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| Welcome to enchanting Bagan. One of my most favourite places that I have visited |
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| These first two photos were taken at our hotel, the Aureum Palace |
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| Thatbyinnyu Phaya. It is just inside the south eastern corner of the Old Bagan city wall. It takes its name from the "Omniscience" of the Buddha |
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| Beautifully framed |
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| Pagodas-in-a-row |
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| The plains of Bagan are dotted with thousands of Pagodas |
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| Shwezigon Pagoda, ရွှေစည်းခုံဘုရား |
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| The pagoda's graceful bell shape became a prototype for virtually all later pagodas throughout Myanmar |
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| It is near the village of Nyaung-U and the Aye Yarwaddy river |
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| Built in 1076 it is one of the most important temples and home to one of the four tooth replicas of the Buddhas tooth in Kandy, Sri Lanka |
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| If you visit all four temples that enshrine the replicas it will bring you luck and prosperity. Unfortunately we weren't that organised! |
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| Just one of the thousands! |
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| All shapes and sizes |
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| Thatbyinnyu Phaya as it is getting close to sunset. It stands above the other pagodas in Bagan |
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| Stretching into the distance |
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| How lovely is this! |
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| One of the entrances of the Thatbyinnyu Temple |
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| Ananda Temple |
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| It is known as the finest, largest, best preserved and most revered of the Bagan temples |
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| After the construction of the temple, the king, Kyanzittha, executed the architects just to make the style of the temple unique. Blimey, these Kings! |
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| In 1990, on the 900th anniversary of the temple's construction, the temple spires were gilded |
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| Beautiful arches and porch ways |
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| And what's above |
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| Temple dog. The Burmese seem to have a kinder disposition towards dogs than many Asian Buddhist societies |
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| Dhammayangyi Temple was built by King Narathu when he ascended the throne after killng his father. Nice chap! |
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| Now it is time to make our way to the sunset temple, the Shwesandaw Paya. This and the remaining photos were taken from there as the sun was setting |
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| The colour was turning golden |
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| Adding more magic, to this most magical land |
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| Is this really the 21st Century? |
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| Or have I unknowingly travelled back in time to the 12th century? |
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| Dhammayangyi glowing |
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| And here I leave you to enjoy the last few photos of the sunset. There are many like these on the Internet, but I am so fortunate to have my own, because I was there! |
