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Theinwa Kyaung ( payagyi )

The main Buddhist Myanmar monastery in town, usually referred to simply as Payagyi (Big Pagoda), contains a complex of sizeable Mon-style vihara (glittering cubes of reflective mosaics filled with gilded Buddhas).

The best time to visit Thenwa Kyaung is in the early evening, just after sunset, when hordes of Myanmar local residents come to make of offerings and to meditate for an hour or two. To find it, head northwest along Yodaya Rd, past the Myanmar Royal Guest Houses on your right, until you come to a large fork in the road. Bear right at the fork, follow the road another 200m and you'll come to the Myanmar Paya on your right.

Shinmokhti paya

In Dawei Myanmar shinmokhti Paya is about 5km beyond Shwethalyaung Daw Mu on the same road, this Paya is the most sacred of Myanmar local religious monuments. Reportedly constructed in 1438, it's one of four shrines in Myanmar country housing a Sinhalese Buddha image supposedly made with a composite of cement and pieces of the original Bodhi Tree. During religious festivals this is one of the liveliest spots in Myanmar Tanintharty division
 

Myeik ( Mergui )

In Tanintharyi Myanmar, Myeik doesn't receive many foreign visitors as it is far from Yangon and hard to travel by road and rightly so as there's not much of interest. Those who do venture here by boat or plane have chance to see though the virgin land it will attract loads of friendly attention as many island around Myeik. Until recently Myeik which sits on a peninsula that just out into the Andaman Sea was a fairly picturesque coastal city with a wide range of architectural styles lining the streets. Increased cash flow due to the Myanmar export of seafood to Thailand caused a miniboom in building during the 1990s, and many old Myanmar buildings where replaced by modern ones. Then in 2001, a large portion of the remaining old Myanmar architecture was razed by fire; the rebuilding effort has largely sacrificed style for utility.

The British occupied the region following the First Anglo Burmese War in 1926, so that along with Sittwe, Myanmar Rakhine State and Myeik became one of the first cities in Myanmar to be come part of British India. The Japanese invaded in 1941, but by 1945 Myeik was back in British hands, until independence was achieved in 1948 in Myanmar history.

Pyi Taw Aye Paya

At the top of hill overlooking the harbour, unlike many other Myanmar temples, you can walk inside and under the main stupa originally built in 1949 to a height of only 5 m. it was later raised to its current stature of 21 m. There are eight meditation niches that represent the eight days of the Buddhist week, and 14 Buddha images representing the styles seen in other Asian countries. A banyan tree brought from Sri Lanka provides the only shad

Mergui(Myeik) Archeipelago Myanmar


Mergui (Myeik) Archeipelago is far beyond the Value of the Myanmar local product rubber, marine products or swiftlets nests is the Myeik archipeloago's huge, almost completely untapped potential in the beach going and ecotourism market in Myanmar. Myanmar locals say there are over 4000 islands in the archipelago, though British surveyors recognized only 804. Most are uninhabited, though a few are home to sea gypsies (salon people), a nomadic sea faring people who sail from island to island, stopping off to repair their boats or fishing nets. Known as Salon (sea gypsies) to the Burmese, chaonaam to the Thais, and orang laut or orang basin to the Malay and Moken or Maw ken (sea drowned) among themselves, this may have been the first Myanmar ethnic group to have lived in Mergui (Myeik). With stones tied to their waists as ballast, Moken divers can reportedly descend to a depth of 60 m while breathing through and air hose held above the water's surface. There's an ongoing dolphin research program in the islands, though tourists aren't allowed to visit all the islands in Mergui. Myanmar government is building a bridge between Palau Ton Ton Island and the mainland in Myanmar Myeik Archipelogo. During low tide it's possible to swim or kayak into an enormous cave on Kyet Mauk Island where you can see reef fish and snakes. On lon Khuet Island, over 80 people live farming birds neasts from inside a huge cavern, a hole in the top of the cave lets in some sunlight, making for a breathtaking scene. A sea gypsy festival is held during the second week of February at Ma kyon Galet village on a small island near Lampi Island. There is no regular Myanmar transport to any of there islands, except to the closest ones. A Myanmar boat charters an expensive if you are traveling alone.

 

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