Monday, January 30, 2017

bagan - myanmar (burma)

our next stop after yangon? easy, it was the ancient temple city of bagan.
  • for us was old bagan very similar to cambodia's 1700 km far Angkor Wat because of the hot and dry climate, sands soil and also similar friendly + tolerant buddhist population. anyway, the monuments were completely different even as they were built almost in the same time (9th - 12th century a.d.)
  • the are 2,227 monuments right now, before the earthquake in 1975 there were 4,000+ budhist monuments (stupa vs. temple vs. pagoda)
  • our favorite monuments? here are few of them: manuha phaya, the biggest dhammayan gyi pagoda, the highest thatbyinnyu phaya, the hindu one, the 920 years old #1056 was probably our nicest climbing adventure, the indian style ananda temple, swezigon pagoda, the #1686 especially inside (close to the biggest temple), buphaya at the jetty and riverside restaurants, ... don't worry about these strange names, you will find for sure your own favorite temple where you spent your nice & valuable time..... 
  • my dears, forget balloon, boat, horse, bicycle and taxi: the small chinese e-bikes are the way to explore this cultural UNESCO heritage. just don't forget the helmet for your own safety ;-). well, for the best of all wives and me it was better to take one e-bike for two as it made our communication easy and we could spontaneously decide where to stop and where to turn next.
sunrise over bagan
e-bike is the way how (tourist) mobility works in bagan ... 
or you could try to fly :-)
#1686
stupa climbing
the highest temple
manuha phaya + best of all wives
buphaya
#1056
burmese romeo & juliett
relaxing in our hotel kumudara pagoda view
swezigon pagoda
lunch
good-bye bagan, buddhas & bikes
more pictures here.

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