Thursday, April 3, 2014

Myanmar Tourism Overview

Myanmar Tourism Overview

Myanmar is a country with ancient religious monuments nature grand in scale and sophistication of architecture. Typically, the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon gold, Gold Mountain Temple in the ancient capital Kyaikhtiyo Bago miracle, or the population in 1000 monumental temples in Bagan. In addition, Myanmar tourism also attracts foreign visitors by unspoiled natural beauty, tranquility of Inle Lake, Ngapali beach or unique practices as tribes turtleneck Pa-O or cream Thanaka continue. With this advantage, but just opened but Myanmar tourism industries are growing at a rapid pace.


Move: Vehicles, move the tourism Myanmar
The plane is still the best means to move to Myanmar and even between sites in the country of Myanmar. If booking a return ticket of Vietnam Airlines, you will spend at least 7,000,000 for Ho Chi Minh City route - 7,500,000 e Yangon to Hanoi - Yangon.
A cheaper option is to fly with Air Asia, but you will have connecting flights in Bangkok, Thailand. The schedule is as follows:
  • Ho Chi Minh City - Bangkok - Yangon or Mandalay: return tickets for those routes totaling approximately 4,500,000 (promotional price)
  • Hanoi - Bangkok - Yangon or Mandalay: Roundtrip ticket total of about 6.000.000đ (promotional price)
If you want quick flight, you should fly with Vietnam Airlines, although more expensive.If the most important criteria is your budget, then fly with Air Asia to Myanmar travel most affordable

Moving inland Myanmar:
Also air is safe and comfortable, you can also move between the provinces of Myanmar by bus. Remember to bring warm clothes because the buses run at night, very cold air in the car. Taxis are convenient means of transportation in the city. Meanwhile, the rail system is not degraded and streets making full development of railway vehicles and motorcycles are not suitable for ordinary tourists.

Tours: Monuments, beaches, tourist attractions of Myanmar

MANDALAY AND Neighbourhood
Mandalay:'s second largest city after Yangon in Myanmar, and is a destination and transit point for most popular with tourists Myanmar. The sights include: wooden monastery Shwenandaw, Kuthodaw Paya pagoda with the world's largest book, Mandalay Hill, Royal Palace, Mahamuni Pagoda statue studded with real gold leaf, U-bein bridge - tree The world's longest wooden bridge and monastery in Amarapura.

Mingun (Kun Min): The village is located north of Mandalay. Mingun famous for tourists Myanmar through the relics and ruins following: Mingun bell - one of the largest and heaviest bell in the world, Pahtodawgyi Mingun pagoda and white temple Hsinbyume / object Myatheindan Chinthe .

Pyin oo Lwin: east of Mandalay, Pyin oo Lwin township is located on a hill 1,000 meters above sea level is quite distinct destination of tourism in Myanmar. Some notable attractions here is Kandawgyi National Park, Clock Tower Big Ben Purcell styled tower in London, Anisakan waterfall, waterfall and cave Pyeik Pwe Kauk Chin Miang.

Mrauk-U: important archaeological city located near the western border of Myanmar.Marauk center-U is the second largest temples of Myanmar tour, just after Bagan.Temples here are built of brick and stone, unlike other temples built of mud bricks and clay in Bagan. The temple is typical-Shite Thaung, Htukkanthein, Koe-Thaung, Andaw-Thein, Lemyethna, Ratana temple personnel and phrases. In this most monumental and most significant archaeological Shite-Thaung Pagoda.

Sagaing: city situated on the banks of the Ayeyarwady River, Mandalay 20 km to the southwest. Sagaing owns many monasteries and temples should be the appropriate place of pilgrimage tourism in Myanmar. Among the works in Sagaing, gilded domed monastery Kaung Hmu Daw totally different from the sharp pyramidal architecture.

Inn Wa (Inhwa - Inwa): located in the south of Mandalay, former capital of the old kingdom of Myanmar from the 14th century to the 19th. The prominent attractions is wooden monastery Bagaya Kyaung and Nanmyin leaning tower.

Bagan: center of the most famous temples of Myanmar tourism, once the capital of the powerful kingdom of Bagan. With over 2,000 temples remaining in total to date of 10,000 ancient religious architecture, Bagan is a destination not to be missed for visitors. The temples of Bagan's most iconic Shwezigon golden temple, Ananda temple with four gold Buddha in 4 directions, Thatbyinnyu temple - the highest temple in Bagan, temples and pagodas Shwegugyi Shwesandaw - where hair relics of the Buddha.

