IMAGE: The Shwedagon Pagoda. The author recommends doing the standard tourist thing and climbing a pagoda of your guide's choosing to catch a panoramic view of Bagan. Photograph: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters.

Myanmar is a land of old history and rich traditions; ... Bagan's Pagoda LandscapeBagan is a vast archaeological marvel, with ...

AS DAWN breaks over the pagoda-studded city of Bagan, hot-air balloons drift gently over what was once the ancient capital of Burma. Much has changed in the Southeast Asian nation, now called ...

Myanmar's Shwezigon Pagoda in Bagan welcomed over 380,000 visitors during the Thadingyut holidays from Oct 16 to Oct 20, Myo Min Aung, assistant director of the Bagan's Directorate of Hotels and ...

Here's a pagoda, there's a pagoda. In Bagan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, there are no walls or arrows telling you which way to go, but plenty of Buddhas, with serious to smiling visages, to keep ...

Yangon is the cultural and economic center of the country, with the Shwedagon Pagoda, the most important Buddhist site in ...

A pagoda is pictured in the ancient city of Bagan, Myanmar, May 4, 2023. Bagan, an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located in central Myanmar's Mandalay Region. With thousands of ...

How to plan a trip to Myanmar, including a tour of Bagan’s ancient temples. Mar 25, 2024 3:57 PM PHT. ... the Shwedagon Pagoda. Bagan is also one of the most popular tourist destinations in Myanmar.

In the Bagan Nyaung U area, a new rainfall record was set in 60 years, and some of the walls of some of Bagan’s ancient pagodas were reported to have collapsed. September 12, Nyaung Oo City According ...

Myanmar's religious temples stood as symbols of faith and history. After the recent 7.7 magnitude earthquake, many are wondering: ... Shwesandaw Pagoda in Bagan, Myanmar, ...

A pagoda is pictured in the ancient city of Bagan, Myanmar, Aug. 23, 2024. Bagan, an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located in central Myanmar's Mandalay Region.