In the “old days”, you made your way around the temples and pagodas of Bagan by bicycle, by horse-drawn cart, or by private car. Nowadays, however, a new option has appeared with a vengeance: e-bikes. E-bike rental operations are everywhere in Bagan, and chances are that your hotel can rent you an e-bike or there will be an e-bike rental company right across the road.

I’d never ridden on an e-bike scooter before, and, to be honest, when I planned my trip to Bagan I was looking forward to the fun of riding an e-bike just as much as seeing the famous pagodas and temples. Had I done a bike tour through Myanmar, I would have happily ridden my bicycle to the pagodas (despite the heat and the dust), but failing that, the e-bike was a fantastic option. My experience of Bagan would have been quite different without it.