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21st March: We left Mandalay for Bagan by local bus on a supposid 6 hour journey. the bus was a 20 seater mini bus with windows for air. Not only were the seats half the width of normal ones they also, as the journey progressed, proceded to pack the bus full literally to the brim, with plastic stools all down the isles for people to sit on, there were about five people sitting up front with the driver and bout five more on the entrance steps. In addition the roof was full of luggage and about another 10 or so people. To top it off there was barely any leg room at all - even i (often called titch by Fred) didn't have any space. So, you can imagine what good travelling companions Fred and Chris were ;0) Oh and it was two hours late arriving!!
Anyway, the bus journey was worth it for the sights we saw over the next couplew of days. bagan is an ancient city full of aorund 4,000 stupa's built by Bagan Kings in the 1100's. Indivdually they were pretty impressive but once you got to a vantage point and saw them all laid out in front of you it was something else. we did a couple of days exploring on bikes and one day in a horse and cart. We aslo managed to find a hotel with a lovely pool which after a day sweating it out on the bikes in 35 degree heat was blissful.....
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