Stunning Views from Kyaikthanlan Pagoda

Stunning Views from Kyaikthanlan Pagoda - MAWLAMYINE, MYANMAR

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4 жыл бұрын

TIME STAMPS
2:26 Streetside Bread Making
6:14 Walkway to Kyaikthanlan Pagoda
12:42 Rudyard Kipling - Only 3 Days in Burma
16:51 Deep Fried Snacks - A Mix
23:11 Elevator Challenge
24:31 Views from Kyaikthanlan
39:45 Returning for Sunset
42:01 Post-Sunset Dinner
46:49 Summary and Conclusion
48:40 Post Credits Bonus Clip
I chose wisely when it came to my guest house in Mawlamyine, because it turns out it was located just a short distance away from the well-known Kyaikthanlan Pagoda - made famous by Rudyard Kipling.
I ended up going to the pagoda twice in one day, and I broke my usual habit of not seeking out sunsets. The view of the city and the river and the islands was so impressive that I felt I had to return for when the sun dropped down below the horizon.
Cheers,
Douglas (AKA The Cycling Canadian)
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@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

@yananneteoh9818 4 жыл бұрын

The K Pagoda's such a beautiful temple and Mawlamyine's such fine tropical temple city. Excellent video, CC. cAN YOU WEAR SOCKS FOR YOUR WALKABOUT THE TEMPLE? tHIS IS TRULY A FANTASTIC TRAVEL VIDEO TO WATCH. Mawlamyine's is the same as Moulmein - a place name I'd seen In Singapore? IT HAS SUCH A LAST CENTURY CHARM!

@joewin2853 4 жыл бұрын

@@yananneteoh9818 Any form of foot wear on a pagoda or inside a monastery compound is considered as ultimate form of insult. Just FYI.

@sheikhhashimi5082 4 жыл бұрын

August 11

@sheikhhashimi5082 4 жыл бұрын

Kyankin= probability meaning " foundation floor or approximately" but I am not quite sure about, local folk can tell you right meaning.

@yananneteoh9818 4 жыл бұрын

@@joewin2853 thanks.

@NoiceG 4 жыл бұрын

Your vlogs are helping alot with our homesickness. Thanks Doug

@san45myinttun 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, really appreciate and thanks for sharing an experience like this. Definitely it is not an easy task, you know for traveling, taking video, sharing how you feel, providing lots of background knowledge, editing, etc etc. Cheers and take care!

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. I enjoy doing it, and I really enjoy the opportunities the videos give me to interact with people, even if it is only online and here in the comments. My one issue with this new hobby of mine is that it does take quite a bit more time than I expected. 🙂 Doing anything with video just requires time and then more time. I like to be busy and have projects to work on, so that's okay. But I do wish I could do more faster - make and post more videos about a variety of topics, for example, but there are just so many hours in a day and so many days in your tourist visa. I'm hoping a new laptop will help in the future, but I'm still using my old rather slow laptop (which was never meant to process video).

@jesuisrobert808 4 жыл бұрын

@@PlanetDoug I am looking at some online videos on how to edit videos faster and how to edit material better. I really appreciate your videos too.

@theskoomacat7849 3 жыл бұрын

The more I watch the channel, the more I love it. The locations, the commentary, the vibe, it's just what I've been looking for. Thank you so much!

@PlanetDoug 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoy them.

@bridgitshearth 3 ай бұрын

Thanks. I appreciate your leisurely, appreciative, and fresh approach. It's so nice to revisit places through your videos. I lived in Burma for 6 years and this is a pleasure.

@PlanetDoug 3 ай бұрын

You're welcome. You're lucky to have been able to live there for an extended period of time. It's clearly a special kind of place.

@diegoubarte5474 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely Myanmar is a must go and see place...... I'm going to start saving some money to go there someday soon 🙏

@omnifocusybs9391 4 жыл бұрын

Everyone is Welcome to visit Myanmar! :)

@kaungko7393 4 жыл бұрын

The sheets are wrapping for springroll and samosa. In Myanmar we use DD/MM/YYYY.

@tonymoly8739 4 жыл бұрын

Having fried rice and noodles cooked on a cast iron hot plate/griddle is like having teppanyaki...simply delicious .😋

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

It was surprisingly tasty. I wasn't expecting to get that much crisp texture and sharp flavor from both the rice and the noodle dish. I guess it's because of how fresh everything was and how it was cooked quickly on that heavy griddle at a high temperature.

