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Shwedagon Pagoda
is the holiest place in Myanmar. The
big golden stupa, with may jewels in the top, can be seen from most places in
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Sule pagoda is
the starting point for all distance measurements. |
Botataung temple contains
a shire with a hair of Buddah. |
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Bagan plain is littered with tempels.It is
said there are between 2000 and 4000. Ananda Pahto is one of the biggest and
still in use. |
Buddah in Anada
Phato |
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Shwesandaw Paya with the artificial new palace in the back |
Temple in the fields |
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Bagan plains at sun set. |
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Palace wall and moat in Mandalay. |
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Mandalay Palace inside the walls. |
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U Thein Bridge, the longest teak bridge in the world. |
View from Sagaing Hill, which is dotted with temples, to the
Ayeyarwaddy River |
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Inwa, one of the old capitals, is now a rural area, which can be
explored by horse cart. |
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Sandamuni Paya with hundreds of white stupa’s |
Shwenandaw Kyang, a temple built for King Mindon. Because the King’s
ghost would not leave, the temple was taken apart and rebuild outside the
palace walls. As a result of that, it survived the destructions of WW II |
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Rowing with your leg and fishing, a sight that can be seen on Inle Lake |
Market near Inle Lake |
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Market near Inle Lake |
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Inthein is a village a bit up one of the rivers that flows into the
lake. Getting there is a nice trip and Inthein itself has many attractive
ruins. |
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