Bagan

Hand-rolled sour plum candies made in the Bagan region of Burma.

A bell in the Popa Taungkalat (Taung Kalat) Shrine on the top of Mount Popa in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

A Buddha statue comprised of many other tiny Buddha images at Popa Taungkalat Shrine on Mt. Popa in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

A coconut and Burmese money is a traditional temple offering. On Mt. Popa, Bagan.

Ana and M make an offering with incense in Bagan, Myanmar.

Incense floats through the air as an offering on Mt. Popa, near Bagan, Burma.

A Macaque monkey looking over the Pegu mountain range in Central Burma, on Mount Popa, near Bagan.

Ana from Mt Popa temple in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

Ana and her friend M at a temple in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

Workers at a temple grinding the thanaka face powder that the Burmese use. Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

A watering station with cups and fresh water at the temple on the top of Mt. Popa Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

The many steps and monkeys we had to battle to reach Popa Taungkalat Shrine on Mt Popa in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

A watering station at the Popa Taungkalat Shrine in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

The Popa Taungkalat temple and monastery on the top of Mount Popa volcano, Bagan, Burma. in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

A ground bean and onion paste with a very potent flavor that tastes delicious mixed in with your rice and other dishes!

A woman watches as my niece and I were fascinating by the candy making process in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

A container of sweet sugarcane candies free on the table in Bagan, Burma.

A pot of sugar boils for candy making in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

Several women work diligently to prepare the sour plum sugar candies in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

Many hands make simple work of the candy making process in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

Little balls of jaggery sweets in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

A woman rolls sour plum candies in sugar for sale in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

One of the little girls manning her mother's candy selling stand in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

A street-side stall selling sugarcane sweetened balls of candy. The purple ones are flavored with Sour Plum in the Bagan region of Burma.

A pile of freshly rolled sour plum sugar candies in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

A candy-maker in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

An impromptu tour guide in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

Temple history of the bird story in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar) at Hgnet Pyit Taung temple.

An ornate entrance to the Hgnet Pyit Taung temple in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

One of the horses used to cart tourists around to the various temples in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

The shadow of our horse cart in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

A large reclining in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

A truckload of people in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

A loaded truck on the dusty roads in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

Ana and her friend M in the back of a horse cart in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

Friendly drivers were intrigued that we were at some of the less popular temples in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

The beautiful crumbling orange temples in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

The bright sun washed out the landscape in the hours before sunset in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

Temples in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

An endless sea of temples in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

The dusty dirt roads through the temples in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

Hourse cart is a great way to get around in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar). We took this form of transport to see the sunset each day.

Horse carts line up for sunset in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

Twin stupas take in a tangerine tinted sunset in Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)

Sunset over Bagan, Burma (Myanmar)