Widely considered to be the "world's biggest book," with 729 huge marble slabs in which the entire 15 volume religious text, teh Tripitaka, is carved in the ancient language of Pali.
This formidable fellow is the most sacred Buddha image in all of Myanmar. Every day men congregate to layer more and more gold foil on his body---so much his fingers are disappearing!---while the women are forced to meditate at a distance.
A teak-wood bridge that stretches to the horizon---longest in the world---where monks congregate in the evening to watch the moon rise.
Oh he's a hungry one.
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