A restful morning in the hotel until being picked up at 1230 hours and doing more tourist things again. When driving through Yangon I had noticed some particular old buildings and asked to be taken to them. They were the cinemas, where there were five on one short street, government offices, railway station and churches. Although the old building were good to see I was more than surprised at the gorgeous catholic cathedral which was built in 1911. It was really splendid and very up to date having television screens along the nave so that the congregation could see what was going on near the altar. The two flowering trees at the rear of the nave made a special touch, or so I thought.
Views of St. Mary’s Catholic Cathedral
Yangon Railway Station
Various Street Scenes
Views of the Mahawizaya Pagoda
And then to the airport for the flight back to Bangkok.
Views of St. Mary’s Catholic Cathedral
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| The font |
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| The colonial railway station |
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| The complaints department. I could not imagine this in the UK! |
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| The train to Mandalay |
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| The train to Mandalay |
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| Ordinary Class |
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| Upper Class |
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| Upper Class (sleeping) |
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| Upper Class Sleeper |
Various Street Scenes
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| An old church |
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| Dressed up to go to the cinema |
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| An old colonial cinema |
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| A street of old buildings |
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| The gateway into the Buddhist monks university |
Views of the Mahawizaya Pagoda
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| The entrance bridge to the pagoda |
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| The entrance to the pagoda |
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| The pagoda temple |
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| The ceiling in the pagoda temple |
And then to the airport for the flight back to Bangkok.
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| A painting on the wall of Yangon Airport |
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