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Bagan Airport

Bagan Airport

Flight to Mandalay

Flight to Mandalay

Flight to Mandalay

Flight to Mandalay

Flight to Mandalay

Flight to Mandalay

Craig and Toni at Sein Wah

Craig and Toni at Sein Wah

Crazy kitten, Aung Nan Handicrafts Workshop

Crazy kitten, Aung Nan Handicrafts Workshop

Taw-balu marionette, Aung Nan Handicrafts Workshop

Taw-balu marionette, Aung Nan Handicrafts Workshop

Teak mandala, Aung Nan Handicrafts Workshop

Teak mandala, Aung Nan Handicrafts Workshop

Aung Nan Handicrafts Workshop

Aung Nan Handicrafts Workshop

Teak mandala, Aung Nan Handicrafts Workshop

Teak mandala, Aung Nan Handicrafts Workshop

Aung Nan Handicrafts Workshop

Aung Nan Handicrafts Workshop

Aung Nan Handicrafts Workshop

Aung Nan Handicrafts Workshop

Mother embroiders a kalaga while her toddler sleeps, Aung Nan Handicrafts Workshop

Mother embroiders a kalaga while her toddler sleeps, Aung Nan Handicrafts Workshop

Aung Nan Handicrafts Workshop

Aung Nan Handicrafts Workshop

Aung Nan Handicrafts Workshop

Aung Nan Handicrafts Workshop

Aung Nan Handicrafts Workshop

Aung Nan Handicrafts Workshop

Myanmar Muh Mandalay

Myanmar Muh Mandalay

Brick oven, Myanmar Muh Mandalay

Brick oven, Myanmar Muh Mandalay

Dwarfed by a large clay Buddha form

Dwarfed by a large clay Buddha form

Bronze statue of General Aung San in progress

Bronze statue of General Aung San in progress

Bronze Aung San Suu Kyi portrait, Myanmar Muh Mandalay

Bronze Aung San Suu Kyi portrait, Myanmar Muh Mandalay

Marble dust flies as craftsmen carve Buddhas

Marble dust flies as craftsmen carve Buddhas

Reclining Buddha

Reclining Buddha

Buddha selfie

Buddha selfie

Marble Buddhas await their faces

Marble Buddhas await their faces

Aung San Suu Kyi gold leaf portrait, King Galon Gold Leaf Workshop

Aung San Suu Kyi gold leaf portrait, King Galon Gold Leaf Workshop

Gold leaf packaging room, King Galon Gold Leaf Workshop

Gold leaf packaging room, King Galon Gold Leaf Workshop

Gold leaf packaging room, King Galon Gold Leaf Workshop

Gold leaf packaging room, King Galon Gold Leaf Workshop

Women packaging gold leaf, King Galon Gold Leaf Workshop

Women packaging gold leaf, King Galon Gold Leaf Workshop

Gilded foreheads, King Galon Gold Leaf Workshop

Gilded foreheads, King Galon Gold Leaf Workshop

Toni, King Galon Gold Leaf Workshop

Toni, King Galon Gold Leaf Workshop

Young ladies working at the tea shop

Young ladies working at the tea shop

Stopping to buy green tea leaves

Stopping to buy green tea leaves

Candies made from sticky rice

Candies made from sticky rice

Lychee-flavored Sunkist

Lychee-flavored Sunkist

Al and his new friend

Al and his new friend

Lobby of the Bagan King Hotel

Lobby of the Bagan King Hotel

A cold drink to welcome us to the Bagan King Hotel

A cold drink to welcome us to the Bagan King Hotel

Room 205, Bagan King Hotel

Room 205, Bagan King Hotel

Mirrored column, Room 205

Mirrored column, Room 205

Kuthadow Pagoda

Kuthadow Pagoda

729 whitewashed pagodas house marble tablets inscribed with Theravada Buddhist canon

729 whitewashed pagodas house marble tablets inscribed with Theravada Buddhist canon

One of 729 pagodas which house marble slabs inscribed with Theravada Buddhist canon

One of 729 pagodas which house marble slabs inscribed with Theravada Buddhist canon

729 whitewashed pagodas house marble tablets inscribed with Theravada Buddhist canon

729 whitewashed pagodas house marble tablets inscribed with Theravada Buddhist canon

Maha Lawka Marazein Stupa gleams in the sunlight between whitewashed pagodas

Maha Lawka Marazein Stupa gleams in the sunlight between whitewashed pagodas

Woman applies thanaka paste (a bark-based natural sunscreen) in the shape pf Bodhi leaves on my cheeks

Woman applies thanaka paste (a bark-based natural sunscreen) in the shape pf Bodhi leaves on my cheeks


One of 729 pagodas which house marble slabs inscribed with Theravada Buddhist canon

One of 729 pagodas which house marble slabs inscribed with Theravada Buddhist canon

729 whitewashed pagodas house marble tablets inscribed with Theravada Buddhist canon

729 whitewashed pagodas house marble tablets inscribed with Theravada Buddhist canon

Thanaka and gold leaf selfie

Thanaka and gold leaf selfie

Maha Lawka Marazein Stupa

Maha Lawka Marazein Stupa

Model if Kuthadow Pagoda complex

Model of Kuthadow Pagoda complex

Shrine in front of Maha Lawka Marazein Stupa

Shrine in front of Maha Lawka Marazein Stupa

Hti (umbrella) at Maha Lawka Marazein Stupa

Hti (umbrella) at Maha Lawka Marazein Stupa

Maha Lawka Marazein Stupa

Maha Lawka Marazein Stupa

Cat nap

Cat nap

Maha Lawka Marazein Stupa

Maha Lawka Marazein Stupa

Little girls helping their mom to peel produce

Little girls helping their mom to peel produce

Kuthadow Pagoda

Kuthadow Pagoda

729 whitewashed pagodas house marble tablets inscribed with Theravada Buddhist canon

729 whitewashed pagodas house marble tablets inscribed with Theravada Buddhist canon

Model is photographed at Kuthadow Pagoda

Model is photographed at Kuthadow Pagoda

Riding up Mandalay Hill in the back of a pickup truck

Riding up Mandalay Hill in the back of a pickup truck

Escalator, Mandalay Hill

Escalator, Mandalay Hill

Mandalay Hill

Mandalay Hill

Used offering candles at Su Taung Pyi Pagoda

Used offering candles at Su Taung Pyi Pagoda

Su Taung Pyi Pagoda

Su Taung Pyi Pagoda

Su Taung Pyi Pagoda

Su Taung Pyi Pagoda

Two young monks who befriended us at Mandalay Hill

Two young monks who befriended us at Mandalay Hill

The moon and Venus from Mandalay Hill

The moon and Venus from Mandalay Hill

Ogre, Su Taung Pyi Pagoda

Ogre, Su Taung Pyi Pagoda

Su Taung Pyi Pagoda

Su Taung Pyi Pagoda

Ogress Sanda Muhki offers her breasts to the Buddha, and she is reincarnated as King Mindon, founder of Mandalay

Ogress Sanda Muhki offers her breasts to the Buddha, and she is reincarnated as King Mindon, founder of Mandalay

The moon and Venus from Mandalay Hill

The moon and Venus from Mandalay Hill

Woman plays a saung (Burmese Harp) at Shwe Bagan Restaurant

Woman plays a saung (Burmese Harp) at Shwe Bagan Restaurant

Marionette performance at Shwe Bagan Restaurant

Marionette performance at Shwe Bagan Restaurant

Man plays a pattala (Burmese bamboo xylophone) at Shwe Bagan Restaurant

Man plays a pattala (Burmese bamboo xylophone) at Shwe Bagan Restaurant

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