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Bagan, Myanmar

Ancient temples, ancient stupas, ancient pagodas, buddhas, frescos, street food, local people, sunrise, sunset, oxen, Bos indicus, horse drawn carts, moon rise, lacquer ware production
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Horse-drawn cart heading towards Thabeik Hmauk temple, Bagan, Myanmar<br /> <br /> This temple is another popular spot to watch the sunset from.
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Horse-drawn cart heading towards Thabeik Hmauk temple, Bagan, Myanmar

This temple is another popular spot to watch the sunset from.

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  • Woman preparing street food, New Bagan, Myanmar
  • Woman preparing street food over open fire, New Bagan, Myanmar<br /> <br /> Malfunction: I spend a lot of time making comments today (about an hour ago) and they seemed to appear OK, but everyone of them seems to have disappeared!!!! So sorry, but I don't have time to make them all again:-(<br /> <br /> Seeing food being cooked on the street, in what for us would be quite primitive conditions, is a common site in Myanmar.<br /> <br /> Update in response to billiejean's comment. During my time in Myanmar, although I saw a lot of street vendors, the only man I saw with a street stall was an Indian man selling Indian food from his stall (see my Yangon gallery). The kind of food stalls you see here are the source of much of the nutrition for the population, many of whom don't have the facilities to cook at home.<br /> <br /> For some other photos of daily life taken in the same area, see here: <a href="http://goo.gl/aJ8n6Q">http://goo.gl/aJ8n6Q</a>
  • Youth with pet baby squirrel, New Bagan, Myanmar
  • Procession of women bringing money offerings to the temple, New Bagan, Myanmar
  • Temple in their backyard, Bagan, Myanmar<br /> <br /> Second post today since these are the last of the images from Bagan; next comes Mandalay. We took a late day ride by horse cart to see another area with temples and I was surprised to see this dwelling made with rattan mats and thatch right up against the wall of one of the temples. Since many of you commented on the street food shot yesterday, if you look closely you can see a woman squatting at the left cooking over an outdoor fire.<br /> <br /> Update in response to comments: Farmers cannot own their land in Myanmar, and this is only a very minor temple of the thousands in the area and none of the others had dwellings like this, so its purpose will remain a mystery. My best guess is land inherited over generations, but in Burma there are no deeds for inherited land, so no possibility of offiicial ownership.<br /> <br /> The rest of the Bagan shots can be seen here: <a href="http://goo.gl/Y4hQxB">http://goo.gl/Y4hQxB</a>
  • Horse-drawn cart heading towards Thabeik Hmauk temple, Bagan, Myanmar<br /> <br /> This temple is another popular spot to watch the sunset from.
  • Horse-drawn cart ride through the temples, Bagan, Myanmar
  • Thabeik Hmauk temple as sunset approaches, Bagan, Myanmar
  • Horse cart and driver, Bagan, Myanmar
  • Sunset watchers gathering at the Thabeik Hmauk Temple at sunset, Bagan, Myanmar<br /> <br /> At every religious site in Myanmar, it is necessary to remove all footwear prior to entering. You can see the pile of shoes on the steps in this image. I found walking on the TEN centuries of filth of the ancient floors more than a little off-putting, imagining all the potential diseases I might pick up from the bird droppings, and worse. But 'when in Rome'! How we suffer for our art LOL. We wiped our feet afterwards with antiseptic towels, and I appeared to have survived with no after effects. <br /> <br /> The rest of the Bagan shots can be seen here: <a href="http://goo.gl/Y4hQxB">http://goo.gl/Y4hQxB</a>
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