Bagan from a balloon.

At the beginning of the last millennium has been the capital city of Bagan in Burma. During the 300 years of the 55 kings built the 4000 Buddhist temple. Their sharp roof randomly drawn to the sky, nalez one another. The most stunning views from the air. Helicopters do not have, but on a hot air balloon ride can be ...

Tells and shows Sergey Dolya
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Early in the morning, before sunrise, we were brought to a small clearing, which were laid out two huge balloons. However, they looked like burst balloons donkey Eeyore. Near balls lying on the side baskets:



On green whistle Burmese team in the same T-shirts included 2 large fans and began to catch up with the ball in the air.
After that, the air was warm with the help of huge gas burners:



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Inside the basket is divided into several sections: a large central compartment, where there was a pilot and barrels of fuel, and 2 side compartments, each of which put 3 people. We came with their cameras in one compartment, and it was a bit cramped:



Finally, we left the ground and rose into the air:



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The sun rose over the horizon with us:



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In short history of this place is the following.

In 1044 in the realm of atonement King Anoratha. He met a monk from India and under the impression of the meeting changed the state religion of Buddhism with Hinduism.

A little later, the king received from Sri Lanka great relic - a tooth of the Buddha. The subjects were unhappy that the king left the relic itself. They also wanted to pray to the Buddha's tooth. Then the king made three copies of the tooth and built 4 large stupas, each of which is put on the tooth.

In the vicinity of these people began to build stupas personal temples. For 200 years they have been built around 4000:



In 1975, Burma was a strong earthquake that destroyed half of temples. However, the current government is actively restores all the temples, and today they have 3500:



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Usually, when something on top of flies, people turn up their head up:



But this time, even the cows looked up in surprise:



The wind that day was very strong, and we are carried away beyond Bagan:



As soon as we sat down, all local children from the surrounding villages began to pull us:



It also ran a support team:



They began to drop the ball:



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As a result, the entire balloon is packed into a small "bag»:



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