Part Two To visit Burma without visiting Bagan is like going to Italy and not seeing Rome. One of the greatest archeological and religious sites in all of Asia, the over 2000 temples, make for a daunting, awe-inspiring, dusty, tiring and in the end ultimately satisfying travel experience. Located in the dry central plains about 200 miles from Mandalay,getting to Bagan meant waking up super early and enduring a 7 hour bus ride. As far as marathon bus rides go, the trip was surprisingly pleasant. It provided me with ample reading, journaling time and a glimpse life in this seemingly vast, arid part of the country. To break us such a long travel day we stopped for lunch at the home of the gods (or in this case the Nats). Mount Popa Known as the Mt.
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