South East Asia

Kuala Lumpur

Melaka

Penang

Bangkok, Pattaya., Ayutthaya, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phuket, Krabi, Phi Phi islands, Hat Yai, Songkhla

Hanoi, Ha Long Bay, Da Nang, My Son, Hoi An, Hue

Singapore

Palawan Island

Borobudur ,Jakarta, Bali , Sumatra

Luang Prabang

Vientiane

Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Phnom Penh 

Bandar Seri Begawan

Myanmar

East Timor

Bandar Seri Begawan is the capital of Brunei

Kampong Ayer is the largest water village in the world. The village has a police station, post office and a school - all floating in the Brunei river water.

Istana Nurul Iman : The sultan's official residence, the world's largest residential palace. It has 1781 rooms, air-conditioned stables for the sultan's polo ponies, gold door handles and 257 bathrooms.

Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien mosque

Jame' Asr Hassanil Bolkiah Mosque

Jungles of Brunei are part of Borneo jungles

Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon

Yangon

Shwedagon Pagoda

Bahadur Shah Zafar was the last Mughal emperor of India

Bahadur Shah Zafar was also an accomplished poet

Yangon : Yangon has the highest number of colonial buildings in Southeast Asia.

Yangon

Yangon

Yangon

Yangon

Downtown Yangon

Yangon

Yangon, Myanmar

Yangon, Myanmar

Yangon, Myanmar

Yangon, Myanmar

Yangon, Myanmar

Yangon, Myanmar

Yangon, Myanmar

Yangon, Myanmar

Yangon, Myanmar

Yangon, Myanmar

Yangon, Myanmar

ParkRoyal hotel in Rangoon is a nice place to stay

Bagan, Myanmar

Completed 900 years ago

Dhammayangyi Temple : The largest pagoda of Bagan

Shwe Zi Gone Pagoda : This was the prototype of famous Shwedagon Pagoda of Yangon.

There are beautiful murals inside the temple. Though inside is dark - so better carry a torch light to see those murals

Thatbyihyu : This temple is inside the old city wall of Bagan (Pagan)

Shwe San Daw : The tallest pagoda of Bagan

Also known as Sun-set temple

Bagan

 It is the country's largest river and most important commercial waterway. 

Bagan

Bagan, Myanmar

Bagan, Myanmar

There are more than 3000 temples in Bagan

In it's hey day Bagan had more than 10000 temples

Bagan, Myanmar

Old Bagan

Bagan, Myanmar

Bagan, Myanmar

Bagan, Myanmar

Bagan, Myanmar

Bagan, Myanmar

Bagan, Myanmar

Bagan, Myanmar

Bagan, Myanmar

There are more than 3000 temples in Bagan

Murals inside temple walls. Later, I came to know photography was prohibited inside this temple 

Bagan, Myanmar

Bagan

Bagan, Myanmar

Bagan, Myanmar

Bagan, Myanmar

Bagan, Myanmar

Bagan, Myanmar

Bagan, Myanmar

Bagan, Myanmar

 Mount Popa is a dormant volcano 1518 meters (4981 feet) above sea level.  

Mount Popa, Myanmar

 It is a pilgrimage site, with numerous Nat temples and relic sites atop the mountain. 

Taung Kalat monastery , Mount Popa

Taung Kalat monastery 

Taung Kalat monastery 

Taung Kalat

 745 steps to the top. They become steeper as you approach the summit. 

Mount Popa is the most important nat  spiritual site

Mount Popa is the most important nat  spiritual site

Popa

Mount Popa

  Bago (formerly Pegu) is the capital of Bago region of Myanmar. It was the capital of Toungoo Empire from 1539 to 1599 and again from 1613 to 1635.  

 Kanbawzathadi Palace: The palace dates from a very prosperous time in Burmese history. It was built by King Bayinnaung of the Taungoo dynasty, a vast empire that included much of present-day Burma, Thailand and parts of China. 

 King Bayinnaung Kyawhtin Nawrahta was the king of Toungoo Dynasty from 1550 to 1581. During his 31-year reign, which has been called the "greatest explosion of human energy ever seen in Burma", Bayinnaung assembled what was most likely the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, which included much of modern-day Myanmar, the Chinese Shan states, Lan Na, Lan Xang, Manipur and Siam.

(from the valley of the Manipura river in the north-west , to the valley of the Mekong river in the south-east) 

Bago, Myanmar

Bago, Myanmar

Bago

Bago, Myanmar

Bago, Myanmar

 Shwemawdaw Pagoda : At 114 metres (374 ft) in height, the Shwemadaw holds the record for the tallest pagoda in Myanmar. 

 Shwethalyaung Temple 

Bago, Myanmar

Bago, Myanmar

Timor-leste

Dili , Timor-leste

Dili is the capital of Timor-leste

Timor-leste

Dili, Timor-leste

 Atauro Island waters are said to be the most bio-marine diverse in the world.  

East Timor

East Timor

East Timor

East Timor

East Timor

Dili, East Timor

Interesting fact : From the establishment of Portuguese Timor in 1702 till 1844, East Timor was administratively ruled under Goa (then  part of Portuguese) .