RECLINING BUDDHA IN YANGON, MYANMAR AT CHAUK HTAT GYI PAGODA HAS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL BUDDHAS WITH THE BIGGEST AND MOST BENEVOLENT EYES REPLETE WITH LONG EYELASHES!

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 ON THE WAY TO SEE RECLINING BUDDHA WHO SHOULD WE SEE BUT MICHAEL MANTZ RECLINING ON THE BACK SEAT AS HE WAS SO TIRED AND SLEEPY!

 A WHITE MAN AS RECLINING OR SLEEPING BUDDHA?

 PEACEFUL SLUMBER

 DANIEL RESTS HIS ARM ON HIS FATHER

 EXTERIOR OF RECLINING BUDDHA TEMPLE BUT IN MYANMAR THEY SAY PAGODA INSTEAD OF TEMPLE OR WAT

 ENTRANCE TO RECLINING BUDDHA

 UNLIKE OTHER TEMPLES, THIS ONE IS FREE

 LIST OF DOS AND DON'TS

 I WAS SHOCKED AT METAL SCAFFOLDING WHICH RUINS THE GLORIOUS VISION

 THE BUDDHA AND BUILDING WERE BUILT IN 1966 SO IS RELATIVELY NEW AND THEY COULD HAVE BUILT IT WITHOUT THE METAL STRUCTURE

 DANIEL MANTZ STANDS IN FRONT OF RECLINING BUDDHA BUILT TO REPLACE THE OLD ONE MADE IN 1907 BY SIR HPO THAR

 CHAUK HTAT GYI IS REFERRED TO AS 6-STOREY HIGH BUDDHA IMAGE JUST AS THE SITTING BUDDHA ACROSS THE ROAD IS CALLED 5-STOREY BUDDHA!  SO CHARMING AS EACH IS NAMED AFTER THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING!

 THE RECLINING BUDDHA IS 65 METRES LONG AND 16 METRES HIGH

 ONCE NEAR THE METAL SCAFFOLDING CANNOT BE SEEN

 HERE CAN SEE A BIT!

 THIS IS A PARTICULARLY BEAUTIFUL BUDDHA

 WHITE FACE, RED LIPS, BLUE EYES, GOLD ROBES AND RED TOENAILS

 PERFECT!

 I LOVE BUDDHA

 RED TOE NAILS

 CURVED FEET SO ELEGANT

 65 METRES LONG AND 16 METRES HIGH

 DANIEL IS AMAZED

 DANIEL AT THE FEET OF BUDDHA

 DATO KEE HUA CHEE AT FEET OF BUDDHA

 DATO KEE HUA CHEE AT BUDDHA'S FEET WITH DANIEL AND AHMOE

 DANIEL MANTZ AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE

 DATO KEE HUA CHEE AND DANIEL AT BUDDHA'S FEET

 WORSHIPPERS

 LOOK AT BUDDHA'S EYES AND EYELASHES!

 BLUE EYESHADOW MAKES BUDDHA'S EYES SHINE BRIGHTER

 PERFECTION

 PERFECT

 MODERN TOUCH OF LED LIGHTS

 DANIEL AND MICHAEL MANTZ

 SUPPLICANTS

 BUDDHA!

 ENCHANTING EYES

THESE ARE THE WORLD'S BIGGEST BUDDHA EYES!

 THE SOLES OF BUDDHA'S FEET CONTAINS 109 SEGMENTS, EACH SHOWING AN IMAGE REPRESENTING TEH 108 AUSPICIOUS SIGNS OR LAKSHANAS FOUND ONLY IN ENLIGHTENED BEINGS

 STUNNING VIEW

 BUDDHA'S FEET IS WHERE I WILL GO AND PAY HOMAGE TO HIM FOR ETERNITY

 I WILL BRING DEDIONE MY DARLING FRENCH POODLE WITH ME TO WORSHIP BUDDHA AT HIS FEET

 THERE I WILL BE REUNITED WITH MY FIRST DEDIONE AS THE CURRENT DEDIONE IS MY SECOND AND ALSO MEET NANCIE FOO'S POODLE WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL DEDIONE

 PRAISE BUDDHA

 THE DISTINGUISHING MARKS AT SOLES OF BUDDHA'S FEET

 I WALK AROUND BUDDHA

 DANIEL WITH THE KING OF NATS, LOCAL POWERFUL DEITIES

 THERE ARE 37 OFFICIAL NATS

 NAT

 NAT

 NAT

 BACK OF BUDDHA

 REPOSING

 DANIEL CARRIES HEAVY STONE

 PERFECT FACE

 LOVELY LASHES

 BACK TO BUDDHA'S FEET!

 COMPLETE CIRCLE!

 THRONE

 BLESSED ARE THOSE ABLE TO VISIT CHAUK HTAT GYI PAGODA IN YANGON, MYANMAR