We are our own tourist attraction
Today was amazing. Notwithstanding the
usual 3pm heat headache, we toured around Bagan first in the morning on our
e-bikes (which are AWESOME, I need one at home), and then with a traditional
horse-cart for a sunset views of some other temple sights. I feel like you
really can’t visit a place as historic as Bagan is without learning about the
history and our guide, Tien-swye had studied physics, but gravitated towards
geography and history. She is now a tour guide, with perfect English and an
amazing knowledge of plants, rocks and general knowledge about Myanmar and all
its people. I learned so much from the few hours that she spent with us, as was
so happy to have her take us through some places we wouldn’t have seen
otherwise.
We also became our own tourist attraction
today. When stopping along the road at a stall that sold puppets (a local
tradition here), my travel companion who look a fair bit more western than me
was asked to be in a tour groups selfies, one after another. And when she
started playing to the camera with a big smile and thumbs up, she got a big
cheer from everyone. Nothing like visiting a country as a tourist and becoming
a pit stop yourself!
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