Karaweik palace barge on Kandawgyi Lake, Yangon, Myanmar

Karaweik palace barge on Kandawgyi Lake, Yangon, Myanmar

On the shore of Kandawgyi Lake in Yangon, Myanmar (aka Burma), stands the gilded palace barge called Karaweik. It’s a concrete replica of a traditional royal floating palace and was built in 1972. Today there’s a restaurant and performance space inside, welcoming visitors with traditional folk music and dance. Kandawgyi Lake itself is man-made, a relic of the British colonial occupation of Burma during the 19th and early 20th centuries.