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font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-04VIfCiEfJE/XRdO3ftoYFI/AAAAAAAAfSU/t221R3zLdacRRi05Kqqg4Q7aQwXaha9HACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3408.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"The beauty of Shwedagon pagoda\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1200\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-04VIfCiEfJE/XRdO3ftoYFI/AAAAAAAAfSU/t221R3zLdacRRi05Kqqg4Q7aQwXaha9HACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3408.JPG\" title\u003d\"Shwedagon Pagoda\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003eI'm excited to share\nwith you the final stretch of my Southeast Asia bucket list!!! If you're reading\nmy blog way back 2016, you would know that I am trying to visit all Southeast\nAsian countries and guess what?! I've finally visited it all!! (Except Brunei\nand East Timor) Visiting it all (okay maybe not all but I'd like to think it was all, lol) wasn't really my plan when I got hooked up on\ntraveling. I just wanted to experience the culture and explore new cities until I\nrealized that if I wanted to connect the history piece by piece of these\ncountries, I really need to visit it all. My goal was to finish it all before I\nturn 30 but I was able to visit it all a week before my 25th birthday (Bali,\nIndonesia is the last location and Myanmar being 2nd to the last).\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003ca name\u003d'more'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cb style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003e2018 was a year\nof traveling for me.\u003c/b\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003e I got to visit 4 new countries and this is the year I've\ncompleted my SEA bucket list. And to be honest, I didn't expect to visit Myanmar\nlast 2018. For one, it doesn't have a direct flight from Manila, another reason\nis that it is not a popular destination among Filipinos. I got lucky because my\nfather has Burmese friends from when he worked in Mae Sot last 2013. Mae Sot, by the way, is the Thai border of Thailand and the other side is Myawaddy which\nis the Myanmar border.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nI was lucky enough to visit Mae Sot when we backpacked\nThailand last 2015 (Check out our experience \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.maayalegaspi.com/2016/02/thailand-2015-mae-sot.html\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e) but we didn't cross the\nborder to Myawaddy as my father said there was nothing to see on the other\nside. So yup, I waited to this day we will visit Myanmar. HAHA! Just by\nthinking about it makes me miss backpacking, I'm so glad I did it at such an\nearly age. Good old days. Not all are lucky enough to travel with their\nfathers, let alone do backpacking in a foreign country. ;)\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nI got our tickets from\nas usual *drum rolls* ~*Air Asia seat sale*~. Even though it is a seat sale, it\nis by far the most expensive plane ticket I've bought. I'm already expecting it\nas tickets to Myanmar aren't really cheap knowing there is no direct flight. We\nhad a 12hr layover in Kuala Lumpur on our way to Myanmar and an 11hr layover in\nKL as well en route to Manila. How did we survive that long layover? That's for\nanother post! It's quite interesting though because even with that long\nlayover, never did once I got bored.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O6g4E1ztzdQ/XRdO1xJT7OI/AAAAAAAAfSY/T7s2sEdz2wcgUEB1J--9MhLGStz07e8vQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3406.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Sign of Welcome to Yangon\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O6g4E1ztzdQ/XRdO1xJT7OI/AAAAAAAAfSY/T7s2sEdz2wcgUEB1J--9MhLGStz07e8vQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3406.JPG\" title\u003d\"Welcome to Yangon\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003eThis is a 7-day\nbackpacking journey and boy it was not easy. You could say that this is the\nhardest of them all but I am glad I survived and finally ticked it off on my\nlist. We visited the 4 major places in Myanmar. Our route is Yangon -\u0026gt; Bagan\n-\u0026gt; Mandalay -\u0026gt; Inle Lake -\u0026gt; then back to Yangon. This means more\novernight buses and public toilets (my worst enemy, que horror) but all is\nworth it because Myanmar is one beautiful country.