Blogs from Bagan, Mandalay Region, Burma, Asia - page 16

Asia » Burma » Mandalay Region » Bagan July 4th 2007

7/4/07 Happy Fourth of July! I am writing this journal on a slow boat (15 hours) to the ruins of Bagan. We wanted to take the slow boat to soak in the country-side and experience village scenes. The boat travels the mighty Ayeyarwady River--the life blood of Burma. The scenery has been spectacular; very flat grasslands with lots of greens and yellows (and brown including the river water). The first few hours were pretty full of villagers, tourists and baskets of goods. We have made a few stops where villagers load and unload the boat. It was suprising to me when locals from the various stops actually ran aboard the boat to sell us food and wares. We themed the stops based on the items being sold: banana, chicken, mango and blanket. The weather has been ... read more

שלום מבאגאן!

Asia » Burma » Mandalay Region » Bagan June 26th 2007

סיגריה של בוקר בשווזיגון פאיה

oshri yamin

עיר עתיקה מלאת פגודות משו בסגנון קמבודיה... חשבנו לוותר כי כבר שבענו ממקדשים ובגלל שהדרך אמורה להיות הנוראית שבדרכים... אבל בסוף, כרגיל,עלתה המחשבה שלעולם כנראה לא נחזור לכאן- ונסענו. וכן, אלו היו ה10 שעות הכי קשות בטיול... נסיעה במה שפעם היה כביש ובמה שפעם היה מיניבוס... בלי מקום לרגלים ועם המון מסמרים שבולטים מכל הכיסאות והדפנות של הרכב... ממש עינוי... (על מזגן אין בכלל מה לדבר...) כשהגענו הלכנו לשוטט בעיר ומצאנו נהג כרכרה שהציע לקחת אותנו לראות את השקיעה מאחת הפגודות הגבוהות בעיר. נסענו לשם, מותשים, אבל ברגע שעלינו למעלה הבנו שבאמת היה שווה לעבור את הסיוט הזה ולהגיע לכאן. לראות 2800 פגודות זה לא משהו שרואים כל יום. למחרת טיילנו עם הכרכרה שלנו עד הצהריים בין המקדשים, שהם מהיפים שראינו וללא ספק בורמה היא "הארץ המוזהבת" כמו שאמר לנו בורמזי נחמד בשדה תעופה... בצהריים ... read more

The temples of Bagan...

Asia » Burma » Mandalay Region » Bagan June 23rd 2007

Sulamani Pahto

Loose footed

From the cool hills we dropped back down into the heat and boarded a government run night train bound for the temples of Bagan. And night train is just what we got, with the only light coming from a crazy lightning storm outside and our trusty 30c plastic torch inside. Met a couple of Aussies in our 'first class' cabin and had one of those sit-and-chat-in-darkness-on-arse-breaking-wooden-seats kind of conversations, cos sleep was outta the question. One derailment and 10 sleepless hours we rolled (literally) into Bagan station. Even though we were tired, we were also pretty damn excited to be here. Its not everyday you get to check out 2000 temples built by a succession of slightly deranged Buddhist-luvin Kings some 800 years ago! A short 6 hour nap later (the daytime heat was insane), we ... read more

Alone in the Burmese Jungle

Asia » Burma » Mandalay Region » Bagan May 31st 2007

Yangon

HEINRICHSTEIN

Yangon or Rangoon? An early morning flight out of Bangkok placed us in Yangon, Myanmar--the country's capital city. The airport was . . .very nice . . .and very empty. Point of interest: for those of you who didn't know, Myanmar is the country formerly known as "Prince" . . .I mean, Burma. We soon realized a couple of interesting facts about Myanmar. Number One: The women have some kind of Buddha-Mud on their faces--which Billy was sure was their fancy make-up. Number Two: The men wear skirts. Number Three: Everyone chews Beetlenut. We are not entirely sure why any of these facts are important to the culture of Myanmar, but we are looking forward to asking Billy's Dad who should know all of the ins and outs of Myanmar. Anyway, Yangon itself was a ... read more

Bagan...

