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playing a game of chance at the fairground during the festival. we accidentally stumbled upon this fairground one night, and it was fun wandering around here101 views
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there was a big Buddhist festival going on for a few days when we arrived in Mandalay. here are people hanging out and watching a travelling theatre group outdoors. these plays with singing and dancing telling mythical stories go on all night long87 views
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hanging out outside our bungalow, watching the sunset87 views
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you can see around me some of the many hundreds of the ancient temples that dot the plains of Bagan83 views
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our bungalow at the hotel in Bagan - the Bagan Thande Hotel80 views
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each of the 729 white pagodas contains a mable slab inscribed in Pali and they constitute the Tipitaka (sacred texts of Theravada Buddhism), so all 729 sabs together make up the one book. it took 9 years to complete the book79 views
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monks waiting to catch the sunset on top of Mandalay Hill77 views
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our verandah76 views
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by the great Irrawaddy river, in front of our bungalow (the Irrawaddy is about 1350 miles long)75 views
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this girl at one of the pagodas had thanaka paste on her face in really cool looking leaf patterns74 views
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in front of our bungalow. my foot's bandaged up after the motorcycle accident in Mandalay73 views
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this is a travelling band with instruments hooked up to amps and speakers on wheels, wandering the streets at night and blaring music72 views
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gorgeous sunset on the Irrawaddy. we were in love with our hotel room. we stayed extra days in Bagan, longer than we had planned, just to stay in our bungalow and watch the river, hang out and enjoy the peace72 views
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puppets at a charming restaurant just outside the gate of old bagan (they had puppet shows in the evening)72 views
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looking at the moat & Mandalay Hill (in the distance) from the foreigner's entrance to Mandalay Fort -there are 4 entrances, but foreigners are only allowed to enter through 1, which we discovered after going to the other 3, which took a long time71 views
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one of the pages of the book71 views
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view from our bed. we would lie here for hours watching the river - a lone fisherman in his little boat, a barge slowly drifting by71 views
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smoke rising at dusk on the opposite shore of the Irrawaddy71 views
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all these individual buildings and the grounds make up the inner palace. outside this center, but still inside the fort (which is surrounded by the moat) there's huge amount of land which is used to house the local armed forces and their families70 views
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we liked the restaurant - it was set in the middle of a lush tropical garden. food was good too, so we kept going back.70 views
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view of the palace buildings in the inner core of the Fort (the Royal Palace was turned into a fort after the British annexed Burma)69 views
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chuck chatting with a monk at Kuthodaw Pagoda69 views
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one of the rooms in the Royal Palace inside Mandalay Fort. you have to be barefeet to enter these buildings (same with temples, whether in active use or ruins).68 views
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