After Court and Susan left us on Dec. 28th to return home, we flew to Bagan, famous for over 4000 pagodas or stupas that were built in the glory days of Burmese kings (approx. 1050-1175 A.D. We stayed at a nice hotel, the Bagan Thande, @$33 per nite and enjoyed the outdoor dining area by the river,
a 4-hour late morning tour of pagodas by horse-cart that included a fascinating visit to a lacquerware factory, and then a late afternoon tour by taxi that took us to the temple (Shwesandaw Paya) 
that’s the ideal place to climb to an upper level for sunset views of the whole surrounding area. (other pictures on "Christmas in Myanmar" posting)- rw
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