Airport: Yangon [RGN/VYYY]
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... with the Yangon river far in the back
as seen from 22nd floor of (formerly) Traders Hotel (now Sule Shangri-La Hotel), Yangon, Myanmar
for a Peaceful Travel Tuesday!
Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Birma)
'Golden Dagon Pagoda and also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda, is a gilded stupa located in Yangon, Myanmar. The Shwedagon is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in the Thuwanabumi, Southpart of Myanmar, as it is believed to contain relics of the four previous Buddhas of the present kalpa.
Yangon / Myanmar is in the world headline last few weeks. Mostly bad news..... I took a looks at those snaps I took during the trip. The city then was filled with life. Hope this country will overcome the current challenge.
Other photo in that trips are here tongkm.wordpress.com/2021/03/06/yangon-memory/
Myanmar’s Shwedagon Pagoda is a 114-acre Buddhist complex in the heart of Yangon and dominates the capital's skyline. This 112m (367ft) golden, gilded stupa sits atop the 51m (168 ft) Singuttara Hill and can be seen from anywhere throughout the city.
At nearly 2,600 years old, Shwedagon has the distinction of not just being the world’s oldest pagoda, it also lays claim to being the world’s most expensive. The central stupa alone is plated with over 20,000 bars of gold.
La pagode de Shwedagon est le site de pèlerinage bouddhiste le plus important au Myanmar. Situé en plein cœur de la métropole birmane, cet immense dôme ruisselant d’or, entouré de dizaines de temples, de niches et de statues, constitue l’une des plus belles pagodes du Myanmar. La légende fait remonter l’origine du site à plus de 500 ans av. J-C
Le stupa central est couvert de près de 9000 plaques en or massif, soit quelques 6 tonnes d’or, auxquelles s’ajoutent les millions de feuilles d’or apposées avec ferveur.
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Throwback to our journey to Myanmar 2018/2019.
Looks like rush hour - but I think it was this way all day long.
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The photo was taken in April 2019.
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Yangon (formerly Rangoon) is the capital of the Yangon Region of Myanmar. Founded in the early 11th century by the Mon people, the city became the capital of the country under British rule following three Anglo-Burmese wars (1824-1826, 1852-1853, and 1885). It remained the capital after independence from the British was acheived in 1948. The capital was moved to Naypyidaw some 330 km (205 mi.) to the north in 2006.
The building seen here was completed in 1907 during British rule and housed the Accountant-General's Office. The Yangon Divisional Court now occupies the building, which is included in the Yangon City Heritage List.
Sule pagoda at night in Yangon, Myanmar
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