@hanwin651 4 жыл бұрын

I was there in last April . You got a stunning view . I think there was a land slide during raining season last year so they are doing renovation. Great video !

@alaintran5790 4 жыл бұрын

Douglas been a fan of its I watch all ur videos on Friday nights very interesting hope u have a nice time

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. 🙏😌

@WanderEats 4 жыл бұрын

What a majestic Pagoda and the view is fantastic indeed. Gosh I wish I could fly there now.. argghhhhhh

@dindings 8 ай бұрын

19:57 you and I are used to the European church style temple where you go there for some sort of peace but here they even have shops in the temples and they have speakers to spread the message, it’s a good thing we have so much diversity in this world

@ymbakery4429 4 жыл бұрын

Welcome to our Home Town 😊😊

@alikhaled8405 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you brother for these wonderful and useful videos and your English is smooth and understandable

@glasssmirror2314 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Mr Douglas Eversince I watched yr videos I abandoned all such vlogs and pinned to yr interesting vlogs with significantly abundant details Keep going on and tks 4 uploading

@agentmmarts3059 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Legendary Senior Doug. Once again another interesting show. Love your courage #Sir.

@athenab359 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting video. Beautiful and interesting country. Will definitely visit next year. Learning a lot from your videos

@thomaslee7329 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful Burma! Thanks for taking me along - Thomas Lee

@Snapper238 4 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this video very much, thank you. Great slogan for a t-shirt... "Don't forget to look up"

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

It's a habit that has served me well. I remember in Dhaka, it was very easy to get focused on the ground in front you in those narrow laneways. But if you looked up, you were rewarded with all kinds of incredible sights. I've just noticed over the years that I often walked around looking at the ground in cities and I'd often miss a lot of stuff that was above me. So now I try to remember to look up. 🙂

@CL-mt3mn 4 жыл бұрын

It is better to look both up and down. Places like KL with so many high rise buildings and incomplete construction structures, you certainly need to look up. You also need to look down to avoid those broken concrete drain covers. In Myanmar, it’s the pagodas with the beautiful spires, the creative artwork on ceilings and the blue sky that you might miss if you don’t look up. Looking down from the top of a pagoda or a hill, you get those stunning countryside views. So, do look up and look down.

@Snapper238 4 жыл бұрын

@@CL-mt3mn yes, I hear you. I travel in SE Asia a lot 😉

@SI-jx4po 4 жыл бұрын

Really thank and appreciate you to help our country for a better image

@therock8224 3 жыл бұрын

BTW this pagoda holds great significance and memories for me. I'm not sure how long after your actual visits to the places you go you upload your videos, though I assume it's shortly afterward (like a day or a couple of days later?) In any case, it was just under 3 years to the day from the date of uploading this video (from memory Nov 22, 2016) that I went up to this pagoda with my family and enjoyed the view in the early morning. It was a watershed moment as my family were vacationing in Thailand and Myanmar for 2 weeks in between their move from Australia to their new home in southern France after decades of residence in Australia. They had recently retired so that was their retirement plan. The previous day we traveled from Bangkok to Mawlamyine via the Mae Sot/Myawaddy border crossing. Drove to Mae Sot, parked our car there, then took a taxi across the bridge and all the way to Mawlamyine. Total driving time not including rest stops, lunch or the border crossing was about 10 hours (6.5 from Bangkok to Mae Sot and 3.5 from Mae Sot to Mawlamyine). The Mae Sot-Mawlamyine section will reduce to 2 hours once the highway between Hpa-an and Kawkareik has been fully upgraded, which will probably occur next year. Our driver who we hired for the entire trip, would take us down to Thanpyuzayat to visit the death railway museum and war memorial cemetery, then Dawei and Maungmagan beach for a couple of nights shortly after we visited this pagoda and on the way back we also visited the reclining Buddha in Mudon, Thaton and Hpa-an, before returning to Bangkok so my parents and brother could catch their midnight flight out to Paris. Unfortunately, that driver we had passed away from a lung infection 2 years to the month later, aged only 45. That's why I remember that trip so well and why it remains so significant for me. I did use his services again on 2 more occasions for business in early 2017, after which his health declined and he stopped driving towards the end of 2017. So kind of a poignant experience when I think about it.

