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Beating the sun.
Every night in Bagan the slow pace of the day is broken by a mad rush to secure the best viewing spot to watch the sun set. A race to your location of choice however just means that the clop of your horse's hooves are all the more rhythmical.
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Eco and economically friendly
There is no better way to traverse the Bagan plain than by horse cart. It allows you to hop between temples without the constant turn of the ignition and in the heat of a Burman dry season, you can be happy that the only thing you are contributing to is the local economy and not global warming.
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One Way Window
The Taj Exotica Maldives ensures privacy from any passing fish by conveniently mirroring your bathroom window. If you want to intrude on their underwater domain however, you can just slip into the warm water from your dock before returning to your very own over water plunge pool.
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Dusk falls on Dhammayangyi Temple
Touring Bagan's temples by horse cart at dusk is truly magical. You can climb up to the top of many of them and watch as the sun dips behind the Irrawwady river and casts a purple glow over this plain of two thousand plus temples. If you go during the hot season you will have the temples almost to yourself, but in the cooler months you can take a balloon ride to revel in the scope of what centuries of kings in search of karmic merit can create.
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Over water bungalows
Some of the Taj Exotica's bungalows even come with over water infinity pools or you can simply slip into the warm sea teeming with tropical fish.
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Entryway to paradise
The dock at the Taj Exotica Maldives - unfortunately it is also where you must depart this little slice of heaven from.
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The Big Three
The Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol building taken from a hill in Arlington.
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Coney Island Boardwalk
The boardwalk is an ideal place to stroll and work off some of the Nathan's hot dogs you are sure to consume at Coney Island.
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Top of the Rock
The view of Manhattan, most notably Central Park, from Rockefeller Center's observation deck.
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Red Dao Woman
Sapa is chock full of colorful hill tribe minorities including the Red Dao characterized by their red headdress streaming with coins and tassels.
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Frans & Claire van der Lee has been a member since 20 November 2007 and goes by vanderlee.
Currently in Bangkok.
Subscriber since February 2008!
We just got back from a year long journey around Asia. Frans is the photographer and Claire is the trip planner. We went to 12 countries: Thailand, Bali (Indonesia), Penang (Malaysia), Laos, Vietnam, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Singapore, Korea, Mongolia, and Japan! We are from Washington, DC and Frans is also a web developer with www.vanderleeMEDIA.com
You can also find Frans & Claire at www.flickr.co...nderlee/sets.
