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Beautiful Shwedagon

Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 8:08 am
by Ben

Re: Beautiful Shwedagon

Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 8:20 am
by cooran
Where???

Re: Beautiful Shwedagon

Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 8:25 am
by Ben
Shwedagon,Yangon, Myanmar.
Here's the link: http://vimeo.com/47321861" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Beautiful Shwedagon

Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 9:49 pm
by Kim OHara
Hi, Ben,
I have recently read 'From the Land of Green Ghosts' by Pascal Khoo Thwe, who grew up in a remote part of Burma. It is every bit as good as this description - http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/17528432 - says, and I'm sure you would find it fascinating.

:namaste:
Kim

Re: Beautiful Shwedagon

Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 1:52 pm
by yawares
Dear Ben,

From..Thailand News.net
Foreigners flock to :candle: Myanmar's famed Shwedagon pagoda
:candle:

The NationSunday 14th October, 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUV8ZJN6 ... creen&NR=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

October 14, 2012 3:18 pm Yangon - Yangon's famous Shwedagon Pagoda is set to receive a recond-breaking number of foreign tourists this year as travellers flock to Myanmar, news reports said Sunday. During the first nine months of 2012, some 212,973 foreigners visited the pagoda, just shy of 225,381 visitors for all of last year, the Myanmar Times reported. Thai tourists were the top visitors to the gilded pagoda, built more than 2,000 years ago...

***** :anjali:
:heart: Love your wonderful video clip :heart:
yawares