Myanmar

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Myanmar

Myanmar - former Burma - is a country as no other. The visitors are impressed by the large number of Buddhist pagodas. Perhaps the biggest attraction of the country is Bagan, where thousands of temples and pagodas are situated. Another places of interest are the former royal city of Mandalay and the Inle-lake.

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Shwedagon pagoda in Rangoon.

Selling of vegetables in the country.

Gilded stupa of the Shwedagon pagoda.

The biggest Buddha statue in the world.

Kyaikpun pagoda is formed by four
sitting Buddhas.

Gilded Ananda statue in a temple in Bagan.

Unfinished Mingun pagoda at Mandalay
should had been the biggest pagoda in
the world, 18th c.

Thatbyinnyu temple is the biggest edifice
in Bagan (62m), 12th c.

One of the many pagodas in Bagan.

Monk in a monastery.

Giraffe women.

Outside the royal palace in Mandalay.

In the environs of Mandalay; in Sagaing.

Kaunghmudaw pagoda at Mandalay, 17th c.

Shwedagon pagoda in Rangoon.	Selling of vegetables in the country.
Gilded stupa of the Shwedagon pagoda.	The biggest Buddha statue in the world.
Kyaikpun pagoda is formed by four sitting Buddhas.	Gilded Ananda statue in a temple in Bagan.
Unfinished Mingun pagoda at Mandalay should had been the biggest pagoda in the world, 18th c.	Thatbyinnyu temple is the biggest edifice in Bagan (62m), 12th c.
One of the many pagodas in Bagan.	Monk in a monastery.
Giraffe women.	Outside the royal palace in Mandalay.
In the environs of Mandalay; in Sagaing.	Kaunghmudaw pagoda at Mandalay, 17th c.