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| Mawlamyine Yangon Thanlyin Mandalay Irawaddy Bagan Balloons-over-Bagan Mt Popa |
Mawlamyine
Kyaikthanian Paya
As referenced by Kipling in "Mandalay": By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' eastward to the sea...
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Other Mawalamyine
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| Mahamuni Pagoda |
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| Mahamuni Pagoda |
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| Jamae Mosque |
Mawlamyine to Yangon
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| Mandalar Minn VIP bus to Yangon |
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| 32 miles NW of Mawlamyine |
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| 63 miles NE of Thanlyin |
Yangon
Shwedagon Paya
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| Pious cleanup squad |
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| Jewelled Top (during restoration) |
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| 76 carat diamond topper |
Sule Paya Pagoda
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| An ancient Pagoda, now in a traffic circle |
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Botahtaung Pagoda
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| Botahtaung Pagoda: Under restoration |
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| Golded zig-zag interior |
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Colonial Rangoon
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| Secretariat: Old British HQ |
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| Secretariat: Old British HQ |
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| Old Customs House |
Chaukhtatgyi Paya
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| Chaukhtatgyi Paya: Reclining Buddha |
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Nga Htat Gyi
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| Nga Htat Gyi entrance |
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Other Yangon
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| Independence Obelisk |
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| National Museum: Lion Throne |
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| National Museum |
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| National Museum |
Thanlyin
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| Kyaik Khauk pagoda: Under regilding |
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| Kyaik Khauk pagoda |
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| Pada Gi statue |
Yele Paya island pagoda
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| Yele Paya pagoda |
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Yangon to Mandalay
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| Mandalar Minn to Mandalay |
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| Youth with local face decorations |
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Mandalay
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| Mahamuni Paya |
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| Mahamuni Paya |
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| Dedicants add gold leafs |
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| Unfinished Buddhas |
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| Alms gathering Monks |
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| Alms gathering Nuns |
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| Shew in Bin Kyaung, teak temple |
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| Phone advert, of child with traditional face powder |
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| "Two Canon" pier, for Bagan cruise |
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| Shweekyeemin Paya |
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| Mandalay Palace Moat |
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| View to Mandalay Hill |
Mandalay Hill
A lot of steps and a lot of Buddhas...
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| Stairway guardians |
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| Summit stupas |
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| Summit stupas |
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| Ogre King |
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| Ogress offers her own breasts |
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| Some of the many steps down... |
Ava
A day tour to Ava, Sagaing and Amarapuya
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| The Irawaady |
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| Local transport |
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| Bagaya Monastery (Teak) |
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| Yadana Hsemee pagoda complex |
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| Palace Watch Tower (1822) |
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| Maha Aung Mye Bon San Monastery |
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Sagaing
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| U Min Thonze "Caves" Pavillion with 33 entrances |
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| U Min Thonze "Caves" |
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| Soon U Pon Nya Shin padoga |
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| Meal offerings |
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| Soon U Pon Nya Shin padoga |
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| Hand silk weaving. In tiny sections at a time. |
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| Amaraputra: 1847 U-Bein teak bridge Partly a defensive barrier against the nefarious British |
Irawaddy Cruise
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| Sagaing from the Irawaddy |
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| The mighty Irawaddy |
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| A shore stop at a farming village |
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| Sewing straw strips into hats |
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| Hand twining the straw strips |
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| Solar power! |
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Bagan at Ground Level
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| Bulethi Paya |
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| View from Bulethi Paya: Mighty herds of stupas |
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| View from Bulethi Paya |
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| View from Bulethi Paya to Htilominlo |
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| View from Bulethi Paya to Dhammayan Gyi |
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| Shwezigon |
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| Shwezigon |
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| Shwezigon: modern gilded plaster over old bricks |
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| Shwezigon |
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| Shwezigon |
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| Gubyaukgyi |
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| Htilominlo |
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| Htilominlo |
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| Htilominlo |
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| Ananada Paya |
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| Ananada Paya |
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| Ananda |
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| Ananda |
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| Buddha (1): Frowning from close up |
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| Buddha (2): Smiling from afar |
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| Thatbyinnu |
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| Manuha A giant Buddha trapped in a small temple. Like King Manuha himself? |
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| Manuha |
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| Manuha: Reclining Buddha |
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| Manuha: Reclining Buddha + Scotsman |
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| Dhammayan Gyi |
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| Dhammayan Gyi |
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| Dhammayan Gyi |
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| Dhammayan Gyi |
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| Dhammayan Gyi |
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| Sulamani |
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| Sulamani |
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| Sulamani |
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| Sulamani |
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| Sulamani |
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| Sulamani |
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| View from Ta Wet Paya |
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| View from Ta Wet Paya to modern hotel! |
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| View from Ta Wet Paya to Sulamani |
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| Thandaw Gya (?) |
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| Shwegu Gyi Phaya |
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| Small riverside shrine |
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| Gawdaw Palin |
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| Mahabodhi Paya |
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| Bagan Archaeological Museum |
Balloons Over Bagan
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| Using a fan for initial inflation... |
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| Scotsman second on the left |
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Mt Popa
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| Steps up... |
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| View from the top |
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| A pious monkey |
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Shrine to the 37 Nats
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