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Yangon, Myanmar (Christmas 2003)

My three-day visit to Yangon. Myanmar is of the least visited tourist destinations in Asia, but really worth visiting. Clean city, soft-natured people, no crimes, and some good hotels (anything wood in hotel buildings is usually teak). Popular sights are pagodas, pagodas, and pagodas. Unfortunately, since July 2003, credit cards cannot be used in hotels, shops and mostly anywhere. Because of that, maybe this is the best time to shop for rubies and sapphires--if you carry a large amount of cash. I am hoping to visit Mandalay, Bagan, Inle Lake next time--with loads of money, of course.
Camera: Canon D30. Lenses: EF 16-35 f/2.8L, EF 70-200 f/4L
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Shwedagon Paya--the biggest pagoda in Yangon. 2,500 years old, 100m high
Shwedagon Paya--the biggest pagoda in Yangon. 2,500 years old, 100m high		 Glass-tiled temple in Shwedagon
Glass-tiled temple in Shwedagon		 Gold Budda in one of the many temples
Gold Budda in one of the many temples		 Sparkling clean wooden floor
Sparkling clean wooden floor
Gold, gold everywhere -- 9 tons of it
Gold, gold everywhere -- 9 tons of it		 CRW_0101_YP8.jpg
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CRW_0103_YP8.jpg		 Miniature Buddhas, each representing the day in a week
Miniature Buddhas, each representing the day in a week
Circling the bell for good luck
Circling the bell for good luck		 Jade-tiled pillar in another temple in Shwedagon
Jade-tiled pillar in another temple in Shwedagon		 Children hitting one of many bells in Shwedagon
Children hitting one of many bells in Shwedagon		 Couples praying and wishing for a baby boy
Couples praying and wishing for a baby boy
Monks waiting for prayers
Monks waiting for prayers		 CRW_0165_YP8.jpg
CRW_0165_YP8.jpg		 Pavement and street sweepers wearing local makeup (tanaka)
Pavement and street sweepers wearing local makeup (tanaka)		 Chinese temple
Chinese temple
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CRW_0201_YP8.jpg		 Man selling birds for release and freedom
Man selling birds for release and freedom		 More expensive birds for sale
More expensive birds for sale		 Tne single-passenger trishaw
Tne single-passenger trishaw
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Guest 17-Mar-2006 15:38
hi yr pics are really beautiful. we visited bagan last dec - go for the sunrise - so beautiful and unearthly and inle is a gem. we went out of mandalay to pyin oo lwin - maymyo old name... also v clean and beautiful

the nicest vibes are found in myingyan where a fully enlightened saint (arahat) die 50 years ago - but the town's air is so clean and carefree and wholesome - and their trees are majestic.

i hv been to burma over 10 times. i visited cambodia last year too but somehow
the vibes are very different....

burmese folks still practise compassion and keep their 5 precepts clean....
and afraid of doing bad karma....

and people are just so spiritual there even little kids can recite very profound
buddhism. tho they dont understand, but at least chanting it is better than nothing....

hope u can get to upper burma soon
good luck
rgds
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David 14-Dec-2004 02:41
wow your gallery is so beautiful! I would love to visit Yangon after seeing these beautiful pictures
Robert14-Jul-2004 11:09
Great gallery! Just reurned from Yangon and Bangan- wow! http://www.pbase.com/r53lanc/bagan
bygaspo28-Dec-2003 13:40
Nice to see another Myanmar gallery. Regards Bybaspo.http://www.pbase.com/bygaspo/myanmar__burma
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