Strand Yangon (Rangoon)

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92 Strand Rd. Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar, 1-243377

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The Strand Hotel
Yangon, Myanmar
 
h. Happy Hour at the Strand Hotel
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Trishaw drivers take it easy in the midday heat
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Last Day In Yangon

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 Yangon. A 300' tall pagoda plated with 7 tons of gold IS an impressive sight, and beautiful as well. On the other hand, it's surrounded by 14 acres of seemingly extraneous temples, filled with hundreds of Buddhas. To be honest, they seem to detract ...

Yangon, Myanmar erics
Kinpun (Golden Rock) back to Yangon

The closing stages of our Burmese adventure entailed another monumental journey and opportunity to lament, from Inle Lake to Kinpun, via Bago ( a city that boasts plentiful monuments to ancient Burmese kingdoms and impressive sculptures also). The first leg of this 23 hour epic was 16 hours on a thankfully well equipped bus (11,000 Kyat) and our resolve was steeled by a driver who interspersed the journey with regular breaks. Arriving in Bago at 4 AM we were relieved that local hotels were ab...

Kyaitkyo, Myanmar nickball95a
Skirts, santa hats and kiss-chase with the waiters

Spending Christmas in Burma is not something I thought I'd ev** be doing, but the prospect of Turkey and trimmings with friends in the 30 degree heat of a country relatively few west**n**s have visited just proved too much of a lure. Having failed to visit my ex-colleague Nigel when the British Embassy had sent him to comparatively mundane places such as Madrid, Stockholm and Brussels, it always seemed unlikely that I'd end up at his place in Rangoon, the capital of what may be officially cal...

Rangoon, Myanmar steveandmelly
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Back from ther rice patties

... 48 dollars...PER MONTH! James told me that since the arrival of their newest child, a two month old baby boy, they simply do not have enough to survive. The believers are so poor that when they tithe, they tithe from their poverty. Since they too have little money if any, they give what they can. At times the tithing will consist of bananas, papayas, rice, other vegetables, and if they are truly blessed they get curry beef. Brother Sein Thun is a brother after God's own ...

Yangon, Yangon, Myanmar blackjackvegas
Yangon

... people in shambles. Yangon is a city of rubble and rubbish everywhere. A city full of people with no phones, no TVs, no Internet, no banks or ATM's, no foreign literature, and basically no sense at all of the outside world, everything censored. <br> <br>I have ...

Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar mannchild...
Yangon

... our tour, we went out of the pagoda at a different entrance by "Happy World." There's a small cafe with some really nice waiters who tried to speak English, fans, and decent food. Not the cleanest, but it's Myanmar. I got tea and some chicken curry powder dish. I would suggest it, it was decent, and to be honest we had no idea where else to eat. We took a taxi back to the bus station (6,000 kyatt). And at 5 PM our overnight bus trip to Mandalay began.

Yangon, Myanmar tmarino709
Blazing New Trails

... of the full moon. There were monks and families everywhere. Unfortunately, due to a recent cyclone, the Zedi was under construction and had bamboo scaffolding around it. Before we entered, we had to remove our shoes and socks and I had to put on my new sarong. We saw several Buddhas, including a small reclining Buddha when a young man and a monk approached us. The man had recently left the monkhood to teach English and was visiting his friend, the monk. He showed us ...

Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar theresabill
Locals can speak better English than me

... promise that we will be back before we go home. These students talk about all sorts, their dreams, aspirations, girlfriends back home. Many want to travel to Singapore, Dubai and other places. They know they live in a poor country, yet their ambition is big and maybe, by chatting to these pupils, we can help them realise these ambitions. One student said I will never forget this day. Neither will I.

Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar andrew.chudiak
Back to Basics

... in terms of current events (with her nose everywhere for anything that could possibly affect her business dealings). Back at Ocean Pearl the morning of our return, our concerns were confirmed, when we heard of the continued presence of protesters camped out at the airport. A group of tourists had left that very morning for the airport, and would be back at the guesthouse had their flights really been canceled. And sure enough, an hour later, they were back. We were and still ...

Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar ana.k
Yangon, August 1-7, 2008

... but also as a face paint, a sort of home-made foundation that enhances the appearance of one's whiteness. We didn't ever (maybe couldn't ever) understand exactly why the Burmese perceived to be so beautiful about it, but we grew used to it so that even people wearing a splotchy yellow mask of make-up seemed normal to us. One more physical difference that is obvious upon arriving in Myanmar is the fact that many people--usually men--have reddish-colored teeth ...

Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar ericablair
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