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Travel to Bagan is simple,

just take Yangon or Bagan airways and they bring you to Bagan for about $ 120,-. If you book through a Myanmar travel agent it could be cheaper. Bagan travel always means to visit the famous Bagan pagoda and temples, see the ancient art of the pagodas, images, Buddha statues, sacral paintings and murals. A Bagan pagoda and temple is such a great piece of art it is the right object for great photos and one of the best Bagan picture motive is for sure the Ananda Temple and the Shwezigon Pagoda.

Cruise the Irrawaddy River; find some art work and beautiful lacquer items in a Bagan gallery, several markets offer wonderful ceramic works and pottery. A Bagan tour wont be complete without a extensive exploration of the Shwezigon Pagoda, the Ananda Temple and enjoying the sunset over the Irrawaddy or Ayeyarwady river from a upper platform of one of the pagodas.

There will be for sure the right Bagan hotel for you. Bagan hotel prices are between $ 20,- and 100,-, even the cheaper ones have air condition, hot water, shower and most of the time satellite TV. Bagan hotels even offer golf and swimming pools. Have a look for our Myanmar Bagan pictures, its self explaining.

The road to and at Bagan are usually very dusty but this is history travel, maybe on your holiday or vacation trip makes the Myanmar weather secondary. The best way to explore Bagan the first time is through a travel package. This way you will see everything which matters on your tour. Since Bagan is really one of the most interesting culture travel destination in Asia its easy to get lost in details. If you still prefer to be a individual traveler take at least a tour guide at Bagan otherwise you wont see many stuff what really matters. The

Bagan tour guide will either be a guy or a lady. They will organize everything for you to make sure no problems and a good time and happy Myanmar vacation. Keep in mind to do this kind of Bagan tourism it will cost you a little be more but you can be sure everything what matters you see in less than 50% of the usual timeframe if you would do travel in Bagan on your own.

Bagan is in the dry zone of Myanmar,

the area is green during the rainy season and until about 2 month later (July to January). After this timeframe the wide flat land around Bagan has only a dusty light brown surface, sparsely covered with cacti, shrubs and thorny bushes transfers its appearance into a dusty environment. Clouds of dust rise from the bullock cart tracks beside the Bagan roads and in between the pagodas and temples. This bullock carts, already vanished in most of the South East

Asian Countries, are still the major means of cargo transport over short distance. But they give very good pictures at your Bagan travel trip. Here are some pictures of Bagan hotels to give you an idea what accommodation you can expect at Bagan. There are plenty other Bagan hotels.

Myanmar Airlines such as Yangon Air, Air Bagan and Air Mandalay offer flights to Bagan. Plenty of hotels in Bagan give a wide choice of accommodation. The Bagan hotel spectrum is from cheap hotel around US$ 20,- to luxury hotels for between US$ 50,- and around $ 100,-. There is also a golf club at the Bagan Golf Resort Hotel. This Bagan Resort is pictured at right.

Before you start your travel to Myanmar Bagan change enough $ into kyat at Yangon after take your flight to Bagan. The reason is the exchange rate in Bagan is not a good one. It is almost impossible to change money outside a hotel and they know that, means exchange rate down. The hotels must be paid in dollars or FEC anyway but all other stuff like a

Bagan Tharabar Gate Hotel

Bagan Golf Resort Hotel

Bagan Golf Resort Hotel detail

Bagan Golf Resort Hotel Swimming Pool

Bagan Golf Resort Hotel Room

Bagan tour or a Irrawaddy cruise plus payment in restaurants is in Kyats. That is also the same for souvenirs like the famous Bagan lacquer

ware, the number one cottage industry at Bagan.

Eucalyptus and lead trees line the roadside of Bagan and the area around the Pagodas and Temples of Bagan, they are visible signs of greening efforts by the local administration but have no much effect.

Since Bagan is at the banks of the great Irrawaddy River, also several great pagoda are right on the river banks the question is simple why they don't pump water out of the river and green the land, the river has enough water for this all year round. One story on this subject is: The government supplied diesel for pumps but the local people took the diesel and used them for their cars and trucks to travel around Bagan. Only the

Bagan Pagoda	Irrawaddy River and Pagoda
Irrawaddy River	Ox Cart Bagan

Ananda Temple	Bagan Thatbyinnyu or Sabbannu Temple
Bagan old Pagoda	Bagan Pagodas
Bagan Myanmar	Shwesandaw Pagoda
Shwezigon Pagoda	Bagan Burma

ox cart wont need fuel in Bagan.

Htanaung, neem, tamarind, silk cotton or kapok, plum and toddy palm, characteristic dry zone trees are a constant feature.

Visiting pagodas and temples, there are plenty like the famous Ananda Temple, Thatbyinnyu Temple, Shwezigon Pagoda and plenty of other.

Having a river cruise in one of the smaller ships, browsing the museum, visit a lacquer ware factory (page 57) and watch the girls creating the items, there are a couple of interesting things keeping you running.

Start a great evening by enjoying the sunset over the pagodas and the mighty Ayeyarwady or Irrawaddy River. For the best view climb up the Shwe Sandaw Pagoda but do it early enough there are lot of others doing the same.

The Shwesandaw Pagoda was the first pyramid shaped stupa in Myanmar. Believed to have been built in 1057 by King Anawrahta.

The pagoda structure was in original conditions until 1957 when the pagoda trustees led by the monk Sayadaw U Wayama, renovated the pagoda and embellished it by plastering the entire exterior of the red brick structure. This gave the pagoda the yellow surface, since bleached by the sun.

Bagan has plenty of other Pagodas to visit there are still around more than thousand pagodas in various conditions. Some pagoda and temple got renovated, some were washed away into the Irrawaddy river by the monsoon floods.

A nearby image house contains a huge reclining Buddha sculpture of approximately 21 meters.

Mount Popa

Popa

A one day trip to Mount Popa

and visiting the abode of the Nats should be included in your Bagan travel plan. Mount Popa is the abode of the Nats near Bagan. About one hour drive from Bagan it is a extinct volcano with a monastery on the top at about 1500 meters. The place is dedicated to the Nats. Buddhism is the established religion in Myanmar since shortly after the great council at Patalipootra in 241 BC, but spirit / Nats worship or animism is also practiced.

The Burmese or Myanmar spirit world has thirty-seven Nats. There are Nats of the house, the river, the air, the jungle and many other. Think about twice if you can handle the stairs all the way up to the peak of Mount Popa, but once you are there , the panorama will take your breath away.

Popa 1

Popa Mountain

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