Sagaing is a religious sanctuary with the town at the foot of the hills and hundreds of pagodas, monasteries and nunneries tucked into the surrounding valleys and hills. Some monasteries are magnificently built of brick in a combination of Western and Myanmar architectural designs while some are of teak. Trees cover the hills so that […]

Innwa (Ava) located on an island between the Irrawaddy and Myitnge Rivers. We visited Ava by horse cart (bullock cart). The ruins of a brick and stucco monastery called Maha Aungmye Bonzan (Okkyaung) is the main site.

Situated about 11km south of Mandalay, Amarapura (meaning the Immortal City) is an ancient city of the Konbaung Dynasty. It is noted for its silk weaving industry, the ancient silver smith cottage industry in Ywahtaung just beyond the city limits as well as for its unique teakwood bridge, 1.2 km long, known as U Pein […]

Mandalay is the city of last Kingdom of Myanmar Dynasty before British took over. For this reason, it still has great importance as Myanmar’s cultural heart. It is the second largest city in Myanmar is about 690 km north of Yangon; the former capital of Myanmar, with a population of nearly a million, relatively young […]

The capital and gateway to the Myanmar is called “The Garden City of the East” with lush tropical flowers, trees and beautiful lakes. Old colonial style buildings and people wearing traditional costumes can still be seen in the city and this is one of the most and unusually wonderful scenes in the world. The City […]