The flight from Singapore on Jetstar was unremarkable. The flight left and arrived on time. From the airport we caught a taxi to our hotel and finally to our room. Jim booked this hotel because it is next to the Shwedagon Pagoda, one of the main sights in Mynamar.
Waking up in the morning we saw the Shwedagon Pagoda bright gold with a blue sky and that was only time we saw blue sky until we returned to Penang. The Shwedagon Pagoda is a pagoda that all Myanmar Buddhists desire to visit once in their lifetime. The pagoda contains eight hairs of Buddha. Buddha presented the hairs from his head to the King of Burma to build a pagoda. The temple is going to celebrate its 2,600th birthday in March.
As we walked around the city the women and children were wearing yellow patches on their cheeks. I first thought this must be a religious symbolism we saw in India, but it is the local cosmetic decoration and sun screen.
We ate in a Korean restaurant and Jim really loved his Kimchi stew. Now, he wants to cook it at home.
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