{"id":4693,"date":"2020-05-01T10:25:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T00:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/?p=4693"},"modified":"2023-11-29T14:50:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T03:50:48","slug":"myanmar-the-land-of-golden-wonders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/myanmar-the-land-of-golden-wonders\/","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar \u2013 The Land of Golden Wonders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A complex land steeped in tradition, scattered with gilded pagodas and with the most beautiful sunsets on earth, in my humble opinion, a trip to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/myanmar\/\">Myanmar<\/a> will not disappoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:47% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><noscript><img width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1452266_10152399052496679_863728419_n-1.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-4718 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1452266_10152399052496679_863728419_n-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1452266_10152399052496679_863728419_n-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1452266_10152399052496679_863728419_n-1-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1452266_10152399052496679_863728419_n-1-319x425.jpg 319w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"><\/noscript><img width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20720%20960%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt class=\"wp-image-4718 size-full lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20720%20960%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1452266_10152399052496679_863728419_n-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1452266_10152399052496679_863728419_n-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1452266_10152399052496679_863728419_n-1-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1452266_10152399052496679_863728419_n-1-319x425.jpg 319w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1452266_10152399052496679_863728419_n-1.jpg\"><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4>Rudyard Kipling wrote:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThis is Burma. It will be quite unlike any land you know about&#8221;. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He happens to be right, even over a century later, a holiday to Myanmar really was unlike anything I had experienced before.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the capital of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/myanmar\/yangon\/\">Yangon<\/a> there is the bustle of traffic, workers, school children and women with their Thanaka painted faces \u2013 I later learned this was for beauty as well as for sun protection. There is much poverty here juxtaposed between the golden stupa which stands as the head of the city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><noscript><img width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1491767_10152399057836679_1114800212_n.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-4717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1491767_10152399057836679_1114800212_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1491767_10152399057836679_1114800212_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1491767_10152399057836679_1114800212_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1491767_10152399057836679_1114800212_n-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1491767_10152399057836679_1114800212_n-567x425.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"><\/noscript><img width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20960%20720%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt class=\"wp-image-4717 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20960%20720%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1491767_10152399057836679_1114800212_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1491767_10152399057836679_1114800212_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1491767_10152399057836679_1114800212_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1491767_10152399057836679_1114800212_n-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1491767_10152399057836679_1114800212_n-567x425.jpg 567w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1491767_10152399057836679_1114800212_n.jpg\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Shwedagon Paya <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Shwedagon Paya was unlike anything I had experienced before, the sun glaring down and dazzling all who look upon her. The complex beneath her feet, a warren of locals and tourists roaming the prayer areas and rooms within. The locals were friendly and smiley, I must have seemed so strange to them a six-foot-tall, blonde, western woman, roasting in the glare of the Shwedagon\u2019s golden heat. There were monks everywhere in the city, either on their way to prayer or to schooling, some as young as seven years old begin as novices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><noscript><img width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/598504_10152399049431679_429133682_n.jpg\" alt data-id=\"4715\" class=\"wp-image-4715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/598504_10152399049431679_429133682_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/598504_10152399049431679_429133682_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/598504_10152399049431679_429133682_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/598504_10152399049431679_429133682_n-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/598504_10152399049431679_429133682_n-567x425.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"><\/noscript><img width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20960%20720%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt data-id=\"4715\" class=\"wp-image-4715 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20960%20720%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/598504_10152399049431679_429133682_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/598504_10152399049431679_429133682_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/598504_10152399049431679_429133682_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/598504_10152399049431679_429133682_n-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/598504_10152399049431679_429133682_n-567x425.jpg 567w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/598504_10152399049431679_429133682_n.jpg\"><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><noscript><img width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Poc4s7cw-1-1024x682.jpeg\" alt data-id=\"4716\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/?attachment_id=4716\" class=\"wp-image-4716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Poc4s7cw-1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Poc4s7cw-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Poc4s7cw-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Poc4s7cw-1-1200x799.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Poc4s7cw-1-638x425.jpeg 638w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Poc4s7cw-1.jpeg 1698w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/noscript><img width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20682%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt data-id=\"4716\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/?attachment_id=4716\" class=\"wp-image-4716 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201024%20682%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Poc4s7cw-1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Poc4s7cw-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Poc4s7cw-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Poc4s7cw-1-1200x799.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Poc4s7cw-1-638x425.jpeg 638w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Poc4s7cw-1.jpeg 1698w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Poc4s7cw-1-1024x682.jpeg\"><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Local touches<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We visited a local bakery, Yangon Bakehouse, where they had a program to help women from difficult backgrounds. The founder\u2019s idea is that as the country began to open, an opportunity existed for women in Myanmar to become more empowered through skills training and education. The program crafts entrepreneurs while creating a community of empowered and educated sisters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Myanmar can feel like you have stepped back into an older version of the world, where technology is not as prominent, it is a different type of life. You will encounter men wearing longyi, sarong-like cloth and chewing betel nut, spitting its blood-red juice on the ground. The simple pleasures of travel remain intact here, for example travelling to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/myanmar\/bagan\/\">Bagan<\/a> was an adventure itself with my mode of transport, an old-style propeller plane 2 seats to 2 seats inside, in fact I think we may have been the only travellers that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><noscript><img width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/529474_10152399047781679_1288114824_n.jpg\" alt data-id=\"4710\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/?attachment_id=4710\" class=\"wp-image-4710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/529474_10152399047781679_1288114824_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/529474_10152399047781679_1288114824_n-300x225.jpg 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data-link=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/?attachment_id=4711\" class=\"wp-image-4711 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20960%20720%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1461351_10152399047741679_729924205_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1461351_10152399047741679_729924205_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1461351_10152399047741679_729924205_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1461351_10152399047741679_729924205_n-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1461351_10152399047741679_729924205_n-567x425.jpg 567w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1461351_10152399047741679_729924205_n.jpg\"><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The view over the land was immense, lush green fields spread as far as the eye could see with the occasional stupa poking out amongst the oxbow lakes of the river. Bagan was a complete change of pace to Yangon, there was no bustle here. Just what seemed to me like complete and utter peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><noscript><img width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1466073_10152399048571679_95793471_n-1.