Category Archives: Templeseeking

Shwedagon Pagoda, Bagan and the Beautiful Temples of Myanmar

temples of Myanmar

Today’s guest post on the beautiful temples of Myanmar is by the wonderful Deah Hester of www.palmtreemusings.com. All photographs on this blog belong to Deah Hester and are subject to copyright regulations.  Visiting the Beautiful Temples of Myanmar While visiting Thailand, we decided to take a quick flight to Myanmar to visit a friend doing […]

Visiting the Spectacular Rila Monastery of Bulgaria

Rila Monastery, Bulgaria

After a very interesting overnight ‘train’ journey from Istanbul to Sofia (when the train was cancelled and became a bus!), I decided to hit the mountains and check out Rila Monastery with www.rilashuttle.com. It is the largest and most famous Orthodox Monasteries in Bulgaria. I really enjoyed Sofia as a city, and visiting the Rila […]