BAGAN IN MYANMAR IS LIKE NO OTHER PLAIN ON PLANET EARTH! THIS RELATIVELY DRY EXPANSE OF LAND STRETCHES SEEMINGLY FOREVER WITH BEAUTIFUL STUPAS, SHRINS AND SPIRES AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE. AT ITS PEAK IN THE 14TH TO 15TH CENTURY, THERE WERE AROUND 5,000 OF THEM---BIG, SMALL AND MIDDLING BUT TODAY THERE ARE 'ONLY' AROUND 3,000!

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DISNEYLAND WAS NEVER LIKE THIS! LONG BEFORE MACHINERY AND COMPUTER AIDED DESIGNS, THERE WAS BAGAN THE LAND OF DREAMY, ROMANTIC STUPAS AND SHRINES.

IF YOU DON'T SEE THIS FOR YOURSELF, YOU MIGHT ACCUSE ME OF USING COMPUTERISED, PHOTO-SHOPPED OR FAKE IMAGES! THE STUPAS AND TEMPLES RISING ON THE PLAIN IS A HEAVENLY VISION, MORE SO WHEN YOU CLIMB TO THE TOP OF ONE AND WATCH THE SUN SETTING OR AT DAWN WHEN THE SPIRES RISE AND FLOAT AMID THE MIST!