Our visit to Yangon (formerly Rangoon) was pretty quick so
there are not too many stories to share. And we blogged earlier about our great
experience that first night at Shwedagon Pagoda when we visited with some local
monks.
The city is like most cities: lots of people, shops, traffic, etc. We enjoyed some nice meals as well as the
excellent people-watching and exploring.
Most of the Burmese men wear the traditional longhi. The longhi is an ankle-length skirt that
wraps around the waist and is secured in a similar manner as a bathroom towel. It
is really not too much of a stretch from the Manpri type of rig that my friend
Kevin Koprek sports around the climbing crags of Ouray. In fact, I entertained
bringing him home his own longhi, but in the end decided against it for fear
that he probably would wear it…
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