sex nätter. Väldigt lyxigt känns det, här finns varmvatten och de städar även rummen, första gången för oss i Myanmar. Bagan skiljer sig verkligen från såväl Yangon som Mandalay på det sättet att det är betydligt mer enkelt att vara ...
Enjoying like Mr & Mrs Bill Gates
... (Ava), also a former capital city, now a rural village. Interesting was the monastery completed in 1822, so different from the Bagan temples, surely with European influence, and a fort built under guidance of an Ing. Camotto of Italy against attacks from ...
All alone in Bagan
... morning – a long, hot ride in the middle of the day. Goodbye Bagan, but what an experience in an incredibly special place. *** Pictures: https://picasaweb.google.com/keith.m.martin/Bagan?authkey=Gv1sRgCJKurevCibHyCg (Thanks to Em for most of ...