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Panoramic view of Bagan,
where 4400 temples built around 800 years ago are packed into 42 sq km
This guy was watching his
goats grazing nearby
Buledi Paya, where it's
possible to enjoy great sunsets without crowds
Our first sunset
Next morning, Mike and I
cycled to Old Bagan to watch sunrise
There are hot air balloons
flying over Bagan every day after sunrise. It costs $295
Gaw Daw Palin Temple is 60
meters high
Bagan was hit by a 6.5
earthquake in 1975. Many temples were badly damaged but later
reconstructed
Many bigger temples are
busy with tourists, but the smaller ones have nobody around
Bagan is not a UNESCO
heritage site, mainly for political reasons
I didn't want to buy
postcards, and she said: "you should buy, because you are rich man"
There are hundreds of
children selling postcards, I can't buy from all of them
This was the only wooden
monastery we saw in Bagan
A group of tourists
arrived by bus especially to watch the annular sun eclipse
This was the longest
annular eclipse until the year 3043. And we were on top of Mi Nyein Gon
Pagoda watching it!
Shwesandaw is always
packed for sunset
Next day I was on top of
Mi Nyein Gon Pagoda for another sunrise. Amazing!
It's cold in the morning,
but vendors are not deterred
Morning view of Bagan from
Mi Nyein Gon
Locals are working,
tourists are flying, and pagodas are simply standing still
Almost every pagoda has
it's Buddha image
This one was unusual -
male and female Buddha
Majority of tourists get
around Bagan by horse cart. We had more freedom cycling
There are many villages in
Bagan Zone. It's not just temples, but simple, everyday life of local
people
Check out huge
cigarette the 2nd woman is smoking!
Women work at least as
hard as men
Sulamani Pahto in the
Central Plain, one of Bagan's prettiest
Frescoes inside Sulamani
Pahto
Locals women with goats
amongst Bagan's temples
A typical resting place
with a jar of drinking water. We never drank it for fear of stomach
problems
Some pagodas only have
numbers. The one on the left was 1555
Approaching Shwesandaw
Paya. If cycling, a bike with wide tires is best for those sandy roads
Outside Htilominlo Patho.
Here we bought our souvenirs
After Ananda, this was the
biggest souvenir shop in Bagan
Sand paintings. On a
canvas is a fine layer of sand where different motives are painted
Finally, a collection of
Buddha images from different temples