Around 4000 Temples; over 580,000 Buddhas. Another normal day in Burma


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February 10th 2007
Published: February 11th 2007
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Bagan - Monywa Little did we know when setting off to explore a couple more of the four thousand or so temples of Bagan, that a few hours later we'd be backstage meeting the stars at a 'pwe' - a pagoda (temple) festival. Our self appointed guide, who was all of 15 years old was thrilled to be the one who had brought these exotic foreigners with cameras back behind the scenes, to the place where t... Read Full Entry



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ThanakaThanaka
Thanaka

Kylie gets a hand applying hers. Bagan
Sand Paintings Sand Paintings
Sand Paintings

For sale, Bagan
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Local

Bagan
MistMist
Mist

rises, Bagan
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Mural

Bagan
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Observation Tower

A scar on the landscape, Bagan
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Nirvana

The white dots all the way up the wall behind are all tiny Buddhas too... Thanbodhye



11th February 2007

Isn't Religion Wonderful
Nice writing mate, beautiful photo's to. You manage to bring back the magic and beauty of Burma. And yet again the human race wasts money on religion... Like the Nigerian MP who when asked why their country was one of the poorest, most violence, corrupt and dangerous in the world and what solutions they had to solve the problem, replied with "We just need to pray harder".
16th May 2011

Mingalarbar
Very nice blog and nice photos.i am so please and happy that u both love Myanmar(Burma). And also Bagan is one of my favourite place in Myanmar(burma).Thanks for ur photos which i found some of nice pictures to use for my research.

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