Saying goodbye to Ngapali Beach we flew back to Yangon for the final part of the holiday. First impressions of the city are not great as you ride in from the airport by taxi, with crumbling and drab buildings in every direction. Our hotel, the Traders, stood out like an oasis of modernity in the otherwise dilapidated landscape.
After some recovery time by the pool enjoying the 5 star Traders service, it was time to head off to Yangon's main tourist attraction, the Shwedagon Pagoda. Although we had seen a fair few pagodas already on our trip, to say nothing of several thousand Buddhas, it was hard not to be impressed by the sheer scale of the Shwedagon. Its central stupa is a massive golden structure that glowed in the setting sun, but equally impressive were the ring of Buddha shrines that surrounded it, and the numerous smaller temples and stupas that filled the courtyard around the main pagoda.
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