@komyoedesign 4 жыл бұрын

This is my home town & it still have up there of my murel paintngs still there...! But now I am living in New York since 1992 until now.

@linlinsoe5732 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much this is my home town

@agentmmarts3059 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting one there Doug.

@CL-mt3mn 4 жыл бұрын

Always enjoy spring rolls but this is the first time seeing the mechanical automation of making the skins or wraps. Kyaikthalan Pagoda is really stunning especially against the deep blue sky. The walking bridge has stupa shaped roofs with intricate features. Very nice architectural design for the whole temple. Stunning views all around it too. Could easily understand how Kipling could relate the beautiful setting of Moulmein to a romantic poem. Glad that you went back to film the sunset. The monks were out to enjoy the sunset and perhaps they were having a spiritual discourse. You could actually join in for the discussion they were having. Nice dinner; glad you were able to eat well. This video is highly appreciated and I am thinking it is a must visit place on my next visit to Myanmar.

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

I was fascinated by the process of making the wraps. The technique they used is one of those things that looks easy. But I bet if I tried to do it, it would be a disaster. It would take a lot of practice to develop that skill. I'm sure you know what I was talking about in the video - how all over Asia you see people in shops and cafes and restaurants preparing food and drinks in almost magical ways. They've been chopping or mixing or spreading the items in that exact way for so many years that they are like masters of an art form. Even the people making teh tarik and pouring the tea from container to container like a dance. It WAS interesting to see the monks there to enjoy the sunset. That is something that has struck me during my time in Myanmar. I'm visiting these famous pagodas as a tourist, but a lot of the people from Myanmar visiting the pagodas are also tourists. They are often from out of town and visiting the pagoda for some of the same reasons I was. I had gone up to Kyaikthanlan to see the sunset, but all of those monks were there for the same reason. They were all talking about the sunset and they all had their smartphones out and were taking pictures of the sunset just as I was. In fact, on my way up for the sunset, I was joined by a young monk from out of town. We got to chatting as we walked, and I learned he was from a faraway town, and, just like me, he had heard that the sunset was beautiful at Kyaikthanlan. He was beside me the whole time as I filmed the sunset, and he was taking pictures of the sunset. We didn't discuss spiritual things, but we had a nice chat about the beautiful views and all the normal things that fellow tourists talk about. 🙂

@CL-mt3mn 4 жыл бұрын

I think food preparation and cooking with various methods and secret ingredients have both art and science elements to them. I suppose if you do ‘teh tarik’ every minute, every hour and every day, you will become an expert too, and do a little twist while pulling tea. Making the spring roll wraps is completely a different thing. It is not so much a disaster to the wraps but the danger of burning your hands with the dough on the hot iron plates that matters.

@CL-mt3mn 4 жыл бұрын

In my opinion, a job or task done repetitively will become easy. Just like what you are doing for your vlog; all the filming, the research on a subject, your voice narration, the editing, etc - the quality of your vlog is getting more and more interesting and fun. It is the same for other jobs like teaching and writing, and other physical or mental tasks. There’s a saying in teaching meditation that if you practice meditating for an hour every morning for a month, you may achieve a level that you find it easy to continue doing or becoming an expert in it.

@CL-mt3mn 4 жыл бұрын

Also, if you stop doing a job or a task such as cooking or teaching that you were good at for sometime, you may find that your skills and techniques would slowly disappear. When you do go back to those tasks, you may remember certain skills but putting them into practice can be quite difficult until after a while of doing them repetitively.

@RizwanAli-tn4rm 4 жыл бұрын

amazing

@ajaycan 4 жыл бұрын

great video! life is simple n nice! why complicate it! 😊😊😊

@khinmoe7393 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@irvhh143 4 жыл бұрын

When the sun sets in Asia, it is sunrise back home.

@therock8224 3 жыл бұрын

8:40 it's probably D-M-Y (day-month-year) as that is standard outside of China, the USA and a few other countries. That stated, I don't know what format the British used back in the 30s when they ruled the country, but more than likely it was day-month-year as they do currently.

