25 Fun and Useful Facts About Yangon, Myanmar
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During our visit, we learned many quirky and interesting facts about Yangon – and picked up several useful Yangon travel tips too.
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You’ll want to read these 25 things to know about Yangon – to help you understand the city and its people better and to make your trip more enjoyable.
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The Shwedagon Pagoda is epic!
Its golden stupa was being restored when we visited, and much was covered up with corrugated cardboard.
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Yangon bustles with people. Outdoor markets selling fresh produce are thriving, and a walk along some of the narrow streets is a lot of fun.
Yangon is exotic
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Yangon sunsets are stunning
From a golden ball of fire, the sun turns pumpkin orange, then blood red as it drops below the horizon.
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An open umbrella doesn’t mean rain
One of our favorite fun facts about Yangon is that an umbrella on the lawn in a park likely means there’s a young couple kissing and canoodling behind it.
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Yangon is hot!
At 2:00 pm, you mostly want to be lying in the shade under a colorful parasol by your hotel pool, sipping from a fresh cold coconut.
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There are many Buddhist monks
In Thailand, monks dress in saffron- and orange-colored robes. But monks in Myanmar wear burgundy-colored robes.
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