shwedegon pagoda

So we finished Saturday by walking to the Shwedegon pagoda. Biiiiigggg Budhist shrine.  So much gold and so little hope.  We walked there from out hotel.  Yangon is poorer than Tijiuana, Mexico.  Same mix of tire shops, food stalls, trinkets, dogs and general squalor and lots of humanity.  This is a Budhist country and the shrine was teeming with pilgrims attempting to achieve nirvanna.  Ironically we had to pay 10000 kyats ($10 USD) to get in.

Jet lag caught up with us and the hotel was quiet by 9:30 pm.  But guess what?  3 am and we're all awake.  Hey the body says, what are you doing in bed so late?  They say it will take 2 weeks to be fully adjusted!