@PlanetDoug 3 жыл бұрын

I always get confused about that and have to think about it every time the date format comes up. I grew up with the month-day-year pattern in Canada. And that's how my brain works because it's how I would say the date: January 29, 2021. Month, day, year. So I get confused whenever I come across the day-month-year pattern. That pattern does make sense because it goes from the smallest unit of time to the largest. It's logical. But my brain fights against it and always wants to start with the month. 🙂

@therock8224 3 жыл бұрын

@@PlanetDoug I see. I understand that in Canada, you're generally using Day-Month-Year now (I think they changed this a few decades ago). That's the format used on government documents and visas for instance. Whereas in the USA, it remains firmly Month-Day-Year. In spoken language, or if you write it out like you did, then Month-Day-Year is common throughout much of the English speaking world, but in shorthand it generally becomes Day-Month-Year to avoid confusion.

@agentmmarts3059 4 жыл бұрын

Mawlamyine seems a great historic and Ancient city.

@alfmyat4369 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Doug.Its awhile now since your last video .looking forward to your next video,its always informative so hope everything is alright with you in Myanmar/from sydney

@SUPERSOUL000 4 жыл бұрын

Beads are for mindfulness similar to meditation. There are 108 beads. Some people chant like Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha for each beads. You can do 3reps , 9 reps, 18 reps, 108 reps, etc.

@DenisePoh 4 жыл бұрын

Happy thanksgiving

@joewin2853 4 жыл бұрын

Those guys were making egg roll/spring roll wrappers early in the video. What a spectacular sunset Doug, Thank you for that a million dollar view. I'll bet young Kipling didn't get to see the kind of sunset you just taped, otherwise he would have no need to make up a poem about some imaginary Burmese girl on a hill. :) You need to get up on the Mandalay Hill for a sunset some day. Shwedagon Pagoda can also be pretty good sunset viewing spot since it is on the hill, I know it used to be when we were kids. There were a lot fewer structures around the Shwedagon pagoda to obstruct the view back then. BTW, I recommend visiting a pagoda either early in the morning or later in the afternoon for obvious reasons especially on a clear hot days.

@Jean-Naimar 4 жыл бұрын

Nice town, I went few years ago

@theinko723 Жыл бұрын

@3:02 I think the guy said "spring roll". Haha

@sitpainghein2729 4 жыл бұрын

This city is near my home town. I live in Mudon

@peterbackpack2282 4 жыл бұрын

How far from mudon to dawei

@sitpainghein2729 4 жыл бұрын

@@peterbackpack2282 about 7 hours

@maume8278 4 жыл бұрын

They are making rice paper for spring roll.

@SLThanlu 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great video. Very good picture quality, G85? I look forward to the day you start uploading 4K video. ;-)

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

This one was a mixture. I had the GoPro mounted on the hotshoe of the G85. The two cameras were pointing in opposite directions, and I switched back and forth between them. I love shooting video that way. The GoPro offers so many advantages. But having the zoom capability of the 12-60mm on the G85 makes me think in more cinematic terms, and I make more of an effort to try and capture nice imagery and close-ups. I don't generally think about that when I'm shooting with only the GoPro. Actually, chatting back and forth with you about cameras a little bit has given me some energy to buckle down and come to grips with the G85 and use it more often and try to get the best image quality out of it that I can. It's kind of silly to be out there chasing down what I think is a better and better camera when I barely know how to use the one I already have. Perhaps I should try to master the G85 before I think I need to switch to something else. 😀

@mohdk2299 4 жыл бұрын

You didn't find a good spot for tripod for the sunset shoot or you run out of time? Time lapse view would be stunning.

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't even think about doing a time lapse or anything like that. I just haven't been thinking along those lines - capturing beautiful shots and doing technical things. It's all I can do, it seems, to hit record and try to hold the camera steady and get things in focus. 🙂

@selfreflection2117 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful scenery at sunset from the pagoda and a lot cooler too. It has a romantic feel to it. If it's allowed, I suggest you wear socks next time you visit a pagoda. I wonder if you have ever been inside Masjid Jamek in KL before. Interesting insight into Rudyard Kipling poem Mandalay. Wet wipes always come in handy when water is not available.