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nMyanmar, previously\nknown as Burma, was also once a colonized country. It was under Britain and\nJapan before it finally got its independence. Very much like us, they also have\nmany ethnic groups such as Burman and Karen. And although I've been wanting to\nvisit this country for the longest time now, I really don't have any idea what\nto expect in this country. I don't know how advanced they are but a friend of\nmine once described it as \"Manila in the 70s, 80s\". I would\nsay he is right.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zl2PEM70VAY/XRdOUiKB3wI/AAAAAAAAfRM/Vb1VLv98wSshr_p82Sovx4YWI5wC958IACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3379.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"houses and buildings in Yangon downtown\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1176\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zl2PEM70VAY/XRdOUiKB3wI/AAAAAAAAfRM/Vb1VLv98wSshr_p82Sovx4YWI5wC958IACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3379.JPG\" title\u003d\"Yangon Downtown\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eOld buildings in Yangon downtown\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gY9Uy2f4CuU/XRdOr_UJHII/AAAAAAAAfSI/4TQ5-RPaVg4Zdj6GEOURMzYNYR_Amyc0ACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3398.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"more old houses and buildings\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gY9Uy2f4CuU/XRdOr_UJHII/AAAAAAAAfSI/4TQ5-RPaVg4Zdj6GEOURMzYNYR_Amyc0ACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3398.JPG\" title\u003d\"Yangon downtown\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NuyPHKAwkvE/XRdOXaErQEI/AAAAAAAAfQ0/YsdS_sRB47omZQFE-lJT320Xrn4SRZ2ngCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3377.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Sule shangri-la entrance\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NuyPHKAwkvE/XRdOXaErQEI/AAAAAAAAfQ0/YsdS_sRB47omZQFE-lJT320Xrn4SRZ2ngCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3377.JPG\" title\u003d\"Sule shangri-la\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eSule Shangri-la\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003eWe arrived early in\nthe morning at Yangon International Airport. Remember my father used to\nvolunteer/work in Mae Sot before? He was a teacher for Burmese kids back then\nand one of his students wanted to meet up with us and tour us around Yangon\nwhen we arrived. We first bought sim cards and changed money. One thing to note\nis that banks/money changers in Myanmar don't change Philippine Peso so if\nyou plan to visit Myanmar, it is better to bring US dollars. We took the bus\ngoing to the city and alight near Shwedagon Pagoda, in front of Sule\nShangri-La. This is where I, my father, and his former student, Lin Ko, met.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QlcWznr5XTs/XRdOb7G9uyI/AAAAAAAAfRE/KJtFkXTSgMMdcItOJEpq-pYBAIaQJ9XLgCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3383.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"inside their airport buses\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QlcWznr5XTs/XRdOb7G9uyI/AAAAAAAAfRE/KJtFkXTSgMMdcItOJEpq-pYBAIaQJ9XLgCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3383.JPG\" title\u003d\"on the way to yangon center\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eInside at one of their airport buses\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nHe first accompanied\nus inside Shangri-la to exchange money (the exchange rate at the airport is bad\nso we just exchanged money for sim card and transportation going to the city).\nI am an awkward kid so I just took photos of the city while they catch up\nwith each other. Haha. Lin Ko also accompanied us to a legit Burmese restaurant\nwith legit Burmese food. Okay, food. Let's talk about food. \u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-egT6ec504Gc/XRdOz6EukmI/AAAAAAAAfSY/CU7NyUDGIl8JnlStnZzd1Vt7As1jKkioACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3405.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"entrance to one of yangon's restaurant\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1067\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-egT6ec504Gc/XRdOz6EukmI/AAAAAAAAfSY/CU7NyUDGIl8JnlStnZzd1Vt7As1jKkioACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3405.JPG\" title\u003d\"yangon food\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dUHiFW7TxLI/XRdOvySF95I/AAAAAAAAfSQ/PsbbhEltUIsrOmTFSCUoQcQaPLQnQ843wCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3401.