Driver Din Tun. Nyaumig U Market -> Shweizigon Pagoda _>Gupyauk Kyi Temple -> Hticomingo Temple -> Archeological Museum -> Maha Bagan (lunch) -> Ananda Temple -> Shwesandaw Pagoda
I wrote a little summary block (see above) at the head of the page(s) of notes for this day of frenzied activity touring Pagan. I possibly wrote that note in our Thiripyitsaya Hotel cottage, depicted below.
Set off after breakfast for Nyaung U market – saw food market, and then on to goods market where we bought eingyis [female longyis], shirts and flip-flops (after a long session of trial and error).
Then on to Shwezigon Pagoda and monastery with lottery wheel gizmo and monks reciting and praying…
..then on to Gubyaukgyi Temple with fine frescoes, then on to Htilominlo – with four Buddahs and fragments of plaster. Bought Kyaw a Tom Clancy!
Not sure if we were prohibited from photographing the above temples or just “templed out” by that stage, but the above links have some good public domain pictures for you to see if you want to know what each temple looked like.
Turn on to archaeological museum which was a grand building but lacked electricity and air-conditioning. Had lunch at Maha Bagan where we tasted fried giant river shrimps and fried pork chop which I liked and sweet-and-sour fish which Daisy liked.
Staggered through lacquerware factory – shop – little of note but bought some dishes – then onto siesta…
…after which we [went to] Ananda OK Kyaung (monastery with everyday frescoes), then Ananda Pahto, a fine temple with four giant Buddhas (20 original) and an amazing photographer who sold us lacquer frames.
Finally, onto Shwesenddaw Pagoda to see sunset (got great photos [see headline picture and below], but got clipped by a novice monk for the privilege.)
Dinner at sunset restaurant – we found duck last plus more of those shrimps – Kyaw dined with his family instead.
The photographs from this day are pictures 13 to 40 in this Flickr album – click here or below:
A placeholder piece which shows the full itinerary and has links to the albums of all our photographs for this trip can be found by clicking here or the link below: