The 26 square miles of plains contain most of the 2230 temples, many built by the Bagan Kings and built between 1057 – 1287, these are being preserved and restored by organisations such as UNESCO.
1 Woman and Child with the Traditional Myanmar Thanakha on their Faces in Nyaung U Market
2 Nyaung U Market the Largest in this Region
3 Nyaung U Market
4 Nyaung U Market
5 Nyaung U Market
6 Nyaung U Market
7 Nyaung U Market
8 Nyaung U Market
9 Nyaung U Market Serving Lunch
10 Nyaung U Market Serving Lunch
11 Nyaung U Market
12 One of the Thousands of Temples and Stupas in the Bagan Area
13 At the Temple
14 Looking at the Buddah
15 Taung Bi Village, Noodle Factory
16 The Noodle Paste
17 Working the Machinery
18 Machine Extruding the Noodle Paste into Noodles into the Boiling Water
19 Working the Machinery
20 Collecting the Noodles
21 Washing the Cooling the Noodles
22 Bagging the Noodles
23 Outside the Hairdressers in Taung Bi Village
24 Taung Bi Village
25 A Beautiful Temple
26 Artisan at Work in the Temple
27 The Dhamayazeka Zedi providing panoramic views of the temple studded plains of Bagan.
28 The Dhamayazeka Zedi providing panoramic views of the temple studded plains of Bagan.
29 The Dhamayazeka Zedi providing panoramic views of the temple studded plains of Bagan at Sunset
30 The Dhamayazeka Zedi providing panoramic views of the temple studded plains of Bagan at Sunset
31 The Dhamayazeka Zedi providing panoramic views of the temple studded plains of Bagan at Sunrise
32 The Dhamayazeka Zedi providing panoramic views of the temple studded plains of Bagan at Sunrise
33 The Dhamayazeka Zedi providing panoramic views of the temple studded plains of Bagan at Sunrise
34 Goat Herder
35 Woman with her Goats
36 Kiln at the Family Run Brick Works
37 Making the Bricks
38 Stacking the Bricks
39 Working the Clay
40 Feet of the Girl Working the Clay
41 The Boss Watches over the Workers
42 Stacks of Bricks
43 A Village School
44 Children at the School
45 Children at the School
46 Children at the School
47 Children at the School
48 Class Photograph
49 Children at the School
50 Children at the School
51 Leaving School for Lunch
52 Village Food Stall at the Gates of the School
53 Family Home in the Village
54 Washing up Time
55 Outside the School Gates
56 Shwe zigon zedi, the Golden Temple
57 Shwe zigon zedi, the Golden Temple
58 Shwe zigon zedi, the Golden Temple
59 Shwe zigon zedi, the Golden Temple
60 Gardeners at the Park off Lovers Lane
61 Lovers Lane
62 Man and his Beast
63 Broken Crock Hill
64 Burmese Doctor with the Longest Hair at Broken Crock Hill at Sunset