01.12-2014 Myanmar, Yangon, day 13

Greetings from Myanmar,

New week at the sunny Myanmar. I skipped the hotel breakfast at downstairs and enjoyed the "home made" with freshly brewed coffee and tune-cheese toast. Just little later we also got delivery of chicken curry with salad and Paratha. We left that for lunch time.

Myanmar map

Usually I write previous days blog at morning so we can leave out only at afternoon.

 Today however we left hotel early and went to travel agent, that a fiend recommended. I booked the round trip to Pagu (ex. Pegu), that is located north-east from Yangon (ex. Rangoon). Myanmar consists many states, where different people are living and Pagu is the capital of Mon state. Mon people are said to have arrived from east 3000-1500 BC to this area. Trip will stop over some sightseeing on the way and make a round trip at Pagu, starting early Wednesday morning from hotel and ending late evening back at hotel, including lunch and dinner on the way. I will write more about it at Wednesdays blog.



After travel agent we went to see a nearby Yangon Kohtatgyi Paya, sitting Buddha statue. The place was piecefull, not (yet) ruined the tourists like me, taking pictures all over the place. We walked around it and took a lot of pictures.

Founders of the temple

Tables explaining the building of Buddha

Entrance to the temple

Sitting Buddha statue with worshippers at front

Different animals represents for the days of the week, the day you were born. There are 2 elephants for morning and afternoon born so eight totally.

Tiger is for Monday born

Lion for Tuesday born (me)

Elephant without tusks is for
Wednesday morning-afternoon born

Altar with zodiac signs

Elephant with tusks is for
wednesday evening born

Guinea pig is for Friday born

Mouse is  for Thursday born

Galone is for Sunday born

Dragon is for Saturday born

Aside of the Pagoda are some 3D descriptions of Buddhas history.

In the end at entrance, we did a good deed and released a little bird from cage full of them. Paid 500 kyats for the lady holding them. Releasing all birds would have cost me a whole bundle probably but lifetime of good deeds,

Cage full of little birds

Me holding a bird to be released

One bird released

Sushi 1chi restaurant

At evening we went to Japanese sushi restaurant and ate a lot of raw fish :)

Sashimi and sushi (raw fish without and with rice)

I will write another time about the Japanese Sashimi and sushi foods. My blogs seem to be a mostly food dishes so I try to cut that part down in future. It seems like I do nothing else but eat here. Well I also sleep and ...

Time to say gnite again a I write something again tomorrow...

Pasi