Explore Chinatown's 19th Street food stalls at night for barbecue skewers and beer

Take a ferry across the Yangon River to Dala for a glimpse of rural life ($2 return)

Eat lahpet thoke (pickled tea leaf salad), mohinga (fish noodle soup), and shan noodles at street stalls

Ride the Yangon Circular Railway for a 3-hour loop through local life ($0.15-0.50)

Visit Shwedagon Pagoda at sunset when the gold gleams in fading light ($5 entry for foreigners)