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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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Vegetables
Vegetables		 Pork (lup cheong)
Pork ("lup cheong")		 Fowl
Fowl		 Vegetables
Vegetables
Tanglyn Bridge (longest bridge in Myanmar until 2002)
Tanglyn Bridge (longest bridge in Myanmar until 2002)		 Young monks in village
Young monks in village		 Happy young monks
Happy young monks		 Village children
Village children
Village transport
Village transport		 Passengers waiting for boat to pagoda on island
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CRW_9881_YP8.jpg		 Yale pagoda situated on an island. Incidently, to enter Buddhist temples, no footwear is allowed
Yale pagoda situated on an island. Incidently, to enter Buddhist temples, no footwear is allowed		 Sacred fishes around Yale Pagoda. Have been here for many years inspite of muddy water
Sacred fishes around Yale Pagoda. Have been here for many years inspite of muddy water		 Feeding the fish
Feeding the fish
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CRW_9871_YP8.jpg		 A good neck and shoulder massage after the boat ride
A good neck and shoulder massage after the boat ride		 And a good cooling off with coconut drink (again with a pinch of lemon) and a straw fan
And a good cooling off with coconut drink (again with a pinch of lemon) and a straw fan
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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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