YANGON (RANGOON)

With its wide street, parks and lakes Yangon has the sleepy charm of a provincial town. Crumbling British colonial mansions stand beside glittering pagodas, including one of the most remarkable religious shrines in all Asia – the magical Shwedagon Pagoda. Much of Yangon’s allure stems from its colourful street life: peddlers hawk stones on the sidewalk in the gem market, rickshaw drivers in striped longyis (sarongs) peddle lazily through tree-lined street and people drink endless cups of sweet, milky tea at roadside tea stalls.
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