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

I've walked past and around Masjid Jamek so many times that I feel like I've been inside. But I actually haven't. I've never gone through the entrance and into the mosque or the mosque grounds themselves. Socks would certainly make it more comfortable to walk on those hot stones, but as people were discussing in the comments above, I think even socks are not permitted. I certainly never saw anyone wearing socks. Lots of people were sitting and relaxing and eating and drinking in the pagodas I visited, but no footwear of any kind. The better strategy would probably be to be smarter than me and visit the pagodas in the morning or late afternoon. Those mid-day visits when the sun is at its hottest are not wise. 🙂 Yes, I thought that little snippet about Kipling was interesting. From what I read, he DID know a lot about Burma/Myanmar. He lived in India for much of his life, and he was involved in the affairs of Burma and read about it and wrote about it. So he was quite knowledgeable. But as far as I know, he was only physically in the country for 3 days, and most of that time was spent on the boat. I couldn't track down all the exact details, but I think his steamer stopped at the dock in Moulmein/Mawlamyine, and he took advantage of that to go ashore and make the short climb up to Kyaikthanlan Pagoda. It was on this walk that he spotted a beautiful Burmese woman sitting on the steps near the pagoda, and it was the sight of her that inspired the poem. But he just walked back down the hill to the river and got back on his boat. I don't think he spent more than an hour or two on shore in Mawlamyine. And as I noted in the video, he never went farther north than Yangon. So he never visited Mandalay at all.

@lovelybambister 4 жыл бұрын

Shoes or socks are not allowed on all pagodas across Myanmar.

@selfreflection2117 4 жыл бұрын

@@lovelybambister thanks for the info.

@jimmyjet4467 4 жыл бұрын

'Kyaik' simply means 'pagoda' in Mon language. Since you are in Mon state now, you will see that the names of pagodas start with the word 'kyaik'.

@joewin2853 4 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Jet as in Lasho Thein Aung? I am a big fan. :D Kyaik-Tan-Lan >>> Kyaik=Pagoda, Tan=Shan/Tai/Thai, Lan=To Ward off. It is a Mon name, it was built as a protector (good luck charm) to ward off attacking Thai King's army from the costal Mon Kingdom. Maw-La-Mying is foreigner's degraded name from original Mon name of the city Mat-Mwe-Lo >>> Mat=Eye, Mwe=One, Lo=destroyed(blinded) >>> one blind eye >>> named after this old Mon king who was gifted with a 3rd eye (in legends) that was capable of vision beyond present time, whose 3rd eye was later destroyed by the enemy(Thai king presented him with his daughter for marriage who was instructed to destroy the third eye). Wicked! :)

@anoldgod 4 жыл бұрын

@@joewin2853 Interesting that legend is strikingly similar to the legend of King Duttabaung.

@joewin2853 4 жыл бұрын

@@anoldgod Pyu legends vs Mon legends might get a little mixed up over time since mostly stories passed down for generations(written records are hard to come by).

@thihanzin 4 жыл бұрын

Just curious. Do you only have one shirt or a bunch of them of the same colour and style?

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

I do have one other T-shirt, but I don't find it to be that comfortable and I don't wear it often. So, yep, I pretty much wear the same shirt every single day. 🙂 I wash it, of course. But it's one of those sporty/travel quick-dry shirts, so you can wash it and rinse it really fast and it will be dry in no time. I also have one shirt that is more of a dress shirt with buttons and a collar. But the material is way too thick and heavy to wear it in the heat of most of the countries I visit. I only wear it when I go to banks or government offices or places that are more formal.

@therock8224 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what your plans are after the borders reopen but you did mention in one of your March 2020 videos when the border was closing (or had just closed) as you were in Mae Sot, that you would like to get back to Myanmar. Just out of curiosity, are you basically intending to spend most of your time traveling around SE Asia/South Asia? That would explain why you are wanting to spend as much time in Myanmar as possible. Anyway, once borders reopen, I suggest you try an agency to get you a 70-day business visa if possible. They may be able to find you a sponsor (which could be a Burmese travel agency) which gives you a lot more time in the country and I believe business visas can also be extended in-country. I make this suggestion because it appears you've already spent several months in Myanmar since 2019 and look like you want to spend a few more. Going the old 28 day tourist visa route is fine too, but if you can get yourself a 70 day visa it will make life a lot easier. I've held several business visas, which were very easy to apply for, yet I've never spent more than 15 days in the country on any one visit.

