Shwedagon Pagoda Yangon (Rangoon)

Well, if we don't see anything else, going to see the Shwedagon Pagoda would be well worth the trip to Myanmar. The hill on which the stupa stands is 190ft above sea level, and the platform covers over 12 acres.

It is the most jaw dropping complex of temples, statues, shrines and pavilions, surrounding the large gold-coloured stupa …

I found out that the British called Yangon "Rangoon" because the interpreter the British used was not from the area and basically mispronounced Yangon as Rangoon and Burma was named after the majority ethnic group.

We went for a morning tour of Yangon. As we were going around Yangon I realised vehicles were driving on the RHS and all the …

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I'm finally arrived in Yangon. There are many golden bell shape pagodas in this lovely city.
Hot and humid as well here. Just like an old British colony town , and some of places are Bayswater road or southhall atomospher.

Many Indian or Bangladesh are on the streets and wearing a wraps and a betel seed spits on the …

You'd better reset your watch. The year may be 2011 but you’d never know it in Burma. It doesn’t take long to feel like you’ve been sucked through a time portal to a land that is stuck way behind on its own. Yangon International Airport, the largest in the country and the only reasonable port of entry, feels like a countryside …

Had a mixed day today. The morning started off rather ordinary with the mosque a few doors down doing the call to prayer thing while it was still dark, and the guy who was supposed to guide me not showing, though I got a train ticket easy enough with an old guy who spoke pretty good English helping me out so he could use his English again. Seems …

One of the big topics of conversation in Yangon, amongst both foreigners and locals alike, is Aung San Suu Kyi - discreetly, and reverently referred to by Burmese as "The Lady." Her release from house arrest two years ago and her current electioneering, has generated great optimism in the city. We see posters and calendars of The Lady all over town …

It is a calm rainy afternoon at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangoon, Myanmar. The rain drizzles, incense burns, and the vibrant gold zedi shines even in the drab afternoon light. As I walk clockwise around the massive, auspicious zedi I feel my spirits lift. The huge towering zedi, is a massive bell-shaped structure about 100 metres tall and covered …

We took a Jetstar flight from Singapore to Yangon. The flight was uneventful and we landed in Myanmar on time.

The Yangon airport was small with not more than 5-6 aircrafts at the international airport. Though small the airport was well maintained and looked relatively new. While walking out to immigration, I glanced at the flights …

Landing at Yangon airport at night, wide eyed trying to soak it all in. There's something familiar about the sights, the sounds the smell. This is the Asia we know and love but with an Indian twist. The men are in skirts (lungi's) and there are people from many different backgrounds here - Burmese, Chinese, Indian, Malay. The city unfolds into …

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Etter den fantastisk herlige opplevelsen det var å komme til Yangoon, og en fantastisk første dag hvor vi gikk rundt i byen å kikka på folk, mat og fine hus ble trine syk. KJIPT !

Så de neste dagene var jeg på egenhånd. Heldigvis er det lite turister her også nå, så etter litt omrokering på bestillingene fikk vi …

... decorated bathroom. We stayed one night, saving our second for the night before our flight back to Bangkok. Walking to Shwedagon Pagoda at 6 am avoids the mid-morning traffic noise and smog, and seeing the pagoda complex before busloads of tourists ...

... two weeks, interspersed with listening to music, and visiting our final tourist attraction the mighty Shwedagon Pagoda (the most important religious site in Myanmar). This was another contribution to the Government coffers but we cannot see how there is ...

... I've been duped, nevermind, he's a nice guy and I'll happily hang around with him for the rest of the day. The Shwedagon Pagoda really is fantastic, I was fortunate to visit on a cloudy day so the marble floor wasn't up to foot scortching temperature. ...

... and if you give a banana they will accept it and go away usually. We had our first brush with the government in Shwedagon pagoda when after some time there with the monk, "spies" approached us and demanded papers from the monk and explained to us ...

... into his private life, and was well worth the visit. After checking out the aforementioned sites I made for Rangoon's most famous attraction, the Shwedagon pagoda. The Shwedagon pagoda is over 2000 years old, and the holiest of buddhist sites in ...

... mines are a rich source of rubies, sapphires, jade and other precious and semi-precious stones. Tomorrow is a public holiday and we are off to the luminous Shwedagon Pagoda, the brilliant gold spire we see daily in Yangon but have not yet seen up close. ...

Yesterday evening, after leaving the internet cafe, I grabbed a taxi to Shwedagon Pagoda, the can't miss sight of Yangon. As with everything in Asia, it was a study in contrasts. On the one hand, it really is something you have to see if you're in ...

... ;                   We went to Shwedagon Pagoda, which was very beautiful, a few other temples and pagodas throughout the city, and some cool markets with loads ...

... Yangoonin suurin nahtavyys on melkein satametria korkea kultainen pagoda "Shwedagon Paya" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shwedagon_Pagoda) jonka alle on tarun mukaan haudattu Budhan hius. Vierailumme aikana paastiin todistamaan pagodalle sattuneiden ...

... tourist attraction so I guess I'm glad I saw it. The final stop on our tour was the historic Shwedagon Pagoda. It stands 326 feet above the cityscape of Yangon. It's covered in gold and considered one of the wonders of the religious world. I've seen ...