![]() Unfortunately, we had to go back to Yangon the same evening, and since we didn’t have much time, we had to take the truck, for a 35-minutes ride. Those who know me already know I like to stay active, so obviously I wanted to go up there by foot. They were shooting an ad the day I went thereĪfter arriving in the village, you have two options to go to the golden rock : you can either take a truck (not free) to get up there, or you can hike all the way to the golden rock (it takes about 4 hours). I give all the tips at the end of the article, but we took the bus from Yangon early in the morning, and we arrived 4 hours later in a small village, Kin Pun, around noon (lunch time!). Thanks to Buddha’s hair □ So here I am, on my way to visit the golden rock, which seems to defy the law of gravity. We always feel like the rock is about to roll and smash on the floor, but no, it stands still. By the way, what’s the history behind this golden rock? It’s a very long story and I don’t have all the details but there’s one thing you need to remember : two nats (spirits) put the golden rock at this spot about 2500 years ago! The crazy thing is, this golden rock impressively stands in balance on another rock! I just want to specify this rock has a diameter of 6 meters… According to the legend, the golden rock stands in balance thanks to just one hair of Buddha himself! Let’s go to the golden rock ![]()
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