The next morning, my taxi driver Aung Sann picked me up at 5:30am to go watch the sunrise on Shwesandaw Paya. It seemed like the entire village was out along the main road exercising! Walking, running, doing calisthenics. I guess when the oppressive heats hits around 7:30am, you get up at the crack to get … Continue reading Bagan – Sunrise, sunset
Sometimes I'm amazed how my head works. While in Bangkok last year, I saw a photo in a newspaper of a place I'd never heard of called Bagan and decided that I should go. Who does that? I prepped and read everything I could about Myanmar. I secured a wad of crisp, new USD $50 … Continue reading Bagan – The four hour tour
As much as I edit photos at work, you'd think this would be easy for me. I've whittled down 500+ photos taken in Bagan to 36, but I can't post 36 photos. I don't want this to become like shades of a vacation slide projector show on the living room wall. I want you to … Continue reading Bagan – A hint
Time for a little photo feature...
She sweetly handed me a plumeria blossom, then started to run away. The second of twelve pagodas I would visit that day, the Mingala Zedi Pagoda, had steps up to a wide walkway circling the pagoda. Mesmerized by my first glimpse of the plains around me, I saw acres of scattered scrubby trees, interrupted by … Continue reading Bagan – The Flower
rumpledluggagetag.com 