Bagan province, Myanmar - July 10-12, 2014 - Bagan is perhaps what Siem Reap was like twenty years ago, but with horsecarts. I did not care much for the town itself, it was already a tourist area. It is bizarre walking in from the dust into a gourmet Italian restaurant. The place was thronging as it was a Buddhist event.
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| Burmese coconut curry. Nothing else like it. |
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| The ingenuity of Burmese bottle openers. |
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| Over 3000 ruins are clustered in the area of Bagan. |
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| Wax sits on an altar before the image of Buddha. |
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| Can you see the animal? And can you tell me what it is? |
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| Betel nut spatter. |
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| The Irrawaddy River. |
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| I don't really recommend the Winner Duest House. |
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| Mt. Popa |
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| Food used to.... |
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| ....protect you from these vicious bastards. |
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| The town around Mt. Popa has many monasteries. |
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| A temple glows on a hilltop at night. |
See the rest of the our Cambodia/Thailand/Burma/Laos trip:
Episode 1: Pailin, Cambodia
Episode 2: Bangkok, Thailand
Episode 3: Mae Sot, Thailand
Episode 4: Yangon, Myanmar
Episode 6: Mandalay, Myanmar
Episode 7: Vientiane and Vang Vieng, Laos
Coda: Sihanoukville, Cambodia