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"food chosen by Lin ko to sample by us\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dUHiFW7TxLI/XRdOvySF95I/AAAAAAAAfSQ/PsbbhEltUIsrOmTFSCUoQcQaPLQnQ843wCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3401.JPG\" title\u003d\"food sampling\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eSome of the Burmese food Lin Ko sampled for us\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yRiWbDcEjvc/XRdOnIVmgiI/AAAAAAAAfSM/_QwS1lm6iooQwrknDOoRccHsXWEtA8UGQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3391.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Legit Burmese food\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yRiWbDcEjvc/XRdOnIVmgiI/AAAAAAAAfSM/_QwS1lm6iooQwrknDOoRccHsXWEtA8UGQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3391.JPG\" title\u003d\"burmese food\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U58tbnS5N58/XRdOdkaFasI/AAAAAAAAfRE/xIbZ-35KBPYbPYlxWS7mHAU7X8ULarDFQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3384.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"more Burmese food\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U58tbnS5N58/XRdOdkaFasI/AAAAAAAAfRE/xIbZ-35KBPYbPYlxWS7mHAU7X8ULarDFQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3384.JPG\" title\u003d\"Burmese food\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zu72byS_574/XRdOkAFZnHI/AAAAAAAAfRk/qKEukRa0R30ZJShI5LMbouPwwwokF6hGQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3389.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Burmese curry\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zu72byS_574/XRdOkAFZnHI/AAAAAAAAfRk/qKEukRa0R30ZJShI5LMbouPwwwokF6hGQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3389.JPG\" title\u003d\"Burmese curry\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nThis isn't my first\ntime eating Burmese food because as I've said, we went to Mae Sot and there's a\nrestaurant there that sells Burmese food given that it is a border of Thailand\nand Myanmar. My favorite Burmese food -- Lahpet-thoke, called Tea Leaf Salad\nin English has a hint of salty taste because of the peanuts but is very\nsatisfying because of the fermented tea leaves. If there's one thing I could\neat every day in Myanmar, it is Lahpet-thoke. Burmese cuisine is mainly\ninfluenced by its neighboring countries Thailand, India, and China so it's no surprise that most of their food has curry for its base.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nI noticed is\nthat they like curry so much they have many variations. I am not sure though\nwhy, but I was very meticulous at what I eat when we were in Myanmar. I tried\nMohinga on this restaurant Lin Ko recommended and it was really good! Aside from\nMohinga, Lahpet-thoke, and the food we ate at President Café in Mandalay,\nthere's no other local food that stuck with me. Maybe we just didn't go to the\nright places for food. The food at President Cafe is Chinese-ish so its one type of food I really liked when went there.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WAfGaRhpVFM/XRdO6CYPhqI/AAAAAAAAfSY/NNb-7Jsn7QQzZh7o0c-bpp6TAohILz6GACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3411.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Lahpet-thoke at the local market\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WAfGaRhpVFM/XRdO6CYPhqI/AAAAAAAAfSY/NNb-7Jsn7QQzZh7o0c-bpp6TAohILz6GACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3411.JPG\" title\u003d\"Lahpet-thoke\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eLegit Lahpet-thoke - so good I brought home a ready-made from their supermarket\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nAfter eating, we went\nto one of my father's friends place. It is actually a printing press. He\noffered his place for us to drop our bags first before roaming around Yangon as\nwe don't have a hotel in Yangon for the day. We plan on going to Bagan via an overnight\nbus that day so we have no plans in getting a hotel. See, that's the thing\nabout backpacking, you have to carefully plan your itinerary to maximize the\ntime. The good thing is that my father has friends in this part of the world that\nit makes our traveling here much easier. \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nAfter dropping our\nbags and some chitchat, we went to Shwedagon Pagoda. Burmese people are free of\ncharge when they enter temples in Yangon but foreigners are required to pay. We\ntried blending in with the locals but it seems that they can differentiate me from the locals because my father can go inside but the guards are always calling my attention.\nLOL. \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nIt was raining during\nour visit to Shwedagon but even though it is raining, the temple is still so\npretty. This is the most sacred Buddhist temple in all of Myanmar and it can be\nseen from all over Yangon day and night because of its golden roof that illuminates.