{"id":1186,"date":"2018-11-20T17:13:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T17:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2018-11-21T16:06:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T16:06:09","slug":"that-hill-in-the-distance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?p=1186","title":{"rendered":"That hill in the distance&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?attachment_id=1187\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1187\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4805-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1187\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4805-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4805-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4805-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4805-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;is actually an incomplete giant stupa:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?attachment_id=1189\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1189\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4809-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1189\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4809-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4809-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4809-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4809-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Though the Mingun Pahtodawgyi only reached one third of its originally intended height of 150 meters and it&#8217;s been damaged by an earthquake, it&#8217;s still the worlds&#8217;s largest pile of bricks.<\/p>\n<p>This elephant is actually a lion. The head fell off in an earthquake.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?attachment_id=1190\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1190\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4808-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1190\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4808-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4808-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4808-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4808-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, the same king who started the abortive stupa and the now head-less lion also had this giant bell made that while not the largest overall was the largest that could actually be rung from 1810 to 2000.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?attachment_id=1192\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1192\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4818-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1192\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4818-1-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4818-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4818-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_4818-1-624x936.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;is actually an incomplete giant stupa: Though the Mingun Pahtodawgyi only reached one third of its originally intended height of 150 meters and it&#8217;s been damaged by an earthquake, it&#8217;s still the worlds&#8217;s largest pile of bricks. 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