Overview :
Myanmar Photos
 Burma
or Myanmar as the Junta calls it, is a fascinating country and a real
treat for the traveler.
Great scenery, unspoilt nature and the best and moist beautiful temples.
There is only one drawback:
due to the political situation independent travel is not as easy as we
might want it to be.
Highlights in Burma include Yangon, formerly known as Rangoon, Pyay, a
nice little stopover to Thayekhittaya, Mandalay with its beautiful
temples on Mandalay Hill near Bagan and Paga.
Myanmar’s capital has its very special charm, although some people
rate Yangoon as very crowded and noisy. The many shady parks and
beautiful lakes have earned a reputation as the garden city of the East.
Its unmistakably colonial style buildings, open markets and wide
treelined avenues endow it with a strange mix of old world charm and
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Every evening the streets of downtown
Yangoon turn into one big supermarket. Streetvendors sell almost
everything. You can also have a cheap meal on the streets.
The highlight of the cityscape is the famous Shwedagon Pagoda –
especially near sunset. It towers above the Yangon landscape with a
serenity so unique that it is often considered as one of the wonders of
the world. According to legend, this glistening gold covered pagoda was
built over two and a half thousand years ago as a place of Buddhist
worship. Other sights of Yangon are the 2200 year old Sule Pagoda (with
one of Buddha’s hair), the Botataung Pagoda and the Kyauk Htat Gyi Pagoda
with the 233 ft./71m long Reclining Buddha. After Mandalay, Yangon became
capital of Burma in 1885.
(by
www.world66.com)
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Photo Gallery : Myanmar
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