\nOne must remove their footwear upon entering the temple (same goes for all\ntemples in Myanmar). Since it was raining the time we visited, the floors are\nkind of slippery. One interesting thing I came across here is that Burmese\nBuddhist takes note of the time and day they were born. Each day is split by 2,\nAM and PM, and there will be a certain Buddha for that where people can offer\nflowers while pouring in water then people can make a wish. \u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sNg5gdR4txg/XRdOSBWvwUI/AAAAAAAAfRk/OEFUIDOnbtQGjDBVeYmx6EQ3FsYPIgxpgCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3378.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Shwedagon Pagoda\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1143\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sNg5gdR4txg/XRdOSBWvwUI/AAAAAAAAfRk/OEFUIDOnbtQGjDBVeYmx6EQ3FsYPIgxpgCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3378.JPG\" title\u003d\"Shwedagon Pagoda\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NF2uDDfO5WI/XRdOYmOQCVI/AAAAAAAAfRs/q9AhFlBiqgU6LIBBGuSgMP526sEeUETQwCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3381.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"shwedagon pagoda\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1067\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NF2uDDfO5WI/XRdOYmOQCVI/AAAAAAAAfRs/q9AhFlBiqgU6LIBBGuSgMP526sEeUETQwCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3381.JPG\" title\u003d\"shwedagon pagoda\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jxZ9aYz2zWM/XRdOZmqOSeI/AAAAAAAAfRs/nYwsWskhD2cp8LACfDfMTSmfHlT4DUXJwCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3382.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"shwedagon pagoda\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jxZ9aYz2zWM/XRdOZmqOSeI/AAAAAAAAfRs/nYwsWskhD2cp8LACfDfMTSmfHlT4DUXJwCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3382.JPG\" title\u003d\"shwedagon pagoda\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eBga45M5Y2M/XRdOeOe-nmI/AAAAAAAAfRk/AnCdY6JlX7wfFbTs9w4ZpLZszsSk9dsXQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3385.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"shwedagon pagoda\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1067\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eBga45M5Y2M/XRdOeOe-nmI/AAAAAAAAfRk/AnCdY6JlX7wfFbTs9w4ZpLZszsSk9dsXQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3385.JPG\" title\u003d\"shwedagon pagoda\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H0QF9Qt1PQY/XRdOhJ7H87I/AAAAAAAAfRk/DM42h8c2kF0HtKlfaTzRE6-XszIJk6ktgCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3387.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"shwedagon pagoda\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H0QF9Qt1PQY/XRdOhJ7H87I/AAAAAAAAfRk/DM42h8c2kF0HtKlfaTzRE6-XszIJk6ktgCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3387.JPG\" title\u003d\"shwedagon pagoda\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e2JRgp8AZ7M/XRdOg2-3DXI/AAAAAAAAfRk/Aomhi553iukdfUlJQimB08p5f4MEKitiQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3388.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Entrance to Shwedagon Pagoda\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e2JRgp8AZ7M/XRdOg2-3DXI/AAAAAAAAfRk/Aomhi553iukdfUlJQimB08p5f4MEKitiQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3388.JPG\" title\u003d\"shwedagon pagoda\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eEntrance to Shwedagon\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--X1fX-tBdfI/XRdOnF87bsI/AAAAAAAAfRs/db-NAoIYZw8bW5miO1ns59BzskFTBS8NwCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3392.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gFHwQsP4CYM/XReaPc7Iz2I/AAAAAAAAfTA/ARj6bgAJ-b4LYheKciSJxFklcxKY55UmwCLcBGAs/s1600/Yangon.jpg\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"shwedagon pagoda\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gFHwQsP4CYM/XReaPc7Iz2I/AAAAAAAAfTA/ARj6bgAJ-b4LYheKciSJxFklcxKY55UmwCLcBGAs/s1600/Yangon.jpg\" title\u003d\"shwedagon pagoda\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003eWe also visited Yangon National Museum that tackles the very historical Myanmar. What I liked the most is that they have an ASEAN section that shows different facts among different ASEAN countries. It's fun reading trivia about each country.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A_DmhetWTI8/XRean6FDQKI/AAAAAAAAfTY/ubb-LlFy0Bw_4tDqhHuYsyt9UyxOU5TEQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3409%2B2.