A few more random, secondary sights before we get to the main attraction, Shwedagon Pagoda. Inya Lake is a huge lake north of the city centre. Much of the lake is surrounded by old colonial mansions now occupied by the country's elite. Aung San Suu Kyi is under house arrest in one such house, while Ne Win, the dictator who originally imprisoned her and had been her archnemesis for decades before he recently died, lived across the lake. There's also a big golden dragon which looks great from afar, although up close its a slightly derelict restaurant made of painted cement.

Also pictured is Sule Pagoda, back in the center of the city. It's the oldest temple in Yangon, and popular with worshippers, although it's now somewhat marooned in a sea of traffic.