Another early start. We had a 5:00 AM
pickup for our hot air ballooning trip this morning. We were at the
field in the dark and they fed us coffee and croissants while they
got organized for the dawn takeoff. About 20 balloons lifted off and
we floated over the temples and countryside of Bagan. It was
awesome. The light was perfect and the temples are so varied and
plentiful it hard to take it all in. We floated for over an hour and
enjoyed every minute of the trip. We landed ever so gently and then
they got us out and fed us Champagne. What a great way to view the
temples.
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| Inflating Balloons |
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| Temple Group |
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| Holy Temple |
Next we rented electric bikes again and
set off for the temple viewing tower. From the air it looked like an
old temple, but as we got close we could see it was new and modern.
It was built in 2005. From the tower, which was just under the
height of the tallest pagoda, we could see the temples and their
groups. We returned to the viewing tower at sunset and as luck would
have it – it was happy hour.
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| Viewing Tower Sunset |
1 comment:
Wow. A hot air balloon over the temples. This post has me planning my next trip.
Kath
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