Tharabar Gate Bagan
, Old Bagan Bagan, Myanmar
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TravelPod Member ReviewsTharabar Gate Bagan
“Nice place to stay”
garynbrown 26 contributions
Seattle, United States
Dec 30, 2009
These is a well-located very comfortable and clean hotel.
This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelTharabar Gate Bagan
BALLOONS OVER BAGAN
Mingalaba!
Bright and early the morning of December 30 (Linda's birthday) we rose to a calm, brisk morning and went ballooning. It was awesome. In five square miles around Bagan, there are 4,000 pagodas. As expected, seeing all of those pagodas from a hot air balloon as the sun is rising is spectacular. Linda loved it too and did real …
Bags to Bagan
Spend the morning packing and chilling out at the hotel before sharing a car to the airport with a couple of young Americans who were on a six week round the world tour. Sadly, they hadn't quite worked out how to pack so were traveling with 6 bags and a wooden screen. Flew Yangon Airways again for the 25 minute transfer to Bagan. We arrived at …
Indiana Jones and the temples of Bagan
My main reason for coming was to try and photograph sunrise over the temples in Bagan. I'd been inspired by shots on Flickr so wanted to try my hand. I left the hotel at 5.30am in pitch darkness and picked up a horse and cart. We bounced through the darkness and arrived at Mi-niyan-gon pagoda. The driver entered the pitch black temple and we inched …
So few tourists, so many pagodas
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 off at most sites that are beyond filthy. Then when it's time to eat, the tourists restaurants have dirt floors, no atmosphere, and the same food at every place. The tourist sites …
Yangon to Bagan
A great morning of sightseeing in Yangon, including the Shwedagon Temple by daylight. There are bustling preparations for the weaving contest that takes place every November on the night before full moon. Nine teams are chosen from the area, they bring their looms and get ready for the command to start. On the signal they all commence weaving at …



