Thursday, November 22, 2018

Myawaddy Final - New Built Old

So on my last full day of my week off, up in the town of Taungoo, I wasn't quite sure what to do. 

I had seen on the Google Earth images of stuff that Google Maps didn't show. Namely, the amazing lake at Pakaung. I saw that. Similarly, there was a golf course in the military extension of Taungoo, a few miles north. 

Knowing how protective the military is here of their facilities, I didn't even attempt to go there. Instead, it was off into the countryside east of Taungoo to  visit a couple of remarkable pagodas.  

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