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Hoi An's Historic Sights
Hoi An is chock full of mouldering colonial buildings and historic Chinese shop houses. It is also highly populated by old Vietnamese ladies laboring about in their charming conical hats.
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Typical roadside sight in Bagan
Traveling slowly by horse cart you will get to experience the sights and sounds of Burmese daily life.
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Sunset over Bagan
Find your own private temple to watch the sun dip down behind the mountain backed Irrawwady river.
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Gawdawpalin Pahto
One of Bagan's largest and most imposing temples. It was completed in the 13th century and its name means "Throne from which Homage is Paid".
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Dry season in Bagan
This scene will be lush green during the high season (November to February) when it is cooler and not as dry. The low season (March to May) is deathly hot (40C +) and you will be dripping in sweat, even at night, but it is also blissfully empty.
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Temples as far as the eye can see
No other place on Earth has such a concentration of religious shrines.
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Beating the sun.
Every night in Bagan the slow pace of the day is broken by a mad rush to secure the best viewing spot to watch the sun set. A race to your location of choice however just means that the clop of your horse's hooves are all the more rhythmical.
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Eco and economically friendly
There is no better way to traverse the Bagan plain than by horse cart. It allows you to hop between temples without the constant turn of the ignition and in the heat of a Burman dry season, you can be happy that the only thing you are contributing to is the local economy and not global warming.
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One Way Window
The Taj Exotica Maldives ensures privacy from any passing fish by conveniently mirroring your bathroom window. If you want to intrude on their underwater domain however, you can just slip into the warm water from your dock before returning to your very own over water plunge pool.
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Frans & Claire van der Lee has been a member since 20 November 2007 and goes by vanderlee.
Currently in Bangkok.
Subscriber since February 2008!
We are on a year long journey around Asia. Frans is the photographer and Claire is the trip planner. We have recently been to Thailand, Bali, Laos, Vietnam, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Singapore. Korea, Mongolia, and Japan are next! We are from Washington, DC and Frans is also a web developer with www.vanderleeMEDIA.com
You can also find Frans & Claire at www.flickr.co...nderlee/sets.
