Kandawgyi Lake (or Great Royal Lake) is an artificial lake in the center of Yangon. It’s a pleasant place where locals start their day exercising (it opens at 5am and it’s free for all until 7am). I went there twice during my stay in Yangoon. The lake is famous for the replica of the Pyigyimon Royal Barge (Karaweik). The barge is made of concrete and was build in 1972.
Karaweik or Karaweik Hall is a palace on the eastern shore of Kandawgyi Lake, and is now a restaurant. The restaurant is a tourist attraction because there is a traditional puppet theater show every night. The entrance of the restaurant is really impressive at night with all the lights, I wish we had come a little earlier to have a blue sky rather than the black sky, but we were still at the Shwedagon Pagoda during the blue hour.
Royal Barge Reflection.
The Royal Barge (Karaweik) built in 1972.
Passing by the barge.
Details of Karaweik. It’s based on the Pyigyimon Royal Barge.
Details of the Royal Barge.
This is the part 3 of my travel in Burma:
– Part 1: Shwedagon Pagoda
– Part 2: Sule Pagoda
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