Fredi goes on holiday

Fredi goes on holiday

Friday, December 17, 2010

Yangon

Sorry for the delay, at the time of writing we already left Myanmar, but the internet connection in the whole country was so bad (many websites blocked or not possible to open) and slow, it would have taken ages to upload some photos.
Yangon is a quite modern city (at least compared to Indian one's), there isn't a lot of traffic and they respect the traffic rules. Taxi drivers usually doesn't have taxi meters, but they offer normal prices and don't try to cheat tourists.
The only problem we had, was that we got ill and had to go to an hospital. It was a good one, possible to make all necessary analisis and after a few days taking antibiotics we felt good again.
Myanmar is the country of the golden pagodas and in Yangon are some nice one's and with the Shwedagon Pagoda it has the holiest place for Buddhist in the country.


The Shwedagon pagoda is nearly 100 meters high.


The Sule Pagoda is in the middle of the old town and is used as a big roundabout for the traffic.


Botataung Pagoda, another golden one.


There are also a lot of other monuments to visit, especially remainings from the English colonial time like the cathedral, buildings along Strand Road and the railway station.

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