Friday, 3 July 2009

Yangon in brief


YANGON
Yangon is the capital of Myanmar. It also goes by the name of "the Garden City of the East." Yangon has still many old colonial style buildings. Yangon boasts a great pagoda called Shwe Dagon, which is one of the wonder of the world and also the heart of the Buddhism. Shwe Dagon towering almost 100 m above the green city-shape of Yangon, the pagoda is the prominent landmark visible from miles around. The pagoda is covered with about 60 tons of pure gold and Its Umbrella or Tip is set with diamond, rubies and others precious stones.

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