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-4723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1466073_10152399048571679_95793471_n-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1466073_10152399048571679_95793471_n-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1466073_10152399048571679_95793471_n-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1466073_10152399048571679_95793471_n-1-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1466073_10152399048571679_95793471_n-1-567x425.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"><\/noscript><img width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20960%20720%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt class=\"wp-image-4723 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20960%20720%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1466073_10152399048571679_95793471_n-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1466073_10152399048571679_95793471_n-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1466073_10152399048571679_95793471_n-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1466073_10152399048571679_95793471_n-1-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1466073_10152399048571679_95793471_n-1-567x425.jpg 567w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1466073_10152399048571679_95793471_n-1.jpg\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>The Beauty of Nature<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Across its plains lay over 4000 sacred stupas, a sight quite like nothing I had ever seen before. We climbed to the top of one to experience the sunset. The mist of the evening seemed to draw in, the sky turned to fire with reds, oranges, golden light beams. There was an absolute silence, expect for maybe the shutter of a camera. The beauty of nature took my breath away. The complexity of a landscape which showcased life, death, and traditional values inspired me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><noscript><img width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1487351_10152399051051679_914336199_n-1.jpg\" alt data-id=\"4724\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/?attachment_id=4724\" class=\"wp-image-4724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1487351_10152399051051679_914336199_n-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1487351_10152399051051679_914336199_n-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1487351_10152399051051679_914336199_n-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1487351_10152399051051679_914336199_n-1-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1487351_10152399051051679_914336199_n-1-567x425.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"><\/noscript><img width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20960%20720%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt data-id=\"4724\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/?attachment_id=4724\" class=\"wp-image-4724 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20960%20720%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1487351_10152399051051679_914336199_n-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1487351_10152399051051679_914336199_n-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1487351_10152399051051679_914336199_n-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1487351_10152399051051679_914336199_n-1-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1487351_10152399051051679_914336199_n-1-567x425.jpg 567w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1487351_10152399051051679_914336199_n-1.jpg\"><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><noscript><img width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1477976_10152399056521679_1450577615_n-2.jpg\" alt data-id=\"4722\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/?attachment_id=4722\" class=\"wp-image-4722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1477976_10152399056521679_1450577615_n-2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1477976_10152399056521679_1450577615_n-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1477976_10152399056521679_1450577615_n-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1477976_10152399056521679_1450577615_n-2-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1477976_10152399056521679_1450577615_n-2-567x425.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"><\/noscript><img width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20960%20720%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt data-id=\"4722\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/?attachment_id=4722\" class=\"wp-image-4722 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20960%20720%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1477976_10152399056521679_1450577615_n-2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1477976_10152399056521679_1450577615_n-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1477976_10152399056521679_1450577615_n-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1477976_10152399056521679_1450577615_n-2-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1477976_10152399056521679_1450577615_n-2-567x425.jpg 567w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1477976_10152399056521679_1450577615_n-2.jpg\"><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also experienced the ladies of the Kayan tribe in Bagan, who wear brass coils around their neck. They wear these their entire lives, with the belief that longer necks enhance their beauty.  These coils can weigh up to 20kgs, making quite literal the saying beauty is pain, no matter the society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><noscript><img width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1463624_10152399048931679_1271353072_n.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-4701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1463624_10152399048931679_1271353072_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1463624_10152399048931679_1271353072_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1463624_10152399048931679_1271353072_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1463624_10152399048931679_1271353072_n-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1463624_10152399048931679_1271353072_n-567x425.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"><\/noscript><img width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20960%20720%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt class=\"wp-image-4701 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20960%20720%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1463624_10152399048931679_1271353072_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1463624_10152399048931679_1271353072_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1463624_10152399048931679_1271353072_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1463624_10152399048931679_1271353072_n-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1463624_10152399048931679_1271353072_n-567x425.jpg 567w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1463624_10152399048931679_1271353072_n.jpg\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ngapali Beach, our final Myanmar stop, is a pristine, quiet haven along the Bay of Bengal. Untouched, with white sand, clear turquoise water, and fresh, local cuisine from the fishing village. Dining costs are fair, unaffected by heavy tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><noscript><img width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/537942_10152399057626679_1784436080_n-1.jpg\" alt data-id=\"4702\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.com.au\/blog\/?attachment_id=4702\" class=\"wp-image-4702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/537942_10152399057626679_1784436080_n-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/537942_10152399057626679_1784436080_n-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/537942_10152399057626679_1784436080_n-1-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.wendywutours.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/537942_10152399057626679_1784436080_n-1-567x425.jpg 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The landscape gave a picture-perfect finish to the day. Crabs were out in numbers as I enjoyed the perfect sundowner.  I contemplated the immense sense of calm my experience in Myanmar had brought me. We heard cowbells in the distance and the ground slowly shaking when oxen appeared pulling a load along the beach. 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