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Yangon National Museum\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1200\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A_DmhetWTI8/XRean6FDQKI/AAAAAAAAfTY/ubb-LlFy0Bw_4tDqhHuYsyt9UyxOU5TEQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3409%2B2.JPG\" title\u003d\"Yangon National Museum\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Qto0BleXKc/XRealhWNHpI/AAAAAAAAfTQ/63kslo8oyCctjk6oxu_6ha7qaoG7xEnkgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3393.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Yangon National Museum\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1077\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Qto0BleXKc/XRealhWNHpI/AAAAAAAAfTQ/63kslo8oyCctjk6oxu_6ha7qaoG7xEnkgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3393.JPG\" title\u003d\"Yangon National Museum\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-27LRTQ2Hy1E/XReanSsusbI/AAAAAAAAfTU/ELArIKzcpGQDXhok8H4xlB9_mTcbLXR1ACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3390%2B2.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Yangon National Museum\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1067\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-27LRTQ2Hy1E/XReanSsusbI/AAAAAAAAfTU/ELArIKzcpGQDXhok8H4xlB9_mTcbLXR1ACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3390%2B2.JPG\" title\u003d\"Yangon National Museum\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qiew9wPvM6I/XRealXj2S3I/AAAAAAAAfTM/0_sV8vpU2k4MdxoShCz20fvoz9xz51EugCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3386.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Yangon National Museum\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1200\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qiew9wPvM6I/XRealXj2S3I/AAAAAAAAfTM/0_sV8vpU2k4MdxoShCz20fvoz9xz51EugCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3386.JPG\" title\u003d\"Yangon National Museum\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nMyanmar is also the\nmost conservative country I've been to. Men and women wear longyi so their skin\nis mostly covered. Even wearing shorts seems like not the norm here. Imagine\nhow much more strict they are when it comes to their temples. One must cover\nknees and shoulders.\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nAfter Shwedagon, we\ndecided to roam around the public market to look for the good stuff that can pass\nas souvenirs. There are good local coffee shops and small shops that sell\nsnacks. I got myself a cup of iced coffee while we munch on Lahpet-thoke. \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nAfter the afternoon\nsiesta at the local market, we headed to Sule Pagoda. If there are two temples\nyou need to visit in Yangon, it is Shwedagon and Sule. It is two of the biggest\nand most visited. Before entering Sule, we met with my father's co-teacher and\none of his students also went to see him. That's one thing I admire with my\nfather, he always knows someone and he socializes very well. Probably one of his\ntraits that I wasn't able to get that I wish I did get. LOL. Didn't take photos in Sule so now I'm regretting I don't have memorabilia of that temple.\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UPfEs75DJ_U/XRdOq6DCYlI/AAAAAAAAfSI/_KYtdJVIcR4GwiqRKPvopUJRR2DKiIwhwCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3399.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Sule Pagoda\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1200\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UPfEs75DJ_U/XRdOq6DCYlI/AAAAAAAAfSI/_KYtdJVIcR4GwiqRKPvopUJRR2DKiIwhwCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_3399.JPG\" title\u003d\"Sule Pagoda\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ewith some of my father's students\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nSule Pagoda is much\nsmaller than Shwedagon but none the less, it is still pretty on its own. It is\nlocated in Downtown Yangon and it was said to be over 2000 years old. It was\nstill raining so we waited a bit for the rain to stop. I remember having the need\nto pee then since they don't allow slipper/footwear inside the temples, I have\nno footwear entering the comfort room. And while I still cringe remembering that moment, I can't help but be proud of myself that I survived it. LOL. One thing\nabout the public CRs in Myanmar is that it all have bidets, at least for the\nonce I got to use. But still, going to the CR without footwear? Oh my. \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x5uJWtn5wgc/XRebM6F4NnI/AAAAAAAAfTo/R8Frp-imrAYrZkacyd1VQA-6yim48mQZACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3397%2B2.