Shwezigon Pagoda and views from the Bagan Tower

Among other places we went to the Shwezigon Pagoda. It has a huge gold tower and lots of details that are quite spectacular.

Late in the day at sunset time we went to the Nyan Myint Viewing Tower (there was an elevator) to see what you see. It was pretty amazing: Pagodas, isolated temples, stupas. I walked around the terrace and counted structures that I could see. I got 275! (perhaps not an accurate count but likely an underestimate).

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Here is video of what you can see at dusk from the tower:

More Bagan temples and other scenes

We rode in horse carts to one of the temples here. This monk was just sitting there. Note below how one woman is carrying her child. And a bunch more of temple and monastery pictures.

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A look around at the structures seen from the top of one of the temples: