After quitting our jobs, my partner and I hopped on a one-way flight to Asia to spend six months exploring.
Come along for the ride!
Journey through historic and busy China, beachy and rural Thailand, temple-tastic Myanmar, delicious and sleek Malay...
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Blacksmith's incredible strength,
Crafts royal horror.
"Your sister has become the queen!"
King proclaims.
At royal city,
The blacksmith,
Tied to a tree,
Burns alive.
His sister leaps into flames.
The tree curses those who walk under it.
Thrown in the river,
Washed up in Bagan,
Sculpted into statues for Taungkalat.
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Taungkalat ogress captures a heart,
Byatta, King Anawrahta's flower fetcher,
Superhuman runner.
Royal disapproval inspires his execution.
The ogress dies of despair.
Their two sons,
Bagan workers,
Meet a similar fate,
Neglecting pagoda labour.
Forever Nats.
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Thank you for reading! Happy holidays for anyone celebrating this weekend or next. I hope they are enjoyable and warm.
Just a note on the photos, I didn't actually take any pictures of the Nat statues, but other bloggers/travel sites did so I'll leave some links in the comments section since there are a few. There's also more information on the temples and history that didn't fit into the drabble if you're interested.
