Bagan Highlights

Alison and I booked a horse and buggy to meet us at 0530 on the 28 Dec to take us to a view point Pagoda (only two allow people to climb up the outside) to watch the sun come up and a parade of hot air balloons go by.  The Pagoda was busy already by 0600 but everyone settled down for a spectacular sun rise with pagodas of all sizes appearing as the light increased with small pockets of mist and smoke from local villages adding atmosphere.  The 21 hot air balloons were also highlight as they paraded across the our view.

After another interesting journey back to the hotel for breakfast with Floss, Edward and Christian, Alison and again hired a couple of e bikes and went exploring a different area with mire popular pagodas occupied and managed by monks.  A great day out including Old Bagan riverfront which is properly ancient as a populated part of old Burma going back thousands of years.