And the Beauty Begins....

Tempow.

Kids near tempow.

 This is how they announce your flight is boarding in Myanmar.. a guy wanders around a "waiting room" with the flight information on a board yelling "BAGAN" or "MANDALAY!"

and then ofcourse the airport is one with very little traffic... expansive though!  I feel like Myanmar will be able to handle expansion as their tourism industry flourishes.

 This is the main (touristic) method of transportation... Horsedrawn carriages... despite a healthy supply of them, they held strong to their colluded prices, and it was surprisingly difficult to negotiate with them!

I just want to show you that these temples that you see are not the same one taken from different angles, but separate ones, and there were TONS of them. as evidence by the horizon photos later on, the landscape of Old Bagan (an area that the government kicked everyone out of to preserve the temples and stupas) is LITTERED with these brick and golden temples/stupas.. absolutely breathtaking.

 

Ofcourse, the sunset and sunrise were the daily events for us to take a look at from various temples and vantage points. All were breathtaking, and I would almost say life changing.. just to know a place like this exists is bone chilling!

 

 My family atop one of the worn yet massive and still standing stupas.

Every morning they have hot air balloon rides for exorbitant rates that the 65-75 year old retired yet extremely wealthy "adventure (via a tour) tourist" take part in.. for the rest of us, it just adds to the beautiful experience.

 

The sunrise...
 

...and the BEST people to spend it with.