Myanmar - Yangon

A former capital of the country before 2005, Yangon, reputed as “the City of Peace”, is the largest city of Myanmar and a beautiful coastal city with scenic tropical landscape. It just like a huge park with plants, flowers, numerous Buddhist stupas, and old buildings of British colonial period.

As a center of the country’s politics, economy, culture and transportation, Yangon is usually a transit city for travelers. However, the city is deserving of your extra time. Home to Shwedagon Pagoda, the most important pilgrimage site in the country, and the water-bound Yele Paya, the city is in fact full with monuments to Buddhism that worth your visiting. Decades of years’ isolation makes Yangon maintain a distinctive colonial charm that you can not find elsewhere. Furthermore, the colorful streets, vibrant open-air markets, warmest local people and unfrequent food will make your experience that special.