| Myanmar is the land of pagodas. Everywhere you go you will find pagodas some golden and towering others small and white-washed, dotting numerous hilltops and paddy fields through out the country. |
| Yangon, formerly known
as Rangoon, has been the capital of Myanmar since 1755 when King Alaungpaya
captured the riverside village of Dagon from the Mons and renamed it Yangon
- "the end of war". The British called the city Rangoon when they came in1885 because they misheard the Burmese name. The current government corrected the pronounciation of the name and again the city is now referred to correctly as Yangon. The enduring symbol of the city remains the magnificent Shwedagon Pagoda, attracting tens of thousands pilgrims each year. The Pagoda dates back about 2,500 years and was built to house eight sacred hairs of the Buddha. Places of interest : 1. Botataung Pagoda (Temple of a thousand officers) 2. Buddhist Art Museum 3. Martyrs' Mausoleum 4. National Museum 5. Kyaukhtatgyi Pagoda 6. Strand Hotel 7. Bogyoke Market (Scott Market) 8. Kyauktan (Ye Le) Pagoda or Floating Pagoda |
| At Bagan (Pagan) there
are 5000 pagodas still standing, the remains of Myanmar's architectural
Golden Age. Bagan was Myanmar's capital for 230 years. Bagan was founded
in 849 AD and began to blossom in the reign of King Anawrahta (1044-1077),
the 42nd ruler of the Bagan Dynasty. Anawrahta introduced Theravada Buddhism
to the city; before the state religion was a mixture of Mahayana Buddhism
and Brahmanism. Bagan's glory days ended abruptly with the invasion of
the Mongul emperor Kublai Khan in 1287, after which the city was abandoned. Places of interest : 1. Ananda Temple 2. Thatbyinnyu Temple 3. Bagan Museum 4. Gawdawpalin Temple 5. Shwezigon Pagoda 6. Dhammayangyi Temple 7. Buphaya Temple 8. Maha Bodhi Temple 9. Shwegugyi Temple 10. Htilominlo Temple 11. Abeyadana Temple 12. Gubyaukgyi Temple 13. East of Bagan and Excursions 14. Manuha Temple 15. 30.Dhammayangyi Temple 16. 31.Lemyethana 17. 33.Mount Popa 18. 34.Nandamanuya Temple 19. 44.Lokananda Temple |
| Mandalay was founded by
King Mindon in 1857 and previously called Yadanatin. The Irrawady lies
to the west of the former royal capital and the hazy Shan hills stand
to the east. King Mindon was determined to ensure that his city became
the capital of the Buddhist world and the Fifth Buddhist Synod was held
in Mandalay in 1879. Today, despite the absence of the monarchy, Mandalay retains some inhabitants who still use the formal language of the Royal Court and their manners are said to be the most polished in all of Myanamar. Because of its royal past, the city is also a centre for crafts, dance and music. Mandalay is now Myanmar's second largest city, with a population of over half a million. The city is an important river port, the start of the overland route to China and a big market centre for the surrounding area. Places of interest : 1. Royal Palace (Nanmyo) or Mya Nan San Kyaw 2. Shwe Nandaw Cultural Museum 3. Mandalay Hill 4. Kuthodaw Pagoda 5. Silk weaving factory 6. Mingun Bell 7. Sagaing Hill 8. U Bein Bridge 9. Ponnyashin Zedi (Pagoda) |
| Pindaya is a small, charming
town, centred round a lake, called Nattamiekan or Angels Lake. The main
sight in the area is Pindaya Cave (Shwe Oo Min Cave) - the limestone caves
contain a maze of chambers with 6,226 Buddha statues. Some of the images
are tiny, others are huge, and are made of white marble, bronze or plaster,
coated with gold leaf. Some of the smaller caves within the complex serve
as meditation chambers. The main stupa dates from the 12th century.
Sightseeing : |
| This old hill station
on the rim of the Shan Plateau, in the Pineland, remains a favourite place
for holidays. The main attractions of Kalaw are the town itself, with
its mock-Tudor colonial bungalows, its ethnic mix of people, and its setting
within trekking distance of many ethnic minority villages. Sightseeing 1. Cool weather 2. Trekking 3. Ethnic villages |
| Bago was founded by Thamala
and Wimala, two Mon brothers of noble birth in 573 AD. According to legend,
the Buddha rested on a small hillock and two hintha birds came before
him in obeisance. He prophesied that 1,660 years after his death, a city
would be established on that spot which would be a capital but it was
destroyed in 1757 by King Alaungpaya (the founder of Third Burmese Empire). By1795 Bago had a population of less than 6,000. Bago is 2hr drive from Yangon. Places of interest 1. Shwemawdaw Pagoda 2. Hinthagone Hill 3. Kalyani Sima 4. Shwethalyaung Buddha 5. Shwegugale Pagoda 6. Mahazedi Pagoda 7. Kothankothein (9,900,000) Pagoda 8. Ngayangazeh (550) Pagoda 9. Kyut and Lyuk Pagodas |
| The Golden Rock (Kyaiktiyo)
pagoda is in a spectacular location, perched on a huge, seemingly precarious
boulder on the edge of a cliff. A hair of the Buddha is enshrined in the
pagoda, which was supposed to have been given to a hermit monk, who kept
it in his topknot. His last request was that the hair should be enshrined in a pagoda built on a rock, resembling his head. There is a popular belief that those who reach the top will grow rich, and the views are magnificent. Kyaiktiyo is only accessible in the dry season (Oct-Apr). Sightseeing 1. Temple Rock |
| Inle Lake is about 40
km north to south but only 5 km wide. There are more than 200 villages
on or around it with a combined population of about 150,000. Most are
Intha people (Intha means 'sons of the lake'). Inle's most unusual feature is its extraordinary 'leg-rowing fishermen' who have developed an original, eccentric method of rowing their small boats with one leg. Floating gardens are built-up from strips of water hyacinth and mud, dredged from the lake bed. The mixture breaks down into a rich humus; it take 50 years to produce a layer 1m thick. Places of interest 1. Nankand Canal 2. Yadana Manaung Pagoda 3. Phaung Daw U Pagoda 4. Nga Hpe Chaung Monastery 5. Inle Spa |
| Ngapali is Myanmar's best
known beach resort providing the visitor with unspoilt white sand beaches
fringed with coconut groves as far as the eye can see. All along this
coast are lies Asia's undiscovered paradise. Its future as a tourist destination
is unlimited. The area contains many small islands that can be visited
on day trips from main centre. Sightseeing : 1. Beaches 2. Diving 3. Boat trips 4. Swimming |
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