Urdu inscription on a wall at Bahadur Shah Zafar (the last Mughal King) dargah in Yangon--reads like a running commentary on Zafar's last hours

Bahadur Shah Zafar (the last Mughal King) dargah courtyard near Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.

Sun setting in downtown Yangon

You can read about recent Bay Area events, including William Dalrymple at UC Berkeley on February 28 and Iqbal program by Hamida Banu-Chopra at ICC on March 11, at:
http://cemendtaur.blogspot.com/

Mithai at the Shanti Restaurant, near Winner Inn Hotel, Yangon.

One of the entrances of the Shwedagon Pagoda.

Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar.

Shopping opportunities, climbing up or down, Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar.

Every religious place has a commercial aspect to it. Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar.
रंगून में श्वादेगन पगोडा

Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar.
रंगून में श्वादेगन पगोडा
बर्मा

Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar.
रंगून में श्वादेगन पगोडा

Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar.
रंगून में श्वादेगन पगोडा

Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar.

Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar.

Worshipers inside Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Burma.

Yangon International Airport.

Myanmar International Airline plane at the Yangon (Rangoon) airport.

Yangon outskirts from above, while flying Bangkok Airways.