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Myanmar Amber Museum

Photo Credit - www.myanmarambermuseum.org

info Millions of years ago... 65 to 120 million years ago to be more exact, in the area now called Myanmar, there were large stands of forests containing a now extinct tree, Araucariaceae, also known as araucarians.

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Police Commissioner's Building

info The architect of this building, Thomas Oliphant Foster worked with Edwin Lutyens on his designs for New Delhi. The echo of the monumentalism Lutyens strove for in New Delhi is evident here.

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Zafar Shah Dargah (Tomb)

info The Tomb is situated near the southern stairway of the Shwedagon Pagoda.

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Yangon General Hospital

info The Yangon General Hospital (ရန်ကုန် ပြည်သူ့ ဆေးရုံကြီ) was first established in 1899 with a capacity of 342 beds as Rangoon General Hospital.

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U Do Golf Club

info U Do Golf Club is located in Taikkyi Township, Yangon Region. Just about 2-hour drive from Yangon, it is an ideal place for eating out, fishing, boating and bird watching.

 

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place Location: Taikktyi Township, Yangon, Myanmar

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Central Post Office

info This building was constructed in 1908 as the headquarters of one of colonial Burma's major rice traders, Bulloch Brothers & Co., a Scottish firm headquartered in Glasgow.

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Strand Hotel

info The Strand Hotel (ကမ်းနားလမ်း ဟိုတယ်) is a Victorian-style hotel located in Yangon.

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Former Sofaer's Buildings

info Commissioned by Isaac A. Sofaer, a Baghdadi Jewish trader, Sofaer's Buildings is a testament to the cosmopolitan nature of Yangon society in the early 20th century.

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Sri Kali Temple

info Sri Kali Temple is one of the most richly decorated Hindu temples with the impressive stone sculptures and carvings of Hindu gods around around its colourful roof.

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Rander House

info Rander House is unusual for its simple American Classical style, reminiscent of downtown Chicago.

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Bogyoke Aung San Park

 

info Bogyoke Aung San Park is popularly known as Bogyoke Park (ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ပန်းခြံ), which is a small charming park located on the north side of the Kandawgyi Lake (ကန်တော်ကြီး) surrounded by lush green trees.

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The Tejoomal Building

This delightful building was once the magical setting of the so-called Old Curiosity Shop of the East, an emporium of oriental curios stocked with silverware, silks, carpets, carvings, and exotic souvenirs from across Asia.

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Shwe San Daw Pagoda

info Shwe San Daw Pagoda (ရွှေဆံတော်ဘုရား) lies in Twantay, a small town nearby Yangon. 

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Myanmar Railway Headquarters

info This simple but elegant buildings was constructed as the headquarters of the state-run Burma Railways, founded during the British colonial era in 1877.

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Pan Hlaing Golf Club

info Pan Hlaing Golf Club (ပန်းလှိုင်ဂေါက်ကွင်း) is a newly established golf club located at a beautiful junction between Hlaing and Pan Hlaing Rivers.

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Secretariat Building or Ministers' Building

info The Ministers' Building (the Ministers' Office); formerly The Secretariat or Secretariat Building (ဝန်ကြီးများရုံး) occupies an entire city block, bounded by Anawrahta Road to the north, Theinbyu Road to the east, Maha Bandoola Road to the south and Bo Aung Kyaw Street to the west in downtown Yangon.

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Oh-Bo Pottery Sheds

info The pots are made in huge thatch-roofed sheds. Oh-Bo district is located at the south of Twantay canal, about 15 minutes walk from the dock.

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Myanmar Port Authority Building

info The uniquely preserved building of Myanmar Port Authority (မြန်မာ့ဆိပ်ကမ်းအာဏာပိုင်ရုံး) was built in 1920.

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Martyrs' Mausoleum

info The Martyrs' Mausoleum (အာဇာနည်ဗိမာန်) is a memorable place of Myanmar National Leaders. 

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Yangon City Hall

info Centrally located in downtown Yangon. The Yangon City Hall (ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော်ခန်းမ) building is considered to be a fine example of Myanmar architecture.

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Mahasi Meditation Center

info Buddha Sasana Nuggaha Organization was founded in 1947 in Myanmar with the objective of propagating the Buddha Sasana through scripture learning and the practice of Vipassana meditation.