57 hours after leaving home in Portland found me disembarking from an Air Mandalay ATR-170 on the ramp at Nyaung U Airport (NYU) on an overcast, damp morning. This part of Myanmar is usually dry and the weather is a bit unusual.
After moving so fast, I was thankful to be in one place for the next three nights: Mya Yee Nanda, also known as the Pagoda City Hotel. It’s our base for exploring the remains of the ancient city of Bagan and its thousands of temples, stupas, and pagodas, the majority of which were built eight to ten centuries ago.
Once I checked in, I headed out and wandered about some of the smaller temples by myself. It was wet and muddy and everything was overgrown, but exploring for a bit on my own was a great way to start my time here.
Posted by James Duncan Davidson.