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Yangon with over five million inhabitants,
is a main gateway to travel by Air or by Sea for the
tourists. King Alaung Paya, Conqueror of the Third
Myanmar Empire gave the name of the city from Dagon to
Yangon ...
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Bago is situated
about 80 km north east of Yangon. Bago was founded in
573 A.D. by two Mon Princes from Thahton. It was the
Capital of Mon Kingdom in 15th century.
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Once visiting
Myanmar, one should see the mystical
Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda –
a stupa standing on a gold glided boulder, delicately
perched on the edge of a cliff at the top of hill ...
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Mandalay, the last
royal capital of Myanmar Kingdom was founded in 1857 by
King Mindon and became royal capital in 1861. Mandalay
is also the second capital of Myanmar as well as the
second gateway to travel ....
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Mingun is located
on the western bank of the river Ayeyarwaddy,
approximately 7 miles north of Mandalay. It is reached
by ferryboats across the river and takes 1 hour for
up-river and 40 minutes for down-river. ....
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Sagaing lies 21km
south-west of Mandalay on the west bank of the
Ayeyarwaddy River. Sagaing became the capital of an
independent Shan kingdom around 1315 after the fall of
Bagan...
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Inwa was formerly
known as Yadana Pura. It was first founded as a capital
by King Thado Minbya in 1364 A.D. It is the confluence
of the Ayeyarwaddy & Myint Nge rivers. .
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Amarapura lies on
the left bank of the Ayarwaddy River. A suburb of
Mandalay, it is also known as Taung-myo or Myohaung
which is founded by King Bodawpaya in 1783 as his new
capital...
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It is 69 km away from
Mandalay and over 1000 m above sea level.
Pyin Oo Lwin is
well-known for its colonial style housing with pine
trees, eucalyptus and silver oak. It is cool and
pleasant the whole year round.
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Over 2000 Temples and
Pagodas (11th – 13th centuries) lies in 42 sq.km makes
Bagan one of the
richest archaeological site in Asia. Bagan was founded
at the present site by King Pyinbyu in 849 A.D..
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Mt. Popa is an
extinct volcano that is estimated to have erupted for
the final time, over three hundred and twenty thousand
years ago. H.L. Chhibber in his publication "The Igneous
Rocks of the Mount Popa Region", ..
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Visitors to the
ancient capital Bagan often make a 20 miles (15
kilometers) trip south to see
Sale (pronounced
Sa-lay), an ancient town rich in Myanmar culture....
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Inle lake is located in the heart of Shan
State which shares borders with Thai & Laos. And it
climbs up to over 900 metres above sea level and
outrageously beautiful. .
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Taung Gyi is
situated in the sourthern Shan State and is the capital
town of Shan States. It is 4,712 feet above the sealevel
and has a moderate climate. It is situated on a high
plateau surrounded by high mountains...
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One of the Asia's
largest and most spectacular ancient monuments is a
wonderful Pagoda named
Kakku. It contains
over 2,000 stupas with origins dating back many
centuries...
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Kalaw stands high
on the western edge of the Shan Plateau. It is 70 km
west of Taung Gyi, about halfway along the Thazi-Taung
Gyi road.
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Pindaya is a small
quiet town perched on the bank of the palcid Botoloke
Lake. Pindaya cave is a huge cavern where hundreds and
thoundsands of Buddha images in various size and shape
are installed ...
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A beautiful sandy
beach stretch over 3 km on the Rakhine Coast near the
city Thandwe (sandoway). This unspoilt
Ngapali beach is 35
minutes by flight from Yangon. Backed by swaying palm
and casuarinas, Ngapali is a good place to relax...
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Chaung-Thar Beach
is located 40 km to the west of Pathein (Bassein) in
Ayeyarwaddy Division. It is about 5 hours drive from
Yangon via Pathein to Chaung-Thar Beach...
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Ngwe Saung beach is
newly opened beach about 48 km from Pathein This
unspoilt beach stretches 15 km of white and blue sea.
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Sittwe is port city of the Rakhine State sits at the mouth of the
Kaladan River where it empties into the Bay of Bangal...
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Mrauk U. An ancient 15th century capital of the Kingdom of Rakhine for 355 years. was founded by Rakhine King Min Saw Mun
in 1430A.D..
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Mawlamyine, a charming town, is the capital of Mon State,
situated at the mouth of the Thanlwin River. Located 28 miles
from the sea ..
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About 60 kilometres south of Mawlamyine, at
Thanbyuzayat, there
is a large, well maintained war cemetery...
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Kawthaung, the southern most town in Myanmar (800 km from
Yangon and 2,000 km from the country's most northern tip), formerly known as Victoria Point, is one of the entry ports into
Myanmar and is only separated from Thailand by a broad estuary
in the Pakchan River...
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