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Bagan Slideshow
Bagan
Travel Blogs from Bagan, Myanmar
Amazing Bagan
... want to visit a magical place, come here. The people are calm, reserved and friendly. The 4600 temples dotting the horizon in Bagan was like being in a dream. Very few tourists, the food is fresh and their culture is well rooted with pride and old world. ...
Where It All Bagan
... food, looked at some longyi's and smoked a big cigar with Jane's mum (Pictures coming soon). ** The $ notes in Myanmar have a value on them, nice new crisp ones get full exchange rate whack, slightly bent ones the rate gets knocked about 6-7% ...
Ancient Temples by the Irrawaddy
... was being worked to chop palm fibres. As we travelled Ten told us a little about the schooling system in Myanmar. Primary and secondary education is theoretically free but parents must buy stationery and school uniforms for their children. ...
Mandalay to Pakokku to Bagan (& French tour group)
... her opinion on the recent opening of Myanmar to the international community. She told me that she could definitely feel that Myanmar's political situation was changing. Not only had tourism risen by 27% from last year, ambassadors from Denmark and ...
BEGIN THE BAGAN
... he was a taxi driver. He led us to a pickup truck and lowered the back gate and waved us aboard. This was a standard Bagan taxi. We climbed aboard. Then, he and 2 other guys opened the hood and started banging on the engine. Another guy crawled under ...
Bagan - wondrous historical treasure trove
Finally, my last stop in Myanmar and a destination I've been anticipating - Bagan, a historical treasure trove of over 4,000 temples. It was an epitome of the First Burmese Empire, a major centre for Theravada Buddhism and a pilgrimage point for many ...
When the generals talk: the Super Hwy & Bagan
... plane didn't live up to Dave's nickname and go Kuput either. In fact it was a new prop plane resembling a fokker. The airport at Bagan was chaotic, only 1 departure gate and big crowd trying to get it. Once in it was quite peaceful and you could get Wi ...
Angkor Wat with no people (or jungle actually)
Bagan, an amazing dry, dusty plain on the banks of the Irrawaddy River littered with amazing temples from the 13th century (give or take a few centuries). Definitely one of the highlights of the trip, and one of the prime tourist attractions in Burma. ...
Boat to Bagan
We took the express boat to Bagan from Mandalay. Set off at 08.00 ETA 16.00, actual arrival 18.00hrs 2 hours late. But then we would not have seen the beatiful sunset over the Irrawaddy river had we arrived on time so always look to the postive. I ...
Bagan
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 pagodas. During the first day we meet a German girl and a American boy and ...
3000 temples... you'll see one from anywhere here.
... That's more than all the medieval churches in the whole of Western Europe! We can get a first impression on our decent into Bagan airport – we can make out numerous temples along our flight path! That continues on our drive to the hotel in Old ...
Day 323: Bagan - Day 2
... reading. It was too hot to go outside... We went to a nice place for dinner though. It's called Little Bit of Bagan and their curry (5000 kyat) was very nice. Bagan is very touristie so there are quite a few good restaurants for Western ...
Temple heaven
... . I'm actually in Mandalay but for the sake of continuity, and to try and catch all these thoughts while fresh I'll write about Bagan. We took the first flight out of Yangon at around 6am just as dawn was breaking. It was another propeller plane ...
Bagan Best Bits
... a vast plain dotted with 4000 pagodas of all shapes and sizes dating from the 11th - 13th century. Built by the Kings of Bagan, or rather by slaves and prisioners of war. It is impossible to get to see them all. They range in size and ...
Bagan and the plain of 4000 temples
... one of our favorite guest houses. We had not been able to book into this boutique hotel in New Bagan before we arrived. Tourism has increased so much in Myanmar this year that it is challenging to find the accomodation you want and the costs have gone up ...
Anti-Government Sentiments
... but if you can avoid it, then try to. Most of the heritage conservations are funded by overseas groups anyway. Contributions from the myanmar government are questionable, to say the least. But dont take my word for it. Research before you go. New Wave ...
Old Bagan & Leg Power
... at the jetty and then headed back to Ananda Temple before cycling back and forth for the big 4 sights outside of Old Bagan - Shwesandaw Paya, Dhammayangyi Pahto, Buledi and Sulemani Pahto. All of them incredibly majestic and grand. Shwesandaw Paya was the ...
Von Pagodas, Buddhas und Postkartenverkäuferinnen
... anstrengendem tag, gingen wir abendessen und später noch ins internet. ich hätte nicht gedacht, dass es in myanmar internetcafés gibt und es schien so, als seien alle grossen amerikanischen seiten freigeschaltet. ich habe jedenfalls keine zensur ...
Day 322: Bagan - Day 1
... gifts to tourists. She wanted us to buy something obviously but we were not the great customers. Then we cycled into Old Bagan where posh hotels concentrated and visited Shwegugyi where you can climb to the top and have a nice view. Finally, ...
Frugal is such a dirty, misleading word
Let's face it. All of you reading this have a level of disposable income that you can play with as you please. For those of you who claim to be frugal, I have just one thing to say to you, you are CHEAP! Being frugal means being consistent in ...
Little room in a house
Saving moeny we took went over land from Monywa south to Pakokku with the plan to get a boat to Bagan. Again this place is off the backpacker route, just every day Burmese people getting on with life and work. there was 400,000 in this toiwn and it was ...
Bagan & Mandalay
... ; Ook hebben wij op aanraden van een aantal Fransen heerlijk gegeten in een typisch Myanmar restaurant. Dankzij een interview op de nationale tv zender (vol trots toonden ze pap en mij de uitzending op dvd) en ...
Crazy Trains and Temple Plains
... Eastwood in a Western movie. The mountain was strung with temples and there was an excellent view all the way back to Bagan. Monkeys were wandering everywhere and people were feeding them so they had little fear of humans. We bought parcels of betel nut ...
Getting Dusty at Bagan
... good. Do you know what an echidna is?” <blank stare> “Never mind” “How long for stay Bagan?” “3 days” “Oooohhhhh” then if they are trying to sell something they go into their sales pitch – ...
Stupas,temples and pagodas region,
... that every where else is religious monuments,There is Bagan,land of pagodas,rest of temples,and home of stupas. The story of Bagan period start with unbelievable,On unrecorded time there Bagan was covered by shred of bushed and vines, There a king want ...
Bagan (Nyuang U)
The hometown of a huge plain of temples. Nice, but not that spectacular... (according to ...