Visiting Myanmar - Suggestions for holidays, trains, itineraries, day-trips, and sightseeing from someone who has lived and traveled extensively in Myanmar
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Angkor Wat is the world-reknown temple site in Cambodia near Siem Reap. Recently the New York Times magazine called Bagan the NEW Siem Reap and they’re pretty close to right.
Bagan is the highly undiscovered valley of temples in central Myanmar (Burma). It’s not directly accessible by international flights and only served by a few domestic flights a day. There are very few hotels and it’s definitely off the beaten path.
Once you’re there, you will not be disappointed however. The valley has over 3000 temples, some of them over 1000 years old. Best of all, they’re spread out and mostly free to enter. You can stake out your own private tour and visit many of them in the presence of MAYBE a single monk, at best. It’s wonderful and refreshing to see the beauty of Bagan by yourself, with very few touts and other unsavory characters.
