Bagan and Mount Popa

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January 24th 2016

Published: March 21st 2016

Day 12-Sunday-January 24- Today Annette & Doug decided to do different excursions, Annette taking the Bagan city tour and Doug taking the Mount Popa tour. We both departed the boat at 9:00am. Before we started our separate tours, both buses met at Thatbyinnyu Temple for a few exterior photos from a distance. It is a famous temple, the tallest in Bagan at just over 200 feet. It is shaped like a cro... Read Full Entry

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Lacquerware workshop

On our way back to the boat we stopped at this workshop and were shown the incredible process of making a quality piece of lacquerware. It is very time consuming because of the drying process between layers.

Creating a bowl

This young man is starting the process by wrapping the bamboo strips around to create a small bowl before the first application of lacquer.

The etchers

These young ladies are creating their designs by etching a small bowl and a plate with sharp tools.

Some finishing work

These folks are continuing the coloring and finish work on their pieces.

The drying area

This space is a below grade basement-like area that contains many pieces of lacquerware drying between the multiple steps and layers. We were unable to enter but could take a photo from here.

Finished products

This is the showroom with the lacquerware for sale. Annette's bus met Doug's bus here for our last stop of the day. We purchased several pieces to bring home.