Ymca Yangon

... country and its traditions, but the monk student was preparing to do further study in India and the other is finishing college in Yangon while seeking further education in Bangladesh - in short both are hoping to get out - and as with many times in this ...

... . Shedagown Pagoda in the grace of its spire seems to me great architecture, ranking maybe with Taj. Rangoon now called Yangon ?? Burma was so laid back compared to Hindu India. Such a relief to be in a Buddhist culture. Military government did not ...

... , however, they would need some American cash (difficult to obtain in Vietnam, and essential in Myanmar).  They recommended we both book into the Motherland (2) Guesthouse in Yangon.  They'd fly in late on the same day we arrived.  

All of us from the jeep tour of Pagan took the comfortable train back to Rangoon. We shared a couple of rooms at a budget hotel and had a meal together. Burmese food is not one of the notable cuisines of the world. One of the young girls was a very ...