Monday 23 March – sunset Bagan landscape

I had rather a panic when my passport went missing and involved a phone call to the British Embassy and a trip to the local police station. This was an experience in itself.  The person on the phone, who was speaking from Hong Kong incidentally, was very helpful even planned to organise a meeting when I would next be in Yangon on our way home when the office was going to be closed.   We arrived at the Police Station to find a group, only one in uniform, sitting on a circular outdoor terrace in a very laid back fashion. To cut a long story short, I gave a brief statement and then it turned up!  Suddenly all serious faces turned to smiles and relief.

Too hot to be out in the midday sun, we set off from the police station to view a plethora of stupas and monasteries dating back to the 11th century. We stopped at a local restaurant for lunch before returning to the hotel for a swim and siesta. 23_pool23_brick stupas 23_childrenpics 23_horse and temple 23_horsecart 23_khi Soe_guide 23_landscape stupas 23_plant 23_stupa_landscape 23_stupas and temple 23_stupas 23_sunset over stupas 23_temple landscape 23_tourist monastry viewpoint

Kyi Soe collected us at 4.30 to go to our horse and cart. This was. Hot bumpy ride through the villages and past stupas and monasteries for about an hour. We then rejoined our driver and guide to go to go to a special place where we could watch the sun go down leaving a red glow behind a landscape of stupas and monasteries. imageThis was rather a touristy place and involved quite a steep climb up several levels of the famous Schwesandaw Temple but worth the view.  The panorama was something just magical.23_arch temple

We finally returned for an excellent dinner in the gardens of the hotel right beside an ancient stupa.

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