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Showing posts with label Bagan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bagan. Show all posts

Saturday, July 11, 2015

Bagan's Playground of Pagodas, 27-28 May 2015


Welcome to Myanmar's Disneyland of  pagodas (credit to our friend Liron for the term), the beautiful and breathtaking Bagan! It was the ancient capital of the Pagan Kingdom where over 10,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries were built between the 11th and 13th centuries. With over 2200 surviving temples and pagodas, spread around 42 kilometers of vast plains along the Irrawaddy river, Bagan is still not a UNESCO site but for me, a passionate temple enthusiast, it is without a doubt one of the most unique  and beautiful place I have seen.