@PlanetDoug 3 жыл бұрын

I wasn't aware that a business visa was a possibility for Myanmar. A 70-day visa with the possibility of extending it without leaving the country would certainly be a big advantage over the standard 28-day tourist visa. I guess I just never came across it as an option when I was preparing for my trips there. As for the future, I think my time for returning to Myanmar as passed. Even if borders open up soonish and I have the money to keep traveling (which is less and less likely as the pandemic continues 😁), I'd probably end up going to some new places. At this point, though, I have to think about going back to work somewhere. I'm not sure where, though.

@therock8224 3 жыл бұрын

@@PlanetDoug I see. Well perhaps you can make some money out of vlogging? A lot of YTubers residing in the region, including in Thailand are doing that. Or you could go down the old English teaching route...perhaps even in Thailand. Although the pay is of course, not nearly as good as in Taiwan or Korea. However, living costs in Thailand are generally lower. Vietnam is another possibility. Pay scales are similar to Thailand (some say even a bit higher) and living costs are lower. Or you could try China. I taught in China for a year after finishing my engineering degree before starting my career in that field. In order to get a 70-day business visa, I'd suggest seeking out a Thai travel agency that specializes in Burmese visas. There will be some in Chiang Mai (where there is a Burmese consulate) and of course, Bangkok. The area to look for will be in proximity to these consular offices. In Bangkok, this is Pan street, where the old Burmese embassy was located (it has now moved just a few doors down to Sathorn Road). Another option is emailing Burmese travel agencies in Yangon and seeing whether they can help, for a fee. If yes, they will send you the documents needed to apply and you can apply for a business e-visa online the same way as for a tourist e-visa. All you need to do in addition is upload the extra documents (business license and invitation letter) and pay an extra US$20 and allow an extra day or two for processing compared to the tourist visa. All this will only become relevant after borders have already re-opened. I guess checking out new countries is probably more exciting though...you can always come back to Myanmar another time. Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam beckon. Maybe even the Philippines? I think borders will open during the second half of this year, although it's not known whether this is more likely to be July or October. Earlier reports suggested some travel bubbles being established during the second half of April, but that's gone quiet now. Any plans on returning to Canada for a bit? Whatever your plans are, I wish you the best of luck. I am also currently in Thailand. Might breeze through Mae Sot around April or May...if you're still there at that time we might cross paths.

@TinaKarunaKyi 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic vlog. Thank you again. 2:55 You asked, “What do you call this?” You didn’t get his answer right. Neither did I in the first round. He said, “Spring roll. Spring roll.” Hard to understand if one speaks so fast and improperly.

@omnifocusybs9391 4 жыл бұрын

It's actually called Kaw Pyant for Burmese And, Spring Roll for English :)

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

That's so funny. Now when I listen to it, I can hear that he is saying "spring roll." But at the time, I wasn't listening for English words. I was listening for the local name. But I have the worst ears on the planet for making out sounds and words in any language. 🙂

@Tararsupport 4 жыл бұрын

How is Myanmar for Muslims tourist, safe?

@NZH336 9 ай бұрын

Moulmeinq❌ Mawlamyine✅

@thetsoehtike 4 жыл бұрын

can you go visit to Monywa Myanmar to see the 2nd tallest Buddha statue in the world? i always wanted to visit there too. :)

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion. I didn't know about Monywa. I just spent a few minutes online reading about the city, and it looks like an interesting place to visit. I'll see if I can make it there when I go to Mandalay.

@tonymoly8739 4 жыл бұрын

That guy who parked his car at the archway and held up the traffic behind probably paid his road tax and thinks he owns the road as well...😂

@jesuisrobert808 4 жыл бұрын

How has your experience been with the Google translator and the Myanmar language and conversing with the people?

@namkhamged 4 жыл бұрын

08:55 I believe the date was 11 August, 1930 not November 8, 1930

@TunTunVlogsCanada 4 жыл бұрын

I envy ur life

@tonymoly8739 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, you removed your shoes too early, and it’s not a great idea to walk barefooted on the roads as you may injure yourself. Perhaps you should have put your shoes back on till you get to the pagoda premises. Just follow what the locals do and you can’t go wrong. I hope you’ve brought wet wipes along to clean your feet after walking about on the roads and in the pagodas. They actually give them out to visitors in certain pagodas in Mandalay and Yangon.

@joewin2853 4 жыл бұрын

If you are not sure whether you should/could wear shoe near a pagoda, follow this simple rule: if you see other civilians wearing the footwear you can too. if you see cars, cycles and such driving in the area where you are at(like the road Doug was walking on without shoes), you can wear the footwear. Any dedicated covered walkways leading up to a pagoda should be without footwear. These are just local customs in Burma, other Buddhist countries will likely observe different practices.

