Bagan

The city of Bagan is in the central region of Myanmar and contains hundreds of pagodas from the 11th to 13th century.

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What it looks like is that there are an endless number of pagodas that stretch on and on.

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They are all brick and most have stood up quite well despite a large earthquake that virtually destroyed the old city in 1975.

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Obviously some have been restored more than others.

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When you get up higher it looks really interesting with all the peaks jutting out of the forest below.

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Every one has a slightly different design.

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Some are the original brick colour, while others are painted.

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There were a couple you could climb to get a better view, or try to see the sunrise or set.

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We went up twice and it was nice to just sit in the quiet.

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Some where built more like monuments with no entrances just stairs up to the upper areas.

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We weren’t the only ones watching the sunset, so we could get help for a picture.

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So many pagodas.

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Every time we went to one there would be 3 more behind it.

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They also turned golden in the sunset which was really nice.

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