Rocking Gold

When one thinks about traveling to visit a rock, you might not be very inspired to go, but when that rock is defying gravity by one strand of the Buddha's hair underneath you might be a bit more intrigued. Then when you find out it's covered in gold leaves and a tiny pagoda sits on top of it all you might just book a ticket. Well that's exactly what we did. 

Being one of the top buddhist pilgrimage sites in Burma you get to meet many wonderful and talkative monks while placing your own slice of gold leaf on the rock. (Ladies not allowed). When Cassie and I finally walked away from this site we were actually pretty impressed. That rock really is sitting there pretty precariously. It really shines like no rock I've ever seen before and I understand why Monks make the long journey to see this lovely site.