Bagan, Myanmar

The Ancient City of Bagan, is home to the largest and densest concentration of Buddhist temples, pagodas, stupas, and ruins in the world with many dating from the 11th and 12th centuries

From wikitravel - Bagan became a central powerbase in the mid 9th century under King Anawratha, who unified Burma under Theravada Buddhism. It is estimated that as many as 13,000 temples and stupas once stood on this 42 sq km plain in central Myanmar. Approximately 2,200 remain today, in various states of disrepair. Some are large and well maintained while others are small tumbledown relics in the middle of overgrown grass. All of the sites are considered sacred. Bagan's golden age ended in 1287 when the Kingdom and its capital city was invaded and sacked by the Mongols and the city formally ceased to be the capital of Burma in December 1297.

Photos from our travels with the Allen’s in December 2019.

Every morning a large number of hot air balloons take to the sky above Bagan. We managed to get ourselves up and found a spot in the midst of the action to get some photos of the amazing sight.

We were even able to see some of the balloons from our hotel we were staying at. Such a cool sight!

What an amazing place. I’m so glad we got the chance to visit with our friends.