Our hotel in Bagan was right next to the Old Bagan Tharabar city gate. In fact, the hotel was called The Hotel@Tharabar Gate. It was quite a nice place with mostly open facilities. The registration area, seating areas, and restaurant areas were all under roofs but had no walls. Of course, they had no air conditioning but that was normal in most areas we visited. The grounds were nicely landscaped and planted though many of the plantings looked like they might be growing there naturally. At any rate, we weren’t suffering…

1. As we arrived at our hotel, this teak wood elephant was standing out front.

2. This is the registration area just off the driveway. There was always plenty of staff around if we needed anything.

3. We never found the time to go for a swim but we did have drinks and snacks in the pool area as the bar was just to the right of this photo.

4. This was the entrance to our bungalow. We had a very large room with a very large bathroom and sufficient amenities.

5. I’ve been to some top-notch hotels, but this place put some emphasis on the ‘welcome’ as you can see in the last photo.