Saturday, August 23, 2014

Backpacking Myanmar Series: Yangon

Yangon, the capital city of Myanmar, is a good place for a city walk. The buildings that you'll see here have an old world charm that boasts of rich architecture.

Unfortunately, majority of the stores were closed during our visit as Myanmar observes a full week of celebrating the Thingyan Water Festival and their New Year.

On the flip side, we got to celebrate and join the locals in enjoying all-day water fights around town.

Yangon houses a lot of Buddhists temples. Some of those we've visited were Shwedagon, Sule, and Botataung near the pier.



Shwedagon Pagoda
Sule Pagoda

With Buddha's hair relic
Where to stay: Motherlandinn 2 where everyone's so pleasant and helpful. :)

Some trip highlights:
Getting ready for the water fight
Soaking wet after walking around the city


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