Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Take a trip to Yangon, Myanmar

Most of the people still are uncertain about travelling to Myanmar due to political state of affairs. Myanmar has very varied population that sometime stirs an anxiety between civilizations. But don’t get it mistaken, even though tourism in Myanmar is gradually developed, but it has huge potential that yet to be discovered. 


Myanmar located in South East Asia is otherwise known as Burma bordered with China, India, Thailand, Bangladesh and Laos. Myanmar travel site is centered on its main city, Yangon which also a formal capital city of Myanmar. 


As an Ethic country with royal culture, Myanmar heritage culture consists of Temples and Pagodas, and Yangon has lots of it. One of the most notable is the Shwedagon Pagoda, a 98 meter Pagoda, which was build in early 6th century, is the most sacred Buddhist Pagoda for Burmese with relics of the past 4 Buddha’s enshrined within, namely the staff of Kakusandha, the water filter of Konagamana, a piece of the robe of of Kassapa and eight hairs of Gautama, the historical Buddha. 


Besides Shewdagon Pagoda, there are also abundant other Pagodas in Yangon and Myanmar, to be precise Sule Pagoda, Botataung Pagoda, or Kaba Aye Pagoda. as Myanmar @ Burma opens itself to vacationer, many places and sites that deserted before are currently rebuilt for tourism. Pagodas alone are not the sightseeing attraction for the country many other places like Famous Temples, Allied War Memorial, Hlawga National Park, St.Mary’s Cathedral or National Museum of Myanmar, which are all located in Yangon.

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