Myanmar 11-17 March 2007

The Land That Time Forgot

Snobby Ang Moh!

Land at Yangon in the evening, check-in and visit Chinatown.




Monday morning visit the Taukkyan War Cemetry. The British Embassy employ locals to look after the cemetry.




Pass by a funeral precession on the way Kyaiktiyo




Start the rough ride 3/4 of the way up to Golden rock on the back of a lorry.



Then a 30 min walk up the rest of the way



At the Top!




Sunset



Sunrise



Sart the walk and truck ride back down



Bago. Shwemawdaw Pagoda



Kanbawza Thadi Palace



Kyalik Pun Pagoda





Labhamuni Pagoda which contains the biggest marble Buddha image.




Sule Pagoda





Visit Thanlyin via Myanmar's longest bridge (270 metres).




Thanlyin market and seller of Beetle




Ferry across to islet shrine, Ye-le Paya



Shwedagon Pagoda

A Bodhi Tree, which is a sapling from the Sacred Maha Bodhi at Buddha Gaya (Bihar State, India).






Yangon. Bogyok Market



Myanmar Aikido Association







View of Shwedagon Pagoda from Hotel room