Myanmar Bagan. Much more at //www.allmyanmar.com and //www.travel-myanmar-all.com with great pictures and videos. Bagan, bordering to the east bank of the mighty Ayeyarwady. Bagan is an archaeological treasure not only of the Myanmar people but also of the whole of civilization. Ancient Bagan, even after so many years of waste and decay still stands as a unforgettable sight, depicting the greatness of human endeavors and aspirations. In Bagan around 2000 temples and stupas, are spread over just four square miles bordering the eastern bank of the Ayeyarwady - Irrawaddy river in the dry zone of Central Myanmar. Bagan had been the capital of Myanmar for two and a half centuries (1044-1286 A.D.)
or Irrawaddy River, once was a splendid and glorious capital of the First Myanmar Empire. Bagan is now a 42 square kilometer area dotted with thousands of ancient pagodas, stupas, shrines, ordination halls and monuments.
Bagan is one of the richest archaeological sites in Southeast Asia with 2230 monuments still standing and some 1000 in ruins, there were originally about 4500, as many as 600 disappeared into the Ayeyarwady - Irrawaddy during the summer flooding. Bagan is optically very similar to Sukhothai in neighboring Thailand but much bigger.
Time, man and nature, particularly earthquakes (there is a major one every two hundred years), have taken their toll on Bagan but the most important monuments have been restored to their original grandeur and there are plans to restore 287 more of the most historically important ruins.
Bagan is accessible by air from Yangon, Mandalay or Heho (Taungyi) in an hour or less, Bagan can also be reached by road from Yangon, a distance of around 683 kilometers. Buses make the trip in about 16 hours or an adventurous traveler can reduce the time by 2 hours by taking a car provided the traveler can take the stress and strain of travel on Myanmar roads.
From Mandalay and Taungyi, distances of around 320 kilometres in both cases, travel by road to Bagan takes approximately 8 hours. One can also reach Bagan by boat, a 2 week journey from Yangon.
In January 2008 I traveled to Myanmar. While in Bagan I took a hot air balloon trip over the temples, stupas and pagodas of Bagan. Many of these structures are hundreds of years old and in the early morning light are spectacular. This balloon ride was the highlight of the trip.
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BooyahStan | February 11, 2008
In January 2008 I traveled to Myanmar. While in Bagan I took a hot air balloon trip over the temples, stupas and pagodas of Bagan. Many of these structures are hundreds of years old and in the early morning light are spectacular. This balloon ride was the highlight of the trip.
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