Exploring Yangon

We are in the middle of monsoon season and spend the day exploring the capital in the rain. We accidentally come across a popular couples hangout, the People's Park. Through the pouring rain we see lots of fun ornaments, lush gardens, canoodling huts, a lovers walk, abandoned aircrafts and steam engines. Next, we reach the beautiful Shwedagon Pagoda, a huge complex with mirrored and bejeweled temples around the main stupa housing the gold Buddhas and statues. We finished the day at Kandawgyi lake and boardwalk, which I suspect would be much nicer in the sun, still we had a quick walk and hid in a fancy coffee shop.Read more