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Yangon, Myanmar
Yangon (formerly Rangoon) possesses the largest collection of colonial architecture in Southeast Asia, and walking its downtown streets feels like stepping into a time warp. Grand Victorian, Edwardian, and Art Deco buildings line the streets, many charmingly dilapidated, with trees growing from rooftops and balconies draped in laundry. The Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar's most sacred Buddhist site, is breathtaking at sunset when its golden dome catches the last light. The downtown area around Sule Pagoda is a grid of colonial streets with the Strand Hotel, City Hall, and High Court as landmarks. Bogyoke Aung San Market (Scott Market) offers lacquerware, gems, and textiles under colonial-era covered arcades. Chinatown's 19th Street comes alive at night with outdoor barbecue stalls and beer stations. The Yangon Circular Railway offers a three-hour loop through the city's neighborhoods by train.
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Yangon's sidewalks are often occupied by street vendors and tea shops — walk in the road edge where necessary and keep an eye out for loose paving stones.
November through February offers the coolest and driest weather. The Shwedagon is magnificent at any time but especially atmospheric during the Thadingyut Festival of Lights in October.