The Adventures of Kerri & Matt

This temple was built in 1215 by another king with another name I can’t pronounce.

The pyramid is 140 feet tall.

The lion on the left has the strangest feet yet.

Though the one on the right comes close.

Every little nook on the pyramid is filled with Buddhas.

Supposedly every one is in a different position, but the differences must be subtle.

Actually anywhere on the entire temple you could possibly fit a Buddha has a Buddha.

There is even a superbuddha.

The buddhas inside are covered with gold leaf.

And the biggest one inside has blinky lights. This shrine is presumably for expert meditators only.

Overall it was a lot of Buddhas.

Our first day in Bagan started really early with the overnight bus arriving at 5 am. We went to the hotel and slept for a few hours then went out to this amazing area.

Some pagodas can be climbed, although the pathways are built for people a little smaller than us.

Everything here is brick.

Most temples date from 11C – 12C AD.

All the temples here are Buddhist. This is the original painting from the 12C AD.

This was not the original painting but someone’s drawing.

This guardian was missing half a head.

And there are many pagodas.

In every direction you look and for as far as you see.

To get around between the temples in Myanmar we used a horse, of course.

Some of the roads were paved and some were not.

The horse seemed pretty happy either way.