Southern Sass: UD | Eat. Pray. Gin.

9.29.2013

UD | Eat. Pray. Gin.

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September 29, 2013

Bilbo Bagan

If Indiana Jones Went to Myanmar...


	VITALS

	Bagan Lodge Myat Lay Road New Bagan Nyaung Oo Township Myanmar +95 0 616 5456 official website

Flying. It’s a thing you do from time to time. And it’s about time you got rewarded for it. British Airways agrees, so with their Executive Club Frequent Traveller Programme, you’ll earn points for flights and purchases. Points that you can redeem for trips and upgrades. You know what to do.

Not to get all spiritual on you, but... we’re about to get all spiritual on you.

Well, sort of. It’s the kind of spiritual that requires hot-air balloons, massages and gin.

Like what you’ll find at Bagan Lodge, an 82-room paean to adventure and extreme pampering in the most temple-filled area of Myanmar, taking reservations now.

In terms of places to find awe-inspiring thousand-year-old pagodas, Myanmar’s pretty high on the list. There’re over 2,200 in this tiny town alone, actually. And in terms of nearby places from which to conduct your spiritual awakening/Indiana Jones–ing escapades, there’s... this place.

It’s the kind of porch-laden, rattan-everything colonial clubhouse where you’d expect to find a troupe of British imperialists sipping gin back in 1924. Except this is 2013, so expect more swimming pools, jacuzzi tubs and wi-fi. Also: less actual imperialism.

Your itinerary will proceed as follows: wake up. Eat a muffin. Claim a pool chair. Find the lobby’s travel desk. Inquire about hot-air-balloon voyages over temple fields. Book voyage. Return to pool chair. Sip gin. Embark on hot-air-balloon voyage. Gaze wistfully upon ancient things. Become enlightened.

Gin has that effect on you.