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...about the Golden Triangle's bloody, tumultuous past. At its heyday in the 13th century, Chiang Saen was one of the most important cities in the Lanna kingdom; it boasts plenty of sites of archaeological significance, some dating to the prehistoric era. The museum has a fine collection of Buddha images, stone inscriptions and ceramics, as well as a section on the area's rich hill-tribe culture. Chiang Saen is about 60 km from Chiang Rai, and the museum, at 702 Phahonyothin Road, is easy to find. Just hop in a tuk tuk or call...
...worry. The main road is never far away and even the smaller temples, though identified only by numbers, are gems waiting to be discovered. Some are empty, others merely contain the shattered bases of iconic images long departed for Western living rooms. But occasionally a placid stone Buddha waits to be stumbled upon in the forgotten recesses of a stupa still in shambles. Or a newly renovated temple houses a well-worshipped modern Buddha that is furred with multiple layers of gold leaf applied by fervent devotees...
...BUDDHA IN THE BACKYARD Enter the stone gates of the Bagan Hotel and you could be forgiven for thinking you've stumbled upon yet another reconstructed temple. The elaborate teak and brick reception hall is built in the ancient architectural style. Wedged between the major sites of old Pagan and the banks of the Irrawaddy River, the resort is a shady oasis of fragrant flowering trees and rustic guesthouses, which blend with their sacred surroundings. Built in the wake of the government's 1996 Visit Myanmar Year campaign, the resort is run by the enigmatic Juergen Dieter Voss, who, with...
...valuable sightseeing time is not wasted?from the deck chairs, guests can gaze up at the magnificent whitewashed silhouette of the 900-year-old Gawdawpalin Pagoda, or between dips stroll through the garden to visit a pair of 11th century temples, one of which houses a well-tended golden Buddha. It's a place to get away from it all, literally. "It would be easier to take tea with the Queen," says Voss, "than to get a phone call through to Pagan." For reservations, don't ring, but e-mail baganhotel@myanmars.net...
...Buddhists co-opted Phnom Kulen as a holy site of their own after the Hindu heyday. A 10-minute car ride up the mountain brings tourists to Preah Ang Tho, a 16th century Buddhist monastery notable for the giant reclining Buddha carved into the top of a 20-m boulder. Climb the rickety wooden staircase to a landing that surrounds the 17-m-long Buddha, where monks and believers bow, burn incense and leave fruit...