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

After my visits to Kyaikthanlan and to other pagodas in Mawlamyine, I got a pretty good sense of where you are expected to remove your footwear. The walkways all seemed to follow the same pattern where there would be a long section at the beginning that ended at a kind of main road. Then you crossed the road to get to the final section of the walkway leading into the pagoda itself. The local people all kept their footwear on (and rode motorcycles) through that first section of the walkway right up until you reached the main road and the final climb. At that point, footwear came off and you continued barefoot. The lower sections were really quite dirty with lots of dogs living there (with all that that implies) plus lots of other icky stuff and smells. You can't really be expected to walk there barefoot. I did on that visit because I just didn't know the customs, and it was better to be safe I thought. Kyaikthanlan was also a bit of a special case because the upper portion of the walkways were all under construction and were closed. And that's why I ended up walking along the actual asphalt of the road in my bare feet. I probably should have put my sandals on at that point just to be safe, but it was too much work and too hot to bother. So I just stepped carefully. 😀 I never used to carry wetwipes, but I happen to have a couple of packages with me, and they have come in very handy.

@thetsoehtike 4 жыл бұрын

the floor is lava. lol

@omnifocusybs9391 4 жыл бұрын

How is Mawlamyine so far?

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

I like Mawlamyine quite a bit. For a visitor, Mawlamyine has a lot to offer. The central district where many of the main attractions are located is small enough that it's easy to get around. I could even walk everywhere - to the central market, to the boat to Shampoo Island, to the famous pagodas up on the ridge, and along the river down Strand Road. And my guest house can provide scooters, so I can go a bit farther if I want - over to Ogre Island and to Mudon and places like that. So it's a good town to spend some time in.

@omnifocusybs9391 4 жыл бұрын

@@PlanetDoug Mawlamyine has lots of hotels with bicycle rentals. You could get around with a bicycle too. Enjoy your stay :) -Omni Focus

@roygoad2870 4 жыл бұрын

Nearly all of your vlogs you are mostly alone, your choice of course, do you ever feel lonely while on the road seeing the sights? Nice to see so little pollution, Iam in New Delhi and the smog can get very bad, it’s so bad they often close the schools and a lot of people wear masks.

@PlanetDoug 4 жыл бұрын

No, I don't get lonely at all. I guess it's just my nature to be somewhat solitary. Even when I was younger, I always preferred to go off on my own. I remember even as a kid, I would go off on camping trips with my family, and the normal thing would be for everyone to crowd into the tent camper. There were three or four beds in there and we could all sleep in there together. But I would go crazy, and I would do anything I could to set up my own pup tent twenty or thirty feet away so I could have sleeping space to myself. I've lived that way for so long that it just feels normal and natural. I do like spending time with people, but I guess I like the simplicity of a solitary life. 🙂 The clear, blue skies and fresh air in this area is definitely nice. In the afternoon, you sometimes want a bit of cloud cover to soften the hammer blows of that hot sun, but it's nice to be away from the smog of big city life.

@jamespriyam9362 4 жыл бұрын

It seems that you expose yourself to a lot of sun. Sometimes it leads the cells of our skin to divide abnormally. Please take care.

@alaintran5790 4 жыл бұрын

Douglas u can’t eat at Buddhist temples that’s disrespected

@joewin2853 4 жыл бұрын

This is not true, not in Burma anyway. As long as you carry out your snacking tasks away from folks praying/meditating etc. it is OK as long as you are discrete and respectful to your surrounding. There are gathering areas reserved for out of town visitors to rest and snack in the large pagodas especially.

@alaintran5790 4 жыл бұрын

Vietnamese we don’t eat

@alaintran5790 4 жыл бұрын

And we don’t bring foods containing meats I travel all over south Vietnam and visited many Buddhist temples

@joewin2853 4 жыл бұрын

@@alaintran5790 I am sure you are right that it is Vietnamese local custom, not so in Burma.

@htetaunglinn8217 4 жыл бұрын

That's not true bro.We can play,eat,sleep,also we can stay at nearest monastery for free,but take the shoes off ,wearing longyi not short pants and also some pogoda prohibit woman go near buddah that's our tradition. Min galar par,hello.

