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Best birding sites for watching endemic species of Myanmar

Bagan is the largest ancient historical and religious sites filling with remaining over 2000 pagodas (temples,stupas and monuments) in the plain. Bagan is surrounded by mountain ranges and Mighty Ayeyarwaddy river is in the east. Beyond historic and religious tours, there are many kinds of species of birds including Myanmar Endemic Species. Birding at Bagan give you not only birding taste ...

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World famous teak-made bridge and its beautiful sunset

U Bein Bridge is located at Amarapura Township in Mandalay Region and crossing on the Taungthaman lake which is the most beautiful one in Myanmar. Originally, it was built by Mayor U Bein during the regime of King Bagan ( Konebaung Dynasty) in early 18 centuries. It was given the name of builder U Bein. It longs 1.2km about 1 mile. It is believed to be the oldest and longest teakwood bridge in ...

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One of most country's revered religious site

According to legend, the Gautama Buddha visited Dhanyawadi, the capital city of Arakan during his travels on a Proselytization mission to spread His Buddhism. The king Sandathuriya asked for the Buddha to let to copy very resemble with Him by casting statue. After casting, the Buddha gave embrace for seven times. So, this Buddha Image has been believed as living Buddha among the Buddhists in ...

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Celebrate Myanmar New Year Festival

So, it is the new year festival for Myanmar people and this festival is held at Thailand, Cambodia, Laos at the same time. As this is gazetted holiday, almost all citizens participate for every single day.Thingyan, the water festival is always celebrated in mid-April and for 3 or 4 days long. This period is at Tagu, the beginning of Burmese Calendar so it is considered the new year. According to ...

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Ayeyarwady River: The heart of Myanmar and its invaluable resources

The Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy River) was started from the combination of two small rivers called Mayka and Malikha, which are sources of snow-capped mountains of the Himalayan mountain ranges at the northern most part. It flows from north to south through Myanmar in the centre, and divided into two parts as eastern and western. Ayeyarwady is the country's largest river (1238 mile long), and the ...

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