After my two day stay at Bagan, I got up at 6:30 and had breakfast and then headed to Monywa which also has some ancient and powerful pagodas.
After 3 and a bit hours of driving on some good roads and some questionable roads, we arrive at the 3 pagodas that is near the city of Monywa.
A side note, you should visit these pagodas first before going into the city of Monywa as it is filled with motorcyclist similar to the Vietnamese cities. And they do not know how to drive...
Asians huh, when are we all going to learn?
First on the agenda is bawdi 1000 (translates to 1000 Bodhi trees)
It is famous for its two giant Buddha statues, reclining one and the standing one.
The standing statue is the second tallest Buddha statue in the world at 129m and third overall largest in all statues.
It has 31 floors which correlates to 31 planes of existence.
The reclining statue is 101 m long and 18m wide.
Also, this pagoda has various buddha statues as shown in the photos.
Second on the agenda is Thanboddhay pagoda which is similar to the Indonesian Borubodur and was built in 1303.
Third but not last is Shwegu Kyi Pagoda which is also around 500 years old.
After this, there is not much to do but to rest for the next part of the trip which is going to be alaungdaw kathapa pagoda and national park (largest national park in the country)....
And I will be riding on an Elephant.....we shall see what happens....
On that happy note, I will come back in 2 days time when I get to May Myo (May City) as there will be no connection in tomorrow's area.
See you all....
Cheers
Tinkyaw
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