Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar
It's my day off again and so I walk a couple of miles to see two pagodas which are listed in Tripadvisor's top ten sights in Yangon. The first place to visit is Chauk Htat Gyee pagoda, home of the amazing reclining Buddha constructed in 1907. I spend half an hour sitting cross legged, clearing my headspace to focus on the present time - this Buddha in this pagoda in this city in this country right now. I am in a 'good place' spiritually and say 'mingalabar' (he...