Welcome to Myanmar!
Upon arrival, we'll be welcomed by a professional guide of Threeland and transferred to the hotel. Yangon, formerly known as Rangoon, is a charming and impressive city, with both new and ancient heritages in a growing, fascinating atmosphere that symbolized to Southeast Asia, yet too well preserved. This afternoon we'll visit Sule, a 2,200-year-old Theravada Buddhist temple surrounded by local buildings rom the British colonial time. Walk from here to Mahabandoola Park and visit the Independent Monument en route, then take our car to pass the City Hall, little India and little China towns, stop for a quick look at the historic Strand hotel opposite Yangon Jetty, then go on to and intermingle with the hardwork but hospitable locals at the Fruits market nearby. Back to Bogyoke Market (closed on Mondays), the best market in town, to browse thru various selections of Myanmar crafts for your own choice in spare time. Our tour will end upon the sunset at Shwedagon Pagoda, one of the religious wonders of Buddhism worldwide, biggest temple in Yangon, which just celebrated its 2,600 years, a place where we meet devoted Buddhists in meditating, praying and having volunteers' works at any time of the day. Dinner and overnight in Yangon.
