Sunday, February 19, 2017

Yangon: Most of what glitters is real gold

Yangon is not a terribly attractive city, with the exception of some temples strewn throughout otherwise developed areas.


The city's extraordinary attraction is the Shwedagon Pagoda, gilded in some 30 metric tons of gold (estimates vary), adorned with over 5,000 diamonds, and tipped with a single 76 carat diamond. Katrina pronounced it "more impressive than the Taj Mahal." (I think the Taj has more impressive architecture, but let's just agree that they are both something to behold.) We visited Shwedagon after dark. Katrina, armed with a new tripod, took some awesome pictures. Remember, this is real gold.






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