Yangon has the most colonial-era architecture in Southeast Asia.

Hand-painted movie posters mark the entrance to a theater.

Sule Pagoda in the heart of downtown Yangon.

Shwedagon Pagoda and palms alike reach skyward towards the heavens.

The gilded, 98-meter-tall Swedagon Pagoda is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar.

The golden stupa is made of genuine gold plates added throughout the centuries.

A bold monk stands silent and erect at Shwedagon Paya.

Statues at the base of the stupa.

Extensive temples and stupas surround Shwedagon's central stupa.

monks walk barefoot on the hot marble that surrounds Shwedagon Pagoda.

Botataung Pagoda, near the riverfront.

Inside Botataung Pagoda.

The waterfront area near Botataung Pagoda.

A woman with a red umbrella approaches a boatlanding on the Yangon River.

People wait at the boatlanding to ferry across the Yangon River.

Working boats fight for space at a boatlanding.

The egg-seller. A young girl with her bag of quail eggs crosses the Yangon River on a ferry.

Umbrellas for sale at Bogyoke Market.

A small gathering in an abandoned part of Bogyoke Market

Bicycle taxis race through a Yangon suburb.

A suburban market.

Smiles and scowls, stench and color all mix at a suburban market.