Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, aka The Golden Rock – Myanmar
The Golden Rock is a 7.3m high pagoda, built on top of a gold-leaf covered rock. It clings precariously to the top of a mountain, held on only by a strand of Buddha’s hair.
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Taukkyan War Cemetery – Road to Bago, Myanmar
Driving between Yangon and Bago we stopped at the Taukkyan War Memorial. This is the largest of the three war cemeteries in Myanmar, dedicated to soldiers from both the First and Second World War.
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Learning the wrong lessons from Buddha – Yangon, Myanmar
A day spent visiting the Sule Pagoda, the docks, the Botataung Pagoda, Bogyoke Market and the ChaukHtatGyi Reclining Buddha in Yangon.
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Kandawgyi Lake, the Karaweik and the Palace Hotel – Yangon, Myanmar
Our first stop in Yangon was the famed Kandawgyi Palace Teak Hotel, on the shores of the Royal Lake next to the Shwedagon Pagoda.
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Dusk at the Shwedagon Pagoda – Yangon, Myanmar
I grew up near Rudyard Kipling’s house in southern England, and the first time I heard of the Shwedagon Pagoda was as a child, reading one of his travel books.
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Trekking in Thailand – Chang Mai, Thailand
From Chang Mai we donned our rucksacks and hiked north to the Golden Triangle where we stayed with a hill tribe in a remote village.
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