Myanmar
My impression before going to Myanmar was that I would be stepping back in time to 1940. For the most part I was not disappointed, but far more interesting was stepping back to the 11th century when I made it to Bagan.
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Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)
Yangon is Myanmar’s largest and capital city. Burma is perhaps the least Westernized country in Southeast Asia, closed off to the outside world until 1962, with only limited access to foriegners today. The country is rich, however, with ancient religious culture, as evidenced throughout the city and country by thousands of Buddhist temples.
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Visits
Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)
Mandalay is Myanmar’s second largest city. The city sprawls around the banks of the Irrawaddy river, and is an active mecca for teak log shipping, stone and brass sculpture and the day-to-day business of eating, drinking and tending to the kids. Not much technology in Mandalay, even the electricity is rationed, available every other day only.
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Sagaing, Amarapura and Ava, Myanmar (Burma)
A few kilometers south of Mandalay is a collection of religious sites and ruined castles from the 11th through 13th centuries.
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Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)
Down the Ayeyarwady River take the fast boat (10 hours) or the slow boat (13 hours) south from Mandalay, and in the middle of nowhere sprouts the deserted city of Bagan. Starting around the 11th century a kingdom evolved here and centered itself on the worship of the ways of Buddha. There are over 2300 temples here, and an estimated 3 million Buddha images. Heavily damages in 1975 by an earthquake, many of the temples have since been restored.
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