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Destination in Myanmar
Around Yangon
Moeyingyi Wetland Sanctuary
The Moeyingyi Wetland Sanctuary locates about 110km from
Yangon. It is accessible by the route Yangon-Bago-Pyinpongyi. It
was established in 1986.The total area of the Moeyingyi Wetland
Sanctuary is about 40sq. mile. The best perisd to visit the
Moeyingyi Wetland Sanctuary is between Nokvember and March.
During that period thousands of birds from northern Asia arrived
here to avoid cold winter out there. They stay here as one of
the stopover. According to the censue conducted in 1998, total
number of over 4,000 birds inhibited in the Sanctuary. You can
watch resident and migratory water birds and enjoyment of
natural view.You also can study wetland environment by boat.
Myaing Hay Wun Elephant Camp
It situates in Taikkyi Township and covers the area of 10
acres. It was established in 1986 and developed recently for
eco-tourism. It can reach by riding a car from Yangon to Pa Lon
with distance of 60 miles. Then from Pa Lon to Kwan Ti Maung is
8 mile, then additional 4.5 mile through forest to arrive Myaing
Hay Wun. The camp is developed from elephant nursing camp to
eco-tourism camp. At the Camp available acivities are studying
of fishes and aquatic creature in nearby fishpond and recreation
by fishing, hiking in the forest, observing training of domestic
elephants, study of capturing wild elephant.
Let- khok-Kone Beach
Located 30 km from Yangon, Let-khok-Kone Beach is the nearest
beach and is therefore a popular weekend picnic site. It is
reached by a ferry boat ride to Dallah followed by a 3 hours'
drive. This beach can get very busy at times, especially on
public holidays.
Thanlyin and Kyauktan
Thanlyin
was formerly known as Syriam. Myanmar usually pronounce as
"Tanyin". It is a city in Yangon Division in Myanmar. It is
located on the bank of Yangon River, and is a major seaport.
Pyay(Prome)
Pyay
(Prome) is only 161 km north of Yangon tavelling along a
well-maintained highway by car. Pyay is situated on the eastern
bank of the Ayeyarwady River o a lovely location. Visitors can
stop over in Pyay and travel on Bagan and Mandalay. Pyay was
anglicized as Prome after the Second Anglo –Myanmar war and in
ancient times was known as Thaye-Khittra (Sri Kshetra) from 1-9
AD. Srikshetra, the ancient pyu capital about five miles to the
east, is interesting place to visit because of their historical
importance and archaeological sites. Interesting places in Pyay
are Shwesandaw Pagoda, Sehtetgyi Pagoda, Baw Baw Gyi pagoda, Be
Be Gyi Pagoda and Payama pagoda. It is famous for the
"Ahkauktaung" which was the custom port in the ancient time and
it is know for its curving on the cliff along the river.
Chaung Thar Beach
Chaung
Thar Beach is a newly opened beach of Myanmar. Located just 6
hours drive from Yangon. An alternative route is an overnight
steamer trip from Yangon, along Twante canal up to Pathein and
then a one and a half hour drive by coach to Chaung Thar Beach.
This beach is also very popular and famous beach in Myanmar. The
highway to Chaung Thar is through the mountain ranges, going up
and down. But as soon as you arrive to the plain, then you will
be very pleased with the sea view. Chaung Thar is a little muddy
compared to Ngwe Saung, but there are a lot of other advantages.
You can have plenty of sea food with very reasonable prices, all
the hotels are in a row, next to each other. The room rates are
also very fair too.
Twante
This town is situated on 24km from Yangon, reachable by road
in an hour or by boat in about two hours on the Twante Canal.
The boat trip provides a view of the life along the canal while
Twante itself provides interest as a center of pottry and
hand-woven cotton cloth. There are over fifty pottery works.
This craft has been handed down from generation to generation
and is still carried on in the time-honored tradition. Twante
pottery is recognized and distributed throughout the country.
Thousands of water pots, flower pots, basins, jars of from 5 to
25 viss capaicity are produced daily.
Taungoo
Locted 175 miles from Yangon and is the only place for
tourists where you can get good accommodation on Yangon-Mandalay
road. Taungoo (Kaytumadi City) was founded by king Mingyinyo in
1510 A.D and later later innovated by King Minye Kyawhtin. All
the four sides of the city wall are still very conspicuously
seen, with the exception of the part of the southern wall. The
wall is built of bricks. About 6.4 m from the wallcity is the
first moat filled with soft mud, which is about 9.6 m wide. It
is one of the main gate way to Bago Yoma and its teak forests in
which you can see how elephants work like pulling logs and to
treat them. But the working site is not stable as it is moving
around, so need to follow where they are. The eastern portion of
Taungoo district is the home to many Kayin. Some places to Visit
Shwesandaw Paya
Myasigon Paya
Kawmudaw Paya
Thargaya Elephant Camp
Ngwe Saung Beach
Ngwe
Saung is also on the western coast of Myanmar on the Bay of
Bengal, nearly directly west of Yangon and a bit south of
Ngapali. It has become popular with tourists in just the last
two or three years and the quality of the beach, sand and water
is comparable to Ngapali Beach. There are only a few hotels
(most of them are deluxe or superior category) however a few
more are being built. Until recently, the beach could be reached
only by car (about 5-6 hours drive) from Yangon or by a tourist
ferry that would make an overnight trip (but sometimes the boat
would not run if they did not have enough bookings). Now, the
new domestic air carrier Air Bagan, has started flying to
Pathein on a regular basis. It is about a 25 minute flight to
the city of Pathein and from there a one hour transfer by car to
the beach. Like Ngapali Beach, the beauty of the beach is
unspoiled and visitors can enjoy a peaceful and relaxing
holiday.
Bago
Bago
was formerly known as Pegu. It is a city and the capital of Bago
Division in Myanmar. It is located 80 km (about 50 miles) from
Yangon. It has a population of 220,000.
Pathein (Bassein)
Pathein is a city (1983 pop. 144,092) and the capital of
Ayeyarwady Division, Myanmar. Lying at the western edge of the
Ayeyarwady river delta, on the Pathein (Ngawan) River 190 km
west of Yangon, Pathein is accessible to large vessels and
despite its distance from the ocean, it is the most important
delta port outside of Yangon. It is also the terminus of a
branch of the main railroad line. The town is a rice-milling and
export center. The British built a fort and established a
garrison in 1826, after the First Anglo-Burmese War. Pathein is
now a peaceful little town with a scenic waterfront, many
Buddhist temples, and Pathein umbrella workshops. The colourful
hand-made umbrellas made in Pathein are famous in Myanmar.
Although once part of the Mon kingdom, Pathein has few ethnic
Mon residents today. There are sizeable minorities of Karen and
Rakhine. The main sight of Pathein is Shwemokhtaw Paya, a
Buddhist temple originally founded (according to local legend)
by King Asoka of India in 305 BC. Bagan’s King Alaungsithu
raised the height of the stupa to 11 meters in 1115 AD, and King
Samodogossa raised it to 40 meters in 1263 AD. The stupa is now
46.6 meters tall, with the topmost layer made of 6.3 kg of solid
gold, the middle tier of pure silver, and the third tier of
bronze, with some 829 diamonds, 843 rubies, and 1588
semi-precious stones. |
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