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| Morning walk to see the temples in the fields |
February 28, Wednesday Bagan, Myanmar
Mike and I couldn't wait to get out and explore these wonderful structures, so we got up early this morning and took a walk along the lanes and fields behinds our hotel complex. We could easily see dozens of temples and stupas to visit. We wandered happily - while we enjoy our tour group, sometimes it's fun just to get away and savor the serenity. Lots of birds out singing in the morning. We also found a local man who was busy cutting reeds. I took his photo and gave him 2000 kip - which brought the biggest smile, for the last photo of the morning.
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| Walking through the fields and lanes of the Bagan countryside |
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| Seed pods and pickers - and birds' songs - galore |
Our guide told us about a popular activity for tourists. They rent electric bikes and take an archeological map and visit 100 temples a day for a week (which would still be far less than half of what there is to see!) Sounds like great fun - I'd love to come back and do it!
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| We stumbled upon this man cutting reeds to carry back in his baskets |
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| He seems surprised to encounter anyone out in the fields, much less a couple of Americans |
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| We made fast friends with smiles and motions, and he was pleased to have a small tip to take his photo |
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