Aye Yar Hotel Bagan
Old Bagan, Bank of the Ayeyarwaddy river Bagan, Myanmar
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Amazing Bagan
... back by the junta), New Bagan (the new town said residents moved to) & Nyaung U (which is somewhat of the backpacker favorite out of the 3). In between are the countless temples, stupas or whats left of them. The ruins of Bagan cover an area of 16 square miles (41 km2). The majority of its buildings were built in the 11th century to 13th century, during the time Bagan was the capital of the First Burmese ...
Temples and Tummy Trouble
... ha! So wrong... it was definitely a dose of Bagan Belly for me! By 6pm I was in the toilet of my hotel room with explosive bowels, and I was there for hours! I was actually able to return to bed after a few hours but only with frequent dashes back to the loo for several more hours, so you can imagine how apprehensive I felt, when we headed off at midday the next day to the airport to catch our plane to Heho!
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Bagan
... accommodation in Bagan was magnificent. Friendly staff. Beautiful teak bungalows with a balcony, fancy teak panelling and umbrella hanging from the ceiling. Dinner was on the lawn at the foot of an pogoda light by candles. Your table had your room/group name laid out in flowers at the foot of the table and the food a choice of Myanmar, Thai, Indian and Chinese ...
Ancient Temples by the Irrawaddy
... of dusty old teak furniture and lacquer ware cabinets. The walls and roof were panelled with teak and they had preserved a couple of lovely carved doors but much of it was in a poor state of repair.
Before leaving Salay we visited a pagoda housing a large golden Buddha which is said to have been reclaimed from the river in 1888. It was made of sawdust and by lying on your back with a torch in a little tunnel underneath the Buddha you ...
Temple heaven
... on the cover. Picture a flat wide plain with endless round spiky rust covered temples. The image is so unique it makes you think what it must be like to go take a visit.
The best time to see these pagodas (by the way a pagoda or Stupa is a solid temple not possible to enter, whereas a temple can be entered and always has one of more Buddha images as a central focus point) is just after dawn as the morning mist still lingers on the ground. Due to the early flight we ...


