Express Sightseeing

We had a short day to see Yangon today, so we chose to see Shwedagon Pagoda and a park nearby. The Pagoda is a giant, 2600 year old golden temple (but you cannot walk into it), surrounded by many other temples and shrines for the locals and Buddhist monks to come and offer fruit, flowers, etc. and to pray.

The boys were all wearing shorts, which is not allowed in the temples, so the bought Logis, traditional skirts that the men wear.

In the park, Merten once again turned into an attraction for the locals and we took selfies with them.

I left in the afternoon to catch a 10 hour night bus to Kalaw, where I will be hiking for 3 days. The rest of the group is taking their own adventurers and we'll meet again in a few days :)Read more