The Shwedagon Pagoda is an amazing sight. It dominates Yangon’s skyline and can be seen from almost everywhere in the city. At night, it is lit up. I am not going to try to convey the story behind it because it isn’t a story that you can sum up in a few lines and quite frankly not sure I could convey the story. I will say that it is a major buddhist site that goes back 2,000 years with the pagoda being built and rebuilt and added to.
It is a major religious site. Rudyard Kipling described his 1889 visit to this pagoda. Hillary Clinton also visited it as well as President Obama.
After Shwedagon Pagoda, we stopped at Kandawgyi which means Royal lake. It is a very nice park and home to the Karaweik (Royal Barge) which isn’t a real barge but a building used as a function hall.This is also the same barge used on the Myanmar Beer label.
Impressive temple. It’s amazing with the size and craftsmanship from a historical point of view.
Gorgeous!!!