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The mystical Mount Popa is the perfect destination to cool down from the heat of the lowlands
Rivers are a source of cleaning ones self and ones clothes, Burma
Nat Spirits at Mount Popa, Burma
Young ladies carrying water walk the road to Mount Popa
About an hour away from Bagan, Mount Popa is a forest-clad landmark, rising over 1,500 metres above sea level.
Pilgrims have been visiting the shrine here for over 700 years, climbing 777 winding steps to pay their respects to realistic, carved figures, denoting ancient gods.
The area is often referred to as the oasis of the dry zone, with quite different weather to Bagan, and you will often see the local farmers climbing palms and tapping off the toddy juice to make sugar.
It is not customary to touch each other in Burma so please don't be offended if a Burmese man or woman doesn't shake your hand.
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