@abdmanafali2975 4 жыл бұрын

I think you shouldn't have removed your shoes and walk barefoot on the road, you see those 'orange pigments' on the road? I'm sure those are from betel nut spit...

@SUPERSOUL000 4 жыл бұрын

Kyaik means pagoda in Mon language. The words "Kyaik, Pagoda, Phaya, Buddha, Gautama" are basically the same thing. There are plenty of pagoda' names starting with Kyaik. It pronounces as Kyaik Than Lan.( Kyaik - yike - kyike ) For Kyankin (Kyan - Yan - Kyan ) (kin - kinn ). For loud speaker noise, I couldn't even stand it. Most local young people do not like it too. Most old local people are ignorant. All they care is about donation. They don't care about other people. Government and famous monks tell people not to use loud speaker for donation or anything. It has nothing to do with religion. People don't listen most of the time. But don't try to tell or do anything about it. It will be a big problem.

@overnightpc 4 жыл бұрын

This message is not for you, Douglas. I know you always made very good researches on locals before doing something that the locals did. Always with excellent researches and remarks before posting the full video here. This message is just for the old ladies who were having snacks in front of a holy place like they are on their picnic even they are locals and Buddhists. This is totally disrespectful and awful to watch although I know this is the problem that every religion are facing. Even the ways they behaved in front of the Buddha image was totally awful. Speechless.... Sorry if my comment makes you feel uncomfortable. I just can't stand that group of old ladies. Waiting up for your next adventure!!

@joewin2853 4 жыл бұрын

Myint Phyo Zaw You can walk up to shwe da gon today and you will see people eating and sleeping in the za-yats(little covered structures on the outer corner of campus) and families picnicking behind the za-yats with their lunch boxes. This has been going on for as long as shwe da gon has existed. Many folks make day trip travels to the pagoda from distant outlying areas of Yangon on slow trains and buses on their day offs packing their lunch boxes to pay pilgrimage to the pagoda. They spend the day on the pagoda, have their lunches and rest a bit and long journey back home. This is very much a part of Shwe da gon and many of big famous burma pagoda scene for decades before we were even born. Back in the days when shwe da gon was accessible for 24hr, there were volunteer members(Arakan association/ Dawei association etc.) would take turn to sleep over on the pagoda to cook and offer early morning food offerings(Arr-Yon-Soon)right on the pagoda in their association buildings on the campus. Of course it is very disrespectful and down right rude to sit down and have a meal right in front of hundreds of people praying and meditating etc. Many folks are very respectful and discreet about eating around the pagoda they do this out of sight. Lord Gautama does not care where you eat your lunch, it is all about love and respect you show to other beings around you that really matters. :)

@stevesett1130 4 жыл бұрын

Since when eating at the temple became socially wrong?

@CL-mt3mn 4 жыл бұрын

I think the Temple serves the community and not the other way round. As long as it is a healthy gathering with simple food served without alcohol and meats, there’s obviously no offense to anyone around the Temple. From what I could see, the old ladies were not impolite to anyone including the Cycling Canadian. They were just happy folks, eating and catching up with friends. I think with low literacy rate in the countryside, temples often serve as centers of learning though informal. Often the sutras are read out through the amplifier for the community to learn about Buddhism or the way of life.

@CL-mt3mn 4 жыл бұрын

Joe Win 👍 Love and respect is what Buddha has been teaching. Most of the rules set by human beings are not so friendly to our own kind. Just go back to the very basic. Respect another human being and you will be respected.

@overnightpc 4 жыл бұрын

Bro Win, appreciate your comment and apology if you got my message in diverted meaning. I knew well about the places we used to have our foods/snacks while we are on Pagoda. Just look at the footage back, the place where those ladies were having the snacks was not a za-yat or a reserved place which is destined for the folks to have meals or foods. That was right in front of the Shay-Myit-Nar Buddha images where we should pay our deep respect as well. Although Buddha will not care where we eat or do anything as we enjoy, we should always pay respect and behave well with our own minds as the fellow devoted Buddhists. I may be wrong but I would never do like them.

@agentmmarts3059 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Legendary Senior Doug. Once again another interesting show. Love your courage #Sir.

@agentmmarts3059 4 жыл бұрын

Mawlamyine seems a great historic and Ancient city.