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt\u003d\"Yangon National Museum\" border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1200\" data-original-width\u003d\"1600\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x5uJWtn5wgc/XRebM6F4NnI/AAAAAAAAfTo/R8Frp-imrAYrZkacyd1VQA-6yim48mQZACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3397%2B2.JPG\" title\u003d\"Yangon National Museum\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eDolls wearing national costumes of each ASEAN country\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nAs the afternoon\napproaches, we went to a nearby tea shop. Had some tea and went to the printing\npress to get our bags then off we go to the bus terminal going to Bagan. The funny thing was I left my umbrella in the grab taxi (yes, they do have grab but the cars\nare old models, to be expected though) and Lin Ko was kind enough to contact the\ndriver so he was able to get the umbrella. I got it on our last day when we met\nagain after we explored Inle Lake. Thing is, I don't have an umbrella when\nwe're in Bagan, Mandalay, and Inle Lake. The weather was quite a bipolar\u003ci\u003e pa naman\n\u003c/i\u003ethat time that it will suddenly rain then one minute, it gets sunny.\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nAs for dinner, we just\nate at a small shop in the terminal. And that's how we explored Yangon on our\nfirst day. \u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\nYou can check my IG\nstory \u003ca href\u003d\"https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17929126525160932/\" target\u003d\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e during our visit to Myanmar so you could get a clearer view of what\nYangon is like. \u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rkUZCDFxNJg/XRebMi4dDNI/AAAAAAAAfTk/lxDtBPkeNkAVhw_7NP9HsqmlZV8PNSVowCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3394.JPG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" data-original-height\u003d\"1600\" data-original-width\u003d\"1203\" src\u003d\"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rkUZCDFxNJg/XRebMi4dDNI/AAAAAAAAfTk/lxDtBPkeNkAVhw_7NP9HsqmlZV8PNSVowCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3394.JPG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style\u003d\"font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003eThe overnight bus, on\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003ethe other hand, is nice. Just like the ones in\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\n\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003eThailand. Comfy and it has reclining seats. By the way, it was Lin Ko\nwho bought our overnight bus tickets to Bagan, we just paid him when we got the\nticket from him. We also secured a bus ticket from Ngauw Shwe (Inle Lake) going\nto Yangon on our last night just so to be sure we won't have a hard time going\nback on time.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size: 9pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter style\u003d\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003cimg src\u003d\"http://i65.tinypic.com/veyq90.jpg\" /\u003e\u003c/center\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.maayalegaspi.com/feeds/3227994954810352057/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/06/myanmar-yangon-downtown-sule-and.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3760548448812987226/posts/default/3227994954810352057"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3760548448812987226/posts/default/3227994954810352057"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.maayalegaspi.com/2019/06/myanmar-yangon-downtown-sule-and.html","title":"Myanmar: Yangon Downtown, Sule, and Shwedagon Pagoda"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Maaya Legaspi"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/10175924963575211047"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BjOMHg0AVmLcjpZy8qmbyHpgkPV4x4Q0ibrw3T2WG035M3C-LPhQaxlHgzbpRR2yKGPoJvWQ2gQNBv9HYgnKtPki7fFwSbKW7zU8zCn2kYWN8CUhjWNo9iCX6IHMgQ/s220/IMG_5916.JPG"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-04VIfCiEfJE/XRdO3ftoYFI/AAAAAAAAfSU/t221R3zLdacRRi05Kqqg4Q7aQwXaha9HACEwYBhgL/s72-c/IMG_3408.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"georss$featurename":{"$t":"Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)"},"georss$point":{"$t":"16.8660694 96.19513200000006"},"georss$box":{"$t":"16.379926400000002 95.54968500000005 17.3522124 96.84057900000006"}}]}});