Being a lively beautiful city, Yangon is a must-visit destination on your trip to Burma. Plan what to do in Yangon is advisable. Travel Indochina Myanmar
Eat Myanmar Food
Influenced by this spectrum of regional diversity of India, China, and Thailand, Burmese cuisine, especially the local Myanmar food is definitely one of the most stunning things to do in Yangon.
Mohinga
Once setting pace on one of the downtown Yangon’s streets, you surely cannot go more than a few steps without paying attention to the next street food stalls. Coming here you can find a large number of things to eat whipped up at all corners. Sold nearly everywhere you go is one of the most popular dishes in Myanmar cuisine called mohinga. Being a bowl of rice noodles submerged in a stunning fish based soup broth, mohinga is a delicious dish full of flavorful ingredients and local spices tasting like a mild curry and enchant every guests right from the first time enjoying it.
Pickled tea leaf salad called laphet thoke is another Burmese traditional dish you must try on your trip to Yangon. This popular dish can be found at any restaurants and at side of all the street food stalls. To end up your food adventure, Myanmar curry feast is not a bad choice.
Chaukhtatgyi Paya (Chak Htat Gyi Buddha) – Reclining Buddha
Reclining Buddha
Also known as the Reclining Buddha, Chaukhtatgyi Paya, is an entirely giant 65 meter long reclining Buddha. In the past, there was a large Buddha statue standing in the same place, but several years ago it collapsed, and a reclining version took place of it.
Kept in a huge metal shed, the Buddha reminds all visitors of a massive airplane hanger. The crown meticulously decorated with a large number of twinkle diamonds and gems and the feet etched with inscriptions indicating the characteristics and symbols of the Buddha attract attention of all travelers at the first sight.
Kandawgyi Park
Opposite to the chaotic and hectic downtown area of Yangon, the ground of Kandawgyi Park, one of the most luxuriant evergreen lake parks in Yangon is quite peaceful.
Kandawgyi Park
When coming to the Kandawgyi Park, you will have a couple of different options to choose from. If you want to have free time walking around in the Karaweik Palace as well as eating food and drinking tea, the east side of the park, which has a large amount of lake-side relaxing restaurants is an ideal choice with 300 Kyats ($.30) entrance fee.
The magnificent lake boardwalk, a nice elevated platform where you can walk or exercise with spectacular views of the lake are on the other side of Kandawgyi Park together with the Karawiek Palace and the Shwedagon Pagoda in the background.
Being such a leisure change of pace and a haven of calm in the usually buzzing downtown of Yangon, Kandawgyi Park is one of the most suitable destinations in Yangon for those who want to escape from the hustle of daily life.
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