Pagan

Wow how is that for a shot.

Pagan is the most incredible town of nothing but temples over 1000 temples and it is a United Nations World Heritage site. Te Win was our guide.

Tee was a great guy.  He advised us on currency trading and Ruby smuggling.  He also advised us on that undercover dudes that sneak around trying to levy fines (take a bribe) .

Pagan was the sleepy town that time had forgot. It slept on the banks of the Irrawaddy River, a river that flowed endlessly in time. The majority of its 1000 temples were built in the 1000s to 1200s and the areas footprint covers more than 16 square miles. There are two preeminent ancient religious cities in Southeast Asia: Pagan in Burma and Angkor in Cambodia.

I did my best currency trading here.  60 chats to the dollar.  Wow almost got busted by “undercover Dudes”.  Tee ratted them out for us.  Also traded some uncut rubies not a bad deal.

Both sites are notable for their expanse of sacred geography and the number and size of their individual temples. For many visitors Pagan is the more extraordinary of the two cities because of the view. The ruins of Pagan cover an area of 16 square miles that Sprawl across a vast dusty plain, the ruins of Pagan are unhidden. They’re being no trees to obstruct the view, one may gaze over forty square miles of countryside, upon literally thousands of temples. In the early morning, from Sulamani Temple, or in the late afternoon, from Gawdawpalin Temple, the view is among the very finest the world has to offer.

This was inside one of the rather large temples and this is huge in its own right.

From here we then traveled onward to Inle lake and finally from here we traveled back to Rangoon and when I went to leave I was denied that opportunity because I did not change money at the bank and the military wanted me to change money at the bank rated with them.  Lotar resqued me saying he paid for my expenses.   money is a good thing on the black market but everyone wants their cut especially the Government.  Imagine 1100 percent  bid and asked spread between the fixed Government rate and the back seat of a taxi- I lived like a KING but it almost cost me jail not good.  Below one of the rather large temples.

Other photos below

Pagan was the sleepy town that time had forgot. It slept on the banks of the Irrawady River, a river that flowed endlessly in time. The majority of its 1000 temples were built in the 1000s to 1200s and the areas footprint covers more than 16 square miles.

There are two preeminent ancient religious cities in Southeast Asia: Pagan in Burma and Angkor in Cambodia. Both sites are notable for their expanse of sacred geography and the number and size of their individual temples. For many visitors Pagan is the more extraordinary of the two cities because of the view. The ruins of Pagan cover an area of 16 square miles that Sprawl across a vast dusty plain, the ruins of Pagan are unhidden. They’re being no trees to obstruct the view, one may gaze over forty square miles of countryside, upon literally thousands of temples. In the early morning, from Sulamani Temple, or in the late afternoon, from Gawdawpalin Temple, the view is among the very finest the world has to offer.