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Originally Posted by BigJohn
For those who have seen the Buddhist, Pagan Temples....... they truly are worth the visit.
In the future, I want to discuss some of those Temples and how unique they truly are.
Seeing the Temples from a hot air balloon captures visually the amazing sites which holds the depth of over 2000 Temples.
Something to cherish, is a Pagan Buddha statue which many people have never seen. I have to go thru my collection of statues again to see if I have any of those statues.
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The Pagan Buddhist Temples are a marvel to see, especially if you see them from a hot air balloon. The Pagan Temple complex is located in Myanmar. If you look at a map of Myanmar, look for Mandalay and you will find about 90 miles/144 Kilometers, in a Southwest direction, the Pagan Buddhist Temples.
To get there, you probably would fly out of Bangkok, Thailand to Mandalay. The round trip flight is less then $200.00 and lasts less then 2 hours.
You might be surprised that George Orwell received his Police training at Mandalay! In Myanmar, George Orwell is looked upon with much favor.
As for the Pagan Buddhist Temples, they are listed as the largest concentration of Buddhist Temples in the World. Still standing is about 2200 Temples. At it peak in history, there were at least twice as many Temples (4400).
(Will continue).