We had an early start this morning and woke up at 4:30am to get ready for the Tsukiji Fish Market. We had amazing Kobe beef yesterday night, so we couldn't wait for our amazing sushi. Our hotel is only a 10 minute walk from the market, so we headed out on foot looking for a delicious breakfast.
After taking the sights in, we decided to stop at the amazing sushi place we went to exactly one year ago. It was just as we had remembered..melt in your mouth o-toro. Oh man.
After stuffing ourselves with all this fresh protein and deliciously creamy uni, we walked around hoping to burn some calories so we could go to another sushi place for one last meal before we headed out to Burma. We were hoping to go to the wholesale marketplace but found out that it was a holiday and was closed for the day... no worries- we just went and got more sushi! Eric and I were in heaven.
After being complete gluttons, off we headed back to Narita airport. What a great layover! We will be back in Japan for another layover when we finish our Burma adventure. And you can bet we will have some more sushi.
After our 8 hour flight, we finally arrived to Yangon! Our family had already started their trip and was in the city of Bagan, so we had the night to ourselves before our early morning flight to Mandalay, where we would finally be reunited.
We were greeted with smiles by our driver and travel agent and were quickly swifter off to our hotel. After meeting a family friend, we went to Feel Restaurant for a traditional Burmese dinner.
There were some things we had to avoid, so we wouldn't get sick, but the meal was good and, of course, spicy. After our dinner of spicy dried lamb, braised pork belly, tofu and vegetables and creamed corn, we quickly headed to Shwedagon Pagoda to catch a glimpse before it closed for the night. It was absolutely breathtaking....
Very similar to the pagodas in Thailand, I would say this pagoda had a lot more gold rather than the green and colorful Thai statues. I guess that's why they call Yangon the golden country. Built in 600 BC, the pagoda has a ton of different Buddhas and so many different stories and tales. There were various sections and Buddhas for the day you were born-Eric and I did a few prayers at the Thursday section since we were both born on Thursday (or so he thinks).
We did a few prayers, worships, learned some history and walked around just simply amazed at how beautiful this place was. I could have spent all night here-it was huge.
The last thing we did was fan the big Buddha. They say that if you fan the Buddha to cool and de-stress him, you yourself will be cool and de-stressed. What a relaxing ending to the night.
We went back to the hotel fairly early for our flight to Mandalay tomorrow. We want to make sure that we get rested for the Liu-Chu-Lee family! Next stop, Mandalay!
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