Tweet Where can you find over 2000 ruined Buddhist temples in a relatively small area with few tourists and friendly local people? If you answered Bagan, Burma, then you are correct. If you didn’t, read on for a look at this fascinating place. Burma aka Myanmar is a relatively isolated southeast Asian nation. Political issues [...]
Tweet Dominating the skyline of the city of Yangon (formerly Rangoon) in Myanmar (Burma) is the Shwedagon Pagoda. Revered by the Burmese, it is the most sacred of all the Buddhist pagodas in Burma, housing relics of the past four Buddhas. In the Buddhist tradition, the present era (kalpa) has five Buddhas, with four having [...]
