Friday, November 09, 2007

Shwedagon Pagoda, Rangoon(Yangon), Burma (Myanmar)

Buma (Myanmar) has been in the news again recently due to the democracy protests there. The monks started it all and this picture is of the famous Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon (Yangon). The pagoda is truly amazing and I took many photos while I was there. This photo (although in my opinion not the best photo I have of the pagoda) received more hits on FLICKR than any other photo.

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