Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning


March 10, 2013: Bagan Pagodas

After yesterday's bicycle adventure - today, a bit more relaxed with a horse cart

Here is yesterday's route (Bike) and today's (Horse Cart)

Early morning - leaving Bagan in a horse cart (with a very bad suspension)

mar 10 1303 sunrise horse cart

Passing a group of morning monks

mar 10 1306 monks in training

Crossing the street

mar 10 1310 monks in training

In most Southeast Asia countries - two wheel transport is the norm and a fun thing to capture is the way families use their motorcycle / bicycle to move family and goods.

mar 10 1317 morning rider

An old temple - mostly from the 11th - 12th century AD

mar 10 1320 old pogada

A large monastery on the edge of Bagan

mar 10 1322 bagan pagoda

My horse cart - I ride in the back with my legs drooping over the horse feed bucket

mar 10 1323 old pagoda my horse cart

Shwe Zigon Zedi - Golden dome

mar 10 1324 golden dome

Another view

mar 10 1325 gold dome

Inside the pagoda complex

mar 10 1326 inside pagoda complex

Golden Stupa

mar 10 1327 golden stupa

Sort of like mountain peaks

mar 10 1329 bagan stupa pagoda

Pigeons everywhere

mar 10 1331 pagodas

Golden Pagoda

mar 10 1332 golden pagoda

More towers and many more pigeons

mar 10 1335 pagoda stupa

Small alters

mar 10 1339 stupa pigeons

A group listening to the monk

mar 10 1341 morning lessons

From behind

mar 10 1342 morning lessons

Golden Stupa

mar 10 1345 golden stupa

My horse cart. These brick structures are quite interesting when compared with the stone structures of Angkor Wat in neighboring Cambodia

mar 10 1347 my horse cart

My team for the day - note the feed bucket at the back - resting in an old motorcycle tire

mar 10 1350 my drivers

A long hall to the monastery

mar 10 1354 path to temple

Looking down the hall

mar 10 1355 temple entrance

Below are many instances of brick stupas and pagodas

mar 10 1363 brick stupa

mar 10 1366 temple ruins

mar 10 1368 stupas

mar 10 1370 temple entrance

mar 10 1371 thick wall

mar 10 1374 brick stupa

mar 10 1377 distant stupas

mar 10 1380 buddha

mar 10 1381 distant pagoda

mar 10 1382 pagoda entrance

mar 10 1385 old stupa

mar 10 1388 buddha

mar 10 1392 temple fields

mar 10 1395 stupas

mar 10 1396 brick spire

mar 10 1398 stupas

mar 10 1399 distant temple clusters

mar 10 1399 hazy stupas

mar 10 1400 distant stupa cluster

mar 10 1403 down pagoda stairs

mar 10 1404 pagoda entrance

mar 10 1405 horse drivers

mar 10 1408 my spot

mar 10 1411 horse cart pagoda

mar 10 1414 temple entrance

mar 10 1416 young monks

mar 10 1418 temple shops

mar 10 1420 temple bell

mar 10 1424 temple worship

mar 10 1426 gold buddha

mar 10 1432 buddha side

mar 10 1438 morning meal

mar 10 1443 lady rider

mar 10 1455 stupa cluster

mar 10 1456 red brick stupa

mar 10 1460 roadside toilet

mar 10 1461 stupa row

mar 10 1462 stupa photos

mar 10 1464 stupa forest

mar 10 1466 stupa buddha

mar 10 1469 stupa entrance

mar 10 1472 unusual painted buddha

mar 10 1474 superman buddha

mar 10 1476 happy ladies

mar 10 1477 stupa silhouettes

mar 10 1481 buddha stupas

mar 10 1482 stupa row group photo

mar 10 1484 stupa cluster

mar 10 1487 old buddha

mar 10 1491 stupa cluster

mar 10 1492 stupa cluster

mar 10 1495 buddha and stupa cluster

mar 10 1499 wooden monestary

mar 10 1503 waiting

mar 10 1508 road to mandalay kiosk

mar 10 1511 road to mandalay ship

mar 10 1520 taxi fishing

mar 10 1525 hawker lady

mar 10 1527 woodfire cooking

mar 10 1534 monk cooking

mar 10 1536 boy monks

mar 10 1541 another hawker lady

mar 10 1547 pagoda facade

mar 10 1550 through looking door

mar 10 1554 white stupa

mar 10 1557 white stupa

mar 10 1561 stupa statue

mar 10 1564 white temple renovation

mar 10 1569 temple hall

mar 10 1572 temple guard

mar 10 1576 temple bell

mar 10 1580 golden buddha

mar 10 1588 silver buddha

mar 10 1594 shaded stupa

mar 10 1599 white stupa

mar 10 1602 headwear

mar 10 1604 two stupas

mar 10 1610 red buddha

mar 10 1613 clay statues

mar 10 1616 ladies walking

mar 10 1621 river pagoda

mar 10 1623 hawker prawn smile

mar 10 1626 3rd century ad

mar 10 1631 river boats

mar 10 1642 3rd century lesson

mar 10 1646 sugar cane juice

mar 10 1651 white pagoda

mar 10 1654 13th century temple

mar 10 1658 blue carpet entrance

mar 10 1662 white temple

mar 10 1664 golden buddha

mar 10 1671 golden temple

mar 10 1672 lacquer hawker hindu temple

mar 10 1674 hindu gods

mar 10 1677 hindu gods

mar 10 1681 frank

mar 10 1683 lying buddha hindu gods

mar 10 1684 temple through the window

mar 10 1687 hindu god

mar 10 1695 stupa through window

mar 10 1700 stupa pagoda

mar 10 1705 temple windows

mar 10 1720 excavation site

mar 10 1722 temple tops

mar 10 1723 golden pagoda

mar 10 1724 temples

mar 10 1725 hazy pagodas

mar 10 1726 hazy temples

mar 10 1727 pagoda trees

mar 10 1729 hazy pagodas

mar 10 1729 hazy temples

mar 10 1734 temple hawker

mar 10 1740 field of stupas

mar 10 1742 field of temples

mar 10 1744 temples in field

mar 10 1770 stupas

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