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Category Archives: Myanmar

Novel: George Orwell's Burmese Days

To Read on the Road: Myanmar

September 1, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

I always try to find a good selection of books to take with me when I travel and here are a few books I read while travelling through Myanmar, and […]

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A Photo a Week Challenge, Myanmar, Novels and Travel Books
Brass Buddha in Yangon's Hair Relic Pagoda

Shiny Golden Buddhas in Myanmar

August 17, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

Buddhas come in all kinds of materials: marble, wood, alabaster, ceramic, metal, plaster, concrete… In the profoundly Buddhist Myanmar the Buddhas are often gilded with gold leaf.In the Mahamuni Pagoda […]

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Myanmar, Weekly Photo Challenge
Sule Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar

A Golden Pagoda in the Middle of a Traffic Circle (Yangon, Myanmar)

February 6, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

Sule Pagoda is situated in the middle of the best looking traffic circles in the world. Little girl rings a golden bell at the entrance to the pagoda. Sheets of gold leaf […]

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Myanmar
Costa Rican beach pebbles in a coconut shell

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Things That Are Smooth

February 16, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 5 Comments

A collection of things that are smooth from around the world. silky smooth… (a silk-weaving workshop in Myanmar) the lake was smooth as glass… (found in the BC Interior) goes down smooth as a […]

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BC, Belgium, Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Collections from Around the World, Costa Rica, India, Myanmar, Spain
mustard seeds and saffron for the roasted cauliflower

Travel Theme: Spices from Around the World

December 26, 2015by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

Ailsa’s theme of ‘Spice’ came just as I was whipping up some Spanish-style spiced almonds as a Christmas nibble, using two tablespoons of cayenne and one of smoked Spanish paprika. I don’t […]

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Collections from Around the World, India, Mexican Food, Middle East, Myanmar, Thai Food, Thailand, Travel Theme
Ananda Temple in Bagan, Myanmar

Ananda Pahto Temple in Bagan, Myanmar

April 1, 2015by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

Our first day exploring the many temples of Bagan culminated at the Ananda Pahto. The Ananda Pahto, or Phaya, is one of the earliest of Bagan’s great temples, built in Mon architectural style of […]

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Exterior of Thatbyinnyu Phaya in Bagan, Myanmar

Thatbyinnyu Phaya in Bagan, Myanmar

March 26, 2015by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

Realizing that it would be impossible to see all two or three thousand of Bagan’s temples, we started skimming the cream of crop, heading for the temples that had been circled […]

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Bagan's Manuha Temple: A Giant Lying Buddha

Giant Buddhas in Manuha Temple in Bagan

March 19, 2015by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

Our next stop on our ebike tour of Bagan was circled on our map as a ‘do-not-miss’ sight. Built in 1059 by King Manuha, it contains three giant Buddhas, each one […]

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Bagan's Sein Nyet Pagoda

Sein Nyet Pagoda in Bagan

March 15, 2015by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

First thing in the morning we grabbed our annotated map, picked up was our ebikes and we were off to explore the temples of Bagan, all 2000 plus of them! […]

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Myanmar
Green Chile & Garlic Dipping Sauce

Chile Ratings in Bagan, Myanmar

March 12, 2015by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

We started our tour of South-East Asia in Bangkok, where I was quickly reminded of just how spicy Thai food can be. Basically a ‘one chile’ dish in Thailand would be […]

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