Asia » Burma » Mandalay Region » Bagan May 18th 2007

notre endroits prefere: en haut de Shwesando

Raphetcharlotte

Bagan... Asia » Burma » Bagan » OZ By RaphetcharlotteMay 18th 2007Raphaelle et Charlotte On a tellement aime Bagan que l'on a pas resite a faire une petite page photo avec quelques vues, seulement une partie des photos parce que c'etait impossible de ne pas en prendre des dizaines et dizaines... ....................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................ ............................................................................. read more

Photos of Myanmar

Asia » Burma » Mandalay Region » Bagan May 6th 2007

Lac Inle view

nenous

Photos of Myanmar Asia » Burma » Bagan By nenousMay 6th 2007We are in Vientiane Laos today and have found things to be much more advanced here than in Myanmar. For one thing, the internet access is much easier so we are taking a minute to send you some photos to experience what beauty we found in Myanmar! See you soon on the blog! ... read more

Bagan to the Beach

Asia » Burma » Mandalay Region » Bagan April 26th 2007

Treasures of Bagan

Carrol

Bagan was once the capital city of Myanmar at its prime between 1084 and 1286AD. At that time the king started a temple building extravaganza raising nearly 4500 temples over that 250 year period. It is a spectacular view with nearly 2000 temples remaining that speckle the countryside and mountains looming across the Irrawaddy river. For two days we were shuttled around via horse cart. Our first day out we had an "aged" horse who limbered around so slowly bicyclists would pass us. The following day we got a younger, friskier horse named Lucky who pranced around rather quickly. Lucky seemed to be jet propelled by his farts. To get moving some gas had to be released, and once on the dusty dirt trail another round of farts was expelled much to the dismay of Jarrod ... read more

14. Tag - Bagan - Mount Popa

Asia » Burma » Mandalay Region » Bagan March 29th 2007

birgitundmarcus

sers zusammen! also zu gestern nen nachtrag: wir sind spaetnachmittag zum sonnenuntergang - unter den pagoden und tempeln - aufgebrochen. die pagode war ziemlich hoch und wir hatten einen traumhaften ausblick auf die untergehende sonne und die wirklich grossartige pagodenlandschaft. einfach genial. zu heute: (mount popa, hat nichts mit dem zu tun, was ihr alle von uns denkt, auch du nicht meine liebe bine!) um 09:00 uhr sind wir los. nach ca. einer halben stunde haben wir bei einer schnapsbrennerei, erdnussoel und erdnusszuckerln sowie palmschnaps wie palmzigaretten halt gemacht. also alles natur pur. war hoechst sauber und die familie war wirklich tuechtig. weiter gings on the road to mount popa. endlich angekommen bei interessanten temperaturen gings los, die ca. 1100 stufen zu erklimmen. wer denkt, das hoert sich wieder gleich an, wie beim mandalay hill, FEHLANZEIGE! ... read more

12. Tag - Bagan

Asia » Burma » Mandalay Region » Bagan March 28th 2007

birgitundmarcus

Nix mit relaxen. Heute haben wir uns Fahrraeder ausgeliehen und sind durch die Pagoden geduest. Sehr eindrucksvoll, aber noch mehr freuen wir uns, wenn wir heute oder morgen abend den Sonnenuntergang auf einer Pagode geniessen koennen. An Magic Max: die alte Dame Juve wuerde sich hier sehr sehr wohl fuehlen - archaeologisches Wunder! Die Relikte aus frueherer Zeit sowie die teilweise sehr sehr gut erhaltenen Pagoden waeren ideal fuer dich. und noch was: bayern erholt sich nur fuer die CL. Freu mich schon riesig mit dir und gutem Essen auf das Rueckspiel und den hoffentlichen Sieg meiner Bayern. :-)))) An Fips: Hast mich schon ausm Urwald rausholen wollen. Keine Chance, die Tiere haben mehr Angst vor mir wie ich von denen. Ist echt sehr geschmeidisch hier. An Bine/Eric: Selber schuld. Hier ists voll fein, sehr gutes ... read more

11. Tag - Bagan

Asia » Burma » Mandalay Region » Bagan March 27th 2007

birgitundmarcus

Hallo ihr gesunden! Eigentlich war dieser Tag fuer Birgit zum relaxen und gesunden gedacht. Ihr geht es jedoch schon viel besser, jedoch hat sie Marcus erfolgreich angesteckt. Also, dieser Tag dient zum Relaxen von Marcus und um Euch wiedermal von uns zu berichten. Am Samstag gehts fuer uns weiter zum Beach. LG die Abenteurer... read more

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