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Yangon is a capital city which has not been touched by the modernization of other South East Asian capitals. It is full of vegetation and lakes, stupas, old colonial buildings, sprawling markets and small traditional shops. Its highlight is the Shwedagon Paya (the Golden Dagon) possibly the most beautiful Buddhist pagoda in the world. It is a complex construction of ample proportions, topped by a great golden dome which rises 100m above its base and which has accumulated, during its yearly regildings, more than 50 tonnes of gold. Accessed by four long covered staircases, the main platform is crowded with an amazing assortment of more than a hundred different zedis, temples, shrines, and pavilions, many of them ornamented with bells and colorful statues and images. The ambiance on the platform on which families stroll clockwise, pray, and give offerings, is just magic in its combination of contemplation and liveliness. It is well worth coming at different times of the day to catch the changing moods.

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Facade of colonial-area building. Yangon, Myanmar ( black and white) Mahabandoola Lan and the Sule Paya. Yangon, Myanmar ( black and white) Monks in residential quarters, Shwedagon Paya. Yangon, Myanmar ( black and white) Monks,  Shwedagon Paya. Yangon, Myanmar ( black and white) Water offering at Planetery post, Shwedagon Paya. Yangon, Myanmar ( black and white) Surrounded by Buddha statues, Shwedagon Paya. Yangon, Myanmar ( black and white) Praying at Planetery post, the Shwedagon Paya. Yangon, Myanmar ( black and white) The great golden dome, Shwedagon Paya. Yangon, Myanmar ( black and white) Walking on the platform, Shwedagon Paya. Yangon, Myanmar ( black and white) Skyline dominated by spires, Shwedagon Paya. Yangon, Myanmar ( black and white) Planetery post, Shwedagon Paya. Yangon, Myanmar ( black and white) Praying at the wish-fullfilling place by night , Shwedagon Paya. Yangon, Myanmar ( black and white)

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