Articles in Myanmar
Myanmar’s Thingyan Water Festival 2019 – Day 2: Happiness Level Higher!
Once again, I had no idea what to expect on Day 2 of the Thingyan water festival in Yangon. Would things change? Would they just pick up the festive air and the music and the water wars from where they left off on Day 1?
If anything, things got more intense. The happiness level went from high to higher. And I got the opportunity to ride …
Thingyan Water Festival 2019 – Day 1: Happiness Level High!
I knew about Thingyan. I knew it was Myanmar’s biggest annual festival. I knew it celebrated the arrival of the new year. AND I knew it was a water festival. (That’s one of the reasons I bought a waterproof GoPro and brought it with me.) But, honestly, I had no idea what it was really like. The level of happiness and the amount of water …
Sule Pagoda – Beauty at the Heart of Yangon
The Sule Pagoda is over two and a half thousand years old, and it marks the center of Yangon. Right from when I arrived at the airport, its name came up because the final stop of the airport bus was Sule Plaza, and my hostel was located just a couple of blocks from there. It made for a very convenient landmark for getting oriented. I …
Breakfast, a Comfy Shoebox Room, and Mystery Stairs
It was a pleasant surprise to learn that the Lil Yangon Hostel provided breakfast in the morning for its guests. I started my first day in Yangon enjoying that breakfast, and then I settled in for a very long wait as my single room was prepared. I wasn’t able to move out of the temporary double room they gave me until the current resident of …