Yangon ... the last day i Burma

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Arriving in Yangon and getting a taxi to the hotel was a bit like coming home . The young people at the desk smiled big smiles and welcomed us most pleasantly . Our room wasn't very large but it was clean and bright and there were fluffy towels and a great shower ... even though it was a corner of the bathroom ...something common in many countries I have travelled in .It was Chinese New Year and the streets were filled with people and celebrations . As much as I loved Mrauk it felt good to be in a city again...mind you the bustle the next day made taking the 3 hour commuter train a pleasant way to observe . These will be the last photos I send from Myanmar . I hope you have enjoyed them!

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Photos

The Sittwe Area
Flying in Burma was good for we did get to see the land formations , mountain ranges , rivers , deltas ...
It is not a wonder that the burmess travel so much by boat . Slow it is but not nearly as bumpy.

Chinese New Year Celebrations
The streets were alive !

2 men
The drums preceeded each move they made . The pillars were graduated heights to make it even more interesting .

The crowd
The area was dense with people but there was no pushing or even jostling .Quite amazing

Cooking lobster
I watched her cook several nights . She would break up the critters and pop then into the oil to cook . Fascinating...but not brave enough to try it ...that oil was HOT

Nightmarket
This street was ALWAYS busy with travellers and Burmese as well

Options
Choose your skewers and they would cook them for you and deliver them to your table.

Grilled Sea bass
Even the skin was good

Practise Site
Saw these circles on the sidewalk in front of a "Danca" School

Common Billboard
Not quite sure how to read it...is it for tourists to read or for locals ?

Commuter train station
Our last morning we took a 3 hour train that goes through and around Yangon .It was an interesting journey .

Passing Time
Still from the train . These fellows are playing what looks like checkers . They were totally absorbed in their game.

Yangon the Modern
We had lunch at a restaurant on the top of an office tower built by the Japanese .As you can see the city is/has come a long ways in the last 20 years. In the distance you can see the Schwedagon Pavillion.

Anglican Church
The church has just celebrated it's 100th Anniversary .A block over from it is the AungSan Market , the largest in the country . Not for foodstuffs but for everything else.

Suli Pagoda
with the river harbor in the distance . The Strand Street , home of the hotel by the same name runs here.
The Suli area was the location of some of the largest demonstrations/protests of the last 20 years.

Colonial Area
You saw close ups of these in the first batch of photos.

Comments

[Brenda]

Sorry to see the end of these, Pam
I've really enjoyed these. Thanks! I couldn't see all the text for these as the site couldn't find their locations? But the photos are great.

[R&C]

When did you have time to organize these?
We thought you were in DC with Dorina to look at blossoms. Hope you enjoyed that. The pics are very interesting. Some of the foods look like they would be neat to try. Happy Easter. Tks for the pics. Love, R&C