Popa Reserved Forest

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Image of Mount Popa located in Popa Reserved Forest, Myanmar | The massive pedestal Mount Popa (Flickr/patrikmloeff)
Popa Reserved Forest, Myanmar

Mount Popa

Myanmar's Mount Olympus atop a 2,500-foot volcanic plug

Established and maintained by a hermit in the early 20th century, the Mount Popa shrine and monastery precariously sits 2,500 feet off the ground on a massive volcanic formation in central... »

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