Needless to say, nothing much goes on in Yangon after dark. In fact, the streets are not lit enough to begin with it would be foolish to party outside after dark. This is not to say the the streets of Yangon are unsafe, in fact they are as safe as any other place in the world, even safe than that. Getting mugged here is not something you need to worry yourself about. A bigger worry is how to find your way back home in the dark streets of Yangon.
After that very filling dinner at the Nilar Biryani shop, I walked back to the White House Hotel. Fortunately, the roads are already familiar enough to me that I remember how to go back there and walking back it no mean feat either since it is still several blocks away from Nilar Briyani Shop. One thing good thiing about the White House Hotel is that it is quite tall so you can get a good view of Yangon from the top of the hotel – if you manage to climb all the way up. The top floor is the 9th floor and without lifts it is definitely a chore to drag yourself all the way up the building.
There is some sort of a viewing deck on top of the building, though it seems to have been overrun by plants, to see the whole of Yangon. From here it is already possible to see the iconic Shwedagon Pagoda, which is brilliantly lit at night. Probably the only place in Yangon which has 24 hour electricity. Little surprise that you can see the Shwedagon Pagoda from anywhere in the city. The rest of the city is expectedly dark and I would hardly consider Yangon a city in the mould of a Manila or a Bangkok even. However, what Yangon lacks in techonology and sophistication it makes up for it in charm and it has lots of it.
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