Myanmar - Mystical Moments in a Magical Country

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I am glad , Steemit is offering a platform to share content that not only means a lot to myself, but also makes is possible to let other people get to know historical, beautiful and interesting content which helps everyone to grow as a person. Today, I want to share with you my photo selection of my Trip to amazing Myanmar. Enjoy:

Welcome to Myanmar

Starting off with some Market Scenes:

"The Potato Lady"

"Market near Bagan"

"Flies Heaven"

"Market full of Colors"

"Miniature Water Melons"

"Burmese Kids on the Market"

"Old Lady smoking Tobacco"

"Dried Fish"

"Betel Nuts"

"Well arranged Leaves"

"River Fish"

"Little Boy with traditional Thanaka Face Paint"

"Smoking a huge Blunt"

"Girl with Thanaka Paint"

Thanaka is a yellowish-white cosmetic paste made from ground bark. It is a distinctive feature of the culture of Myanmar, seen commonly applied to the face and sometimes the arms of women and girls, and is used to a lesser extent also by men and boys.

The Ancient City of Bagan

Bagan is an ancient city located in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar. From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Pagan Kingdom, the first kingdom that unified the regions that would later constitute modern Myanmar. During the kingdom's height between the 11th and 13th centuries, over 10,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries were constructed in the Bagan plains alone, of which the remains of over 2,200 temples and pagodas still survive to the present day.

"Beautiful Tree in front of a Stupa"

"Play of Colors"

"Large Temple"

"Gold Plated Buddah"

"Small Stupas"

"Traditional Means of Transportation"

"Young Monks arriving at a Temple"

"The Ananda Temple with its Buddah ... his eyes follow you wherever you go"

"Old Lady selling Candy"

"Getting dark in the Bagan Flats"

"Me enjoying the Sunset ... I am wearing the traditional Longyi"

"Two Girls in the Dusk"

"Beautiful Bagan"

Simple Life in the Countryside

"Chilling Cow"

"Spinning Cotton"

"Rubber Buckets"

"Country Road"

"Coconut Farmer"

"Nest of the Weaver Bird"

"Preparing Thanaka"

"Becoming a Local"

"Beautiful Blossoms"

"Mount Popa"

"A Place near Heaven"

Mount Popa is a volcano 1518 metres above sea level, and located in central Myanmar about 50 km southeast of Bagan in the Pegu Range. It can be seen from the Ayeyarwady River as far away as 60 km in clear weather.

"Mount Popa Monkeys"

"The Mighty Ayeyarwady River"

"Ayeyarwady Sunset"

"Monk School Lunch"

"Staying in Line with Religion"

"Mandalay U Bein Bridge"

"U Bein Bridge View"

"Mingun Pahtodawgyi" - The ruins are the remains of a massive construction project begun by King Bodawpaya in 1790 which was intentionally left unfinished. The pahtodawgyi is seen as the physical manifestations of the well known eccentricities of Bodawpaya. He set up an observation post on an island off Mingun to personally supervise the construction of the temple.

"Mingun Pagoda Remains"

"Mahamuni Temple in Mandalay"

"The Mahamuni Buddah is covered by 12 tons of Gold, all by the application of Gold Leaves over time"

"Me in the Longyi"

"The Beautiful Shwenandaw Monastery in Mandalay"

"Girl at the Kuthodaw Pagoda with 729 Stupas containing the worlds largest book"

"Kuthodaw"

Inle Lake

"Traditional Boats on Inle Lake"

"The Floating Gardens of Inle Lake"

"The Floating Villages"

"Paduang Women - The Long Neck Tribe"

"Lotus Weaving"

"The Golden Hour at Inle"

"Leg Rowing"

Yangon

"Chauk-htat-gyi Buddha in Yangon "

"Bohdi Tree at Shwedagon Pagoda"

"The Mighty Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon"

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"Devoted"

"Beautiful End to a Magical Trip"

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