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Around the world in 2000,
via Asia and Madagascar.
Bagan-Popa (Myanmar)
Bec2004-09-18 17:05:21
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Ayeyarwady River
Bagan is a restful 11 hour cruise downstream from Mandalay. It leaves at 6am and gets there at 5 pm so bring a book for there is not much else to do but read.
The boat stops here and there along the way and that's interesting because of all the people that materialise out of nowhere to sell fruit and local delicacies.
The river is beautiful as you can see but it's nice to get there after 11 hours of it. This shot was taken from the Bagan landing.
Nyaung U
I took a horse drawn carriage like the one you can see across the street to get from the landing to the Pan Cherry Hotel where I had a very comfortable room for only 3 $US a night.
I spent the next day exploring Nyaung U and visiting the Bagan Museum while waiting for Carla to arrive. Here are a group of nuns descending on the town to collect their daily ration of food. Below left, two of them in the market and on the right an old woman enjoying her cigar.
Old Bagan
The new Bagan Museum glorifies the golden age of Burman culture, those 250 years during which thousands of temples were built in and around the Burman capital of Bagan. The builders of Bagan apparently reserved brick for religious monuments for nothing remains of the other buildings, that must have been wooden, in this great capital.
Gawdawpalin
The Gawdawpalin temple, just next to the museum in Old Bagan, was built by King Narapatisithu (1174-1211), reputedly to atone for his excessive pride and for his cruelty towards his subjects during the construction of the Sulamani temple. It was the first I visited.
Shwezigon
Shwezigon pagoda was the last monument we visited in Bagan. It was started by Anawratha (1044-1077) and finished by Kyansittha (1084-1113). It is reputed to hold a holy tooth relic
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See photographs from:
Burma (Myanmar) Gallery
