Winter Break, 4th of 5 posts

Wow, nearly two months since the time and I am still putting stuff up. A little bit late, no? Perhaps you have gotten a link to my Picasa pictures... then you can see them all (420 ish). Otherwise you can see the 'best of" on this page!

On to the famous temple city/complex called Bagan:

(famous pagoda in Bagan; Thatbyinnyu Paya... number 4 of the 5 famous sites! only one left...)

(another amazing paya, named Nwa Pya Gu Paya built in 13AD!)

(climbed to the top of this bad-boy with Michael)

(Bagan sunset)

(famous Mt. Popa, with the temple at the top!)

(These guys were monkeying around at the top of the temple)

(Buddhist flags whipping in the wind)

[some of] Bagan['s temples] at sunrise... or a little bit thereafter

(my favorite picture from the trip... the same as the title display right now. Again, Bagan at sunrise, as the morning mist begins to lift.)

(Dudes playing a game [forgot the name] before my fateful bike ride that ended in two popped tires, hitchhiking with a bike, making friends with a goat long after sunset and the eventual royal escort back to town... the story is better in person)

I made it back to Yangon for a day after the 5 amazing days in Bagan. Then, a quick flight and a day lay-over to enjoy what can be seen in Bangkok in a day... not a whole hell of a lot!

(Thai massage school where I paid some large, strong woman to beat the hell out of me. I am a fool because I paid even more money the next day to have the same treatment!)

(Pineapple chicken. No kidding when they said it was served in a pineapple [I though the translation was a joke!])