We left for the airport in the morning and arrived in the morning in Yangon, Myanmar. I wanted to take home the one Buddha small statue I had bought and was going to send home along with my painting that I had purchased of the elephant in Chiang Mai and they wouldn't let me mail either of those. They said they don't let you ship Buddha's out of the country anymore since they felt that the Buddha statues weren't being respected and the painting was too big, even rolled up, so they won't mail anything longer than 100 cms. So, sorry Kendall. Looks like you will be taking these things home for me. Thank you Kendall! You are allowed to bring a small souvenir Buddha home if you carry it as a souvenir.
Arriving in Yangon was easy, less than an hour flight. We checked into our hotel where we met Nathan!! It was so fun to see him. He looked exhausted from his long day of travel. We had lunch while he rested and then we were off to see the most impressive pagodas and buddhas in the country. We began with the third largest reclining Buddha. This Buddha looks really effeminate, which is to make him look beautiful. Then off to Shwedegon which has around 6000 Buddhas at the massive Stupa- which is like a temple but is a place that has 5 hairs of Buddha enshrined. You don't go inside the Stupa, but you walk around and there are literally thousands of things to see and places of worship. The grand gold staircases to get up to the pagoda are unbelievable! They have corners in the area which are shrines dedicated to the day of the week that you're born on and where people come to meditate and ask for wishes and where they pour water on the shrine for how old they are. The whole plaza took almost 1.5 hours to walk around. It was mind blowing! Definitely a wonder of the world, not sure if it is, but it should be!
We went to an incredible former royal performance and entertaining hall which was in the shape of a massive golden boat that looks like it is floating on a lake. It was on the same lake as our hotel and just was majestic. Inside they had appetizer stations and some older woman was making small pancakes, so tasty! They had someone inside that depending on what day you were born, would give you a Burmese name based on the syllables you have to use depending on the day you're born. It was interesting and then each name had a meaning. Mine was peaceful- thank you name giver :) The evening was great with a dancing show with many traditional dances in the hall. We barely made it back into the hotel and all feel fast asleep.
Arriving in Yangon was easy, less than an hour flight. We checked into our hotel where we met Nathan!! It was so fun to see him. He looked exhausted from his long day of travel. We had lunch while he rested and then we were off to see the most impressive pagodas and buddhas in the country. We began with the third largest reclining Buddha. This Buddha looks really effeminate, which is to make him look beautiful. Then off to Shwedegon which has around 6000 Buddhas at the massive Stupa- which is like a temple but is a place that has 5 hairs of Buddha enshrined. You don't go inside the Stupa, but you walk around and there are literally thousands of things to see and places of worship. The grand gold staircases to get up to the pagoda are unbelievable! They have corners in the area which are shrines dedicated to the day of the week that you're born on and where people come to meditate and ask for wishes and where they pour water on the shrine for how old they are. The whole plaza took almost 1.5 hours to walk around. It was mind blowing! Definitely a wonder of the world, not sure if it is, but it should be!
We went to an incredible former royal performance and entertaining hall which was in the shape of a massive golden boat that looks like it is floating on a lake. It was on the same lake as our hotel and just was majestic. Inside they had appetizer stations and some older woman was making small pancakes, so tasty! They had someone inside that depending on what day you were born, would give you a Burmese name based on the syllables you have to use depending on the day you're born. It was interesting and then each name had a meaning. Mine was peaceful- thank you name giver :) The evening was great with a dancing show with many traditional dances in the hall. We barely made it back into the hotel and all feel fast asleep.
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