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  • Day 9

    Min ga la ba Bagan!

    December 21, 2018 in Myanmar ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Bagan is the main goal for this trip and it is FANTASTIC! I got an e-bike (it's more a scooter) and started. It's pretty simple actually - you just go and get lost. If there is a path on the left? You just go. Another path? Follow it. It's so much fun, felt like Indiana Jones, exploring the area, trying to find secret temples,... They don't allow climbing on temple anymore since the earthquake in 2016 and to preserve this area, so they put locks on doors to rooftops. BUT you can still find a few, very rare, but backpackers share the secret locations :) I found two myself, great view and I just chilled in one of them as its really hot here. But this place is so awesome I could do this forever 😃
    On my way back I found some organic garden restaurant, run by some cute family, a mom (boss!) an two lovely little helping girls. I was the only guest so we talked all the time :)
    I rushed to the first temple that I found with open access to rooftop. I thought it'd be empty - nope 😁 And while watching the sunset I heard a Slovenian voice - a nice Slovenian family traveling Myanmar. First time I met a Slovenian in Asia.
    Evening concluded with another game, this time trivia quiz, met tons of great people! Many gintonics and beers also hehe. But I had to wake up early next morning for...
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