Exploring Myanmar’s Bagan with Horse Cart 101

Temples at Bagan

Bagan has no shortage of horse carts. Horse carts by the dozens stand ready to provide clip-clop transportation around pagoda-rich Bagan. Every shady spot, every hotel, every outdoor tea shop, every pagoda courtyard serves as a horse-cart taxi … [Read more...]

Visiting the Shwedagon Paya in Yangon, Myanmar

The Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar

"I'm going to give you a present," says the young monk and hands me a string of mala beads (prayer beads). They look like the kind of mala beads you could buy at any market for about ten cents. He then looks at me expectantly. "Can I ... umm.. … [Read more...]

Exploring the Temples of Bagan, Myanmar, by Bicycle

Bagan Pagodas

"One more photo. Please??" I wrap my arm around the young girl's tiny waist and smile. It is barely 9 am, but I have already posed for at least 20 photos that will soon decorate homes around Myanmar. Everyone around me is dressed in their Sunday … [Read more...]