Massive Reclining Buddha of the Chaukhtatgyi Paya

After practically spending the entire morning sleeping in the cool airconditioned room of Motherland Inn II, it was time for me to get back on my trip. After all, I shouldn’t be wasting my time on sleeping the day away. Now the festival of Thingyan is already well underway. The Thingyan festival is the new festival of Myanmar and is equivalent to the Songkran festival in Thailand. As part of the merriment, it is tradition to splash other people with water, even total strangers.
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