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143 YANGON – BAGAN HIGHWAY SIGHTS BAGAN & CENTRAL MYANMAR SIGHTS BAGAN & CENTRAL MYANMAR PYAY (PROME) crossroads of the ...

144 BAGAN & CENTRAL MYANMAR YA N G O N–BAG A N HI G HWAY oLucky Dragon HOTEL $$ (%24222; http://luckydragon.com; 772 Strand ...

145 YANGON – BAGAN HIGHWAY 8 BAGAN & CENTRAL MYANMAR 8 BAGAN & CENTRAL MYANMAR AROUND PYAY cute place that turns out ver ...

146 BAGAN & CENTRAL MYANMAR YA N G O N–BAG A N HI G HWAY few hours of laid-back exploration, often in isolation. Known to Pa ...

147 YANGON – BAGAN HIGHWAY 8 BAGAN & CENTRAL MYANMAR 8 BAGAN & CENTRAL MYANMAR AROUND PYAY the way to ‘Thaungpye Mound’, ...

148 BAGAN & CENTRAL MYANMAR YA N G O N–BAG A N HI G HWAY Taung (Tax Mountain). The mountain is named for the crafty toll-tak ...

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Why Go? Marco Polo, who may or may not have visited on his travels, described Bagan as ‘one of the fi nest sights in the world’. ...

150 TEMPLES OF BAGAN  History Per Pali inscriptions found here, Bagan kings apparently fl irted with a couple of diff erent cit ...

151 TEMPLES OF BAGAN TEMPLES OF BAGAN the military junta switched it back to Bagan in 1989. GLORY DAYS Bagan’s two and a half ...

152 TEMPLES OF BAGAN Bagan scholar Paul Strachan argues in Pagan: Art and Architecture of Old Burma that the city was never aban ...

153 THE TEMPLES TEMPLES OF BAGAN TEMPLES OF BAGAN temples, monasteries and stupas have been speculatively rebuilt from mounds of ...

154 TEMPLES OF BAGAN THE TEMPLES additional sights, accommodation, eating and transport options, see p 113. The temples are all ...

155 THE TEMPLES TEMPLES OF BAGAN TEMPLES OF BAGAN OLD BAGAN small, square monastery platform, con- structed in 1174 by Narapatis ...

156 TEMPLES OF BAGAN THE TEMPLES Inside you’ll fi nd fi ne stucco carvings, a teak buddha and stone slabs that retell (in Pali) ...

157 THE TEMPLES TEMPLES OF BAGAN TEMPLES OF BAGAN NORTH PLAIN Thought to have been built between 1090 and 1105 by King Kyanzitth ...

158 TEMPLES OF BAGAN THE TEMPLES off ering dhamma (Buddhist teachings) as a cure for suff ering. Both arms hang at the im- age’s ...

159 THE TEMPLES TEMPLES OF BAGAN TEMPLES OF BAGAN CENTRAL PLAIN Wetkyi-In-Gubyaukgyi BUDDHIST TEMPLE 0k'äkI"a='"gUe ̈p;k'äkI" Ju ...

160 TEMPLES OF BAGAN THE TEMPLES mysterious, bricked-up inner passageways and cruel history. It’s said that King Narathu built t ...

161 THE TEMPLES TEMPLES OF BAGAN TEMPLES OF BAGAN MYINKABA AREA that temple styles changed in Bagan because the builders improve ...