Botahtaung Pagoda

The day starts at the Botahtuang Pagoda, a religious monument rumored to have been built 2,500 years ago and contain the hair of the Buddha. The stupa is highly revered in the Buddhist community and one of the city’s most important landmarks.

The Secretariat

For over 120 years, it has been the epicenter of countless changes in the political progression of Myanmar. It contains the Yangon Parliament House where Burma’s self-rule first began and the room where the assassination of General Aung San, the father of Modern Myanmar, and 7 cabinet members on 19th July 1947. After Independence in 1948, the new government of the Union of Burma used the complex to house various ministries and government departments. The Secretariat then became known as the “Minister’s Office.”