Yangon & Bago, MYANMAR'S MOST DAZZLINGLY BEAUTIFUL PAGODAS

In this video we explore the Burmese cities of Yangon & Bago, their magnetic pull for many travellers being the variety of colossal, dazzlingly beautiful pagodas that these two cities offer. Yangon is the (unofficial) capital city of Myanmar. It boasts several stunning pagodas like the Shwedagon Pagoda, Sule pagoda and the Maha Wizaya Pagoda (featured in the video). Maha Bandula park is a lovely green space in the city centre surrounded by many beautiful buildings such as the City Hall & High Court buildings.The 46m high independence monument dominates the centre of the park. Yangon also features two important lakes (Inya Lake & Kandawgyi Lake), popular places with locals for walking and fishing. There are a variety of museums in the city such as the national museum, Myanmar gems museum etc.Yangon also has excellent restaurants and cafes for food and coffee lovers. Yangon is represented by many religions. There are mosques, catholic churches, buddhist pagodas, Jewish synagogues and Chinese temples. Scenes in the video from Yangon, include Maha Bandula Park, Maha Wizaya Pagoda, Kheng Hock Keong Chinese temple. Bago, about 91km from Yangon, is all about extravagant & colossal pagodas (zedis), gigantic reclining buddha statues and the very unique Snake pagoda, which features a 120-year old Burmese Python, about 17ft in length, believed to be a reincarnation of a formerly deceased Buddhist monk! Scenes in the video from Bago include: Snake pagoda, Shwemawdaw Pagoda (114m, tallest pagoda in Burma), Kyaik Pun Paya (Four 100-ft high seated buddha statues), Mahazedi Paya, Shwegugale Paya, Four Figures Paya (Four standing buddha statues), Hintha Gon Paya, Maha Kalyani Sima (Sacred Hall of Ordination), Naung Daw Gyi Mya Tha Lyaung (250+ft long reclining buddha statue). SUBSCRIBE to our channel! Follow us on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/twobirdsbreakingfree/ Follow us on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Twobirdsbreakingfree/

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