I went to Myanmar with Chubby for 5 days during Songkran holiday. We visited five cities; Yangon, Kyaikto, Bago, Bagan and Inle Lake. Since we have only 5 days, the trip was quite tied and we had to wake up very very early everyday to travel from city to city but it was another great time of Chubby on board. The trip is more like a merit making trip since Myanmar is a land of Buddhism. We visited 4 of 5 important pagodas where Burmese have to go there to pay their respects once in their life time. We missed only Mahamuni Temple in Mandalay.
Myanmar is called the golden land. I'm not sure because it has plenty of natural resources or all the golden pagodas. ;-P The country is very underdevelopment and looks like Thailand 50 years ago as it is governed by the military council. ATM and credit card cannot be used. People still wears the traditional costume like Sa-long and Pha-Thung and put on the Tanaka powder on their faces. I agree with many people who call Myanmar, the truly Asia. ^____^
Chubby at Kyaiktiyo Pagoda
Chubby at Bagan
Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon
Shwemawdaw Pagoda, Bago
Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan
Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, Kyaikto Mountain
Old Bagan, the world heritage sites with thousands of pagoda
Beautiful Inle Lake in the rain
More pictures click here: Chubby's Myanmar Trip
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