Yangon is the main trading city of Myanmar. It is located on the Yangon River. The third century Sule Pagoda is a landmark in the center of the city. The city is a mix of faded colonial architecture from the British times and modern high-rises. This overview photo was taken from the Sakura Tower.

This is another view from the tower where we had lunch. Our tour was very well arranged to make the best use of our short 10 day trip.

You can see that it was raining the day we were there, but we still had a great time.

We visited the Sule Pagoda in the center city.

Thought you would enjoy these images. People are barefooted because this is a sign of respect inside the temple area.

These are more shots around the Sule Pagoda.

These tiles (right) tell some of the stories of Buddhism.

These are shots from around the city. I was impressed at how well dressed most people were.

More scenes from around Yangon. We were told that there are 500,000 Buddhist monks in Burma. It's about equal in number to their army.