Last fall when I visited the Wrisleys in Thailand, Jarrett and I flew to Yangon, Myanmar (Burma) for the weekend.
Although it was a short time in a single place, we met a lot of people and saw some very cool things in the city. Most impressive was surely the Shwedagon Pagoda, a giant golden dome at the center of the city and an important holy site for Burmese Buddhists.
Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar
See my album of photos after the jump…
Weekend in Yangon
Paperwork
Greeting Party (not for us...)
Yangon City Map
Entering the city
Welcome to Yangon
Houses in town
Sule Pagoda
Many grand old buildings are empty and abandoned
Grandiose buildings are everywhere
Implements of construction
Ministry of Something, no doubt
Bus Stop downtown
Alleyway from a bridge
Bridge over the railway
Bridge over rails, other side
This building is rumored to soon be a major international hotel
Bus conductor
Downtown near the Sule Pagoda
Yangon looks great at sunset
Back alleys
Shop Sign
Pretty cool
Sule Pagoda at Night
Yangon road sign
Biker in Yangon
Lunch options at Feel Myanmar
Lunch at the Feel Myanmar restaurant
Tea-leaf salad was the best dish
Greens, chicken and sticky rice cakes
Ribs, greens, tofu and soup
Either Or
Telephone pole posting
This airplane is on display in People's Park
Walking bridge in People's Park
Shwedagon Pagoda looming over People's Park
Walking between the trees
The most magnificent tree
Wrisley at Shwedagon Pagoda
A few houses in this neighborhood were quite well protected
Shwedagon Pagoda in the center of Yangon
Shwedagon Pagoda sweeping crew
Visitors walk around the grounds at Shwedagon Pagoda
Candles at Shwedagon
Shwedagon Pagoda dates to 600 BC
Shwedagon Pagoda contains 8 strands of the Buddha's hair
Shwedagon Pagoda
Shwedagon Pagoda
Entering Shwedagon Pagoda
Sule Pagoda in darkness
Green and blue buses competing for riders
Minibus
Sule Pagoda
Yangon panoramic
Shwedagon Pagoda over the city
Sule Pagoda at the crossroads
Red brick with ivy
Yangon street scene