LOCATED BETWEEN REGIONAL ROUTES MANDALAY - YANGON
Inle Lake - the town of Nyaung Shwe: Inle Lake, also known as the Great Lake, located in the town of Nyaung Shwe, is one of the best-known name of Myanmar Tourism.Besides the wonderful scenery of Inle Lake, you can also visit vineyards and wine production Red Mountain, the village turtleneck and Pa-O Smooth Daw Oo Pagoda Buddhist statue with 5 gold leaves plastered.

Nay Pyi Taw (Naypyidaw): the capital of Myanmar. Here you can see the works for the State of Myanmar, is typical majestic Parliament building. There are also 3 giant statues of kings Anawrahta, Bayinnaung and Alaungpaya U Aung Zeya, along with Uppatasanti peace pagoda, where the relics of the Buddha's tooth.

Pyay township situated on the banks of the Ayeyarwady River, with the main attractions is the sunset temple and pagoda Bawbawgyi Shwesandaw.

SOUTHERN REGIONAL AND MYANMAR YANGON
Yangon: Myanmar's largest city, is also popular destination of tourists Myanmar. In Myanmar also focused dense places like Shwedagon Pagoda, Sule Pagoda, crocodile farm Thaketa, Bogyoke Aung San Market Mingalar, neighborhood west line 19th Street, Temple Botataung, thanks to Saint Mary's Cathedral, the church Holy Trinity Cathedral, Mailamu temple, monastery Musmeah Jewish Yeshua Synagogue, Mahabadoola Park, Lake Inya and Kandawgyi lake. In the Shwedagon Pagoda which is the most important sights: here is a place to keep four treasures of Buddhism including Kakusandha sticks, water purification Konagamana, coat of Kassapa and eight hairs of the Buddha.

The beach in the Bay of Bengal:Myanmar tourism development but only the unspoiled beaches in this country has begun to attract the attention of those tourists love the sea.The most famous beach is Ngapali, Ngwe am, Chaungtha and Kanthaya.Ngapali Beach is rated by blue waters and white sand beaches.

Bago: former imperial capital of Taungoo, Bago preserved many relics, including Buddha statue located Shwethalyaung, Imperial Spirit Shwemawdaw temple - the highest temple in Myanmar, Buddhist statue sits Kyaik Pun has 4 sides, Supply Kanbawzathadi power Taungoo Dynasty Palace, and a host of other temples like Maha Kalyani, Mahazedi, Shwegugale and Solid Snake Pagoda Temple. In particular, from Bago you can visit famous places of tourist Myanmar pagoda Kyaikhtiyo / Kyaiktiyo or Gold Mountain Golden Rock Pagoda on a hill protruding Kyaiktiyo.

Mawlamyine: the fourth largest city of Myanmar. Sights most notable contributions to this Mawlamyine Myanmar's tourism Bo Le Temple NWA / NWA La Bo lies on three protruding rocks. This temple is often compared to the Golden Temple Mount Kyaikhtiyo, although less attracted more visitors.


Eating: Food, restaurant, snack, specialty travel Myanmar
The typical dish you enjoy the tour of Myanmar:
1. Tea Leaf Salad (lephet / laphet)
Fermented tea leaves can be eaten as a dessert, or it can be processed tea leaf salad. Sour and slightly bitter tea leaves mixed with cabbage, tomatoes, refried beans, chili and garlic. This dish eaten alone or with rice are delicious.
2. Rice Shan (nga htamin)
Russia Hatamin mean fish dinner, dishes of ethnic Shan include rice cooked with technology, then compressed flat, freshwater shrimp sprinkled with garlic oil and sprinkle on top. This dish with leeks roots, raw garlic and crispy pork skin, creating characteristic pungent odor.
3. Curry Myanmar (Burmese curry)
For this dish, you can choose a curry made from beef, fish, shrimp, pork or lamb. Going along with the countless curry dishes together like rice, salad, sauteed vegetables, soups, salads and boiled vegetables, served with a range of different sauces.
4. Food in Myanmar tea shop
The Burmese tea shop not only a place to drink tea, but a place to explore the cuisine of the ethnic groups in this country. Teahouse of the peoples of Myanmar Myanmar rice or pasta dishes, including htamin thoke dish, a rice salad. Meanwhile, the Indian restaurant / Muslim serving the South Asian-influenced snacks like samosas and fried poori (crispy fried bread with potato curry) or nanbya baked bread (naan ). Chinese Restaurant of the most prominent is the sweet barbecue or the sparkling high BP often found in dim sum style food.
5. Sweet Snack Myanmar
Unlike Western sweets, the sweets of Myanmar, collectively referred to as "moun", is eaten as a snack food, not junk food like dessert. Moun not sugar sweet thanks but thanks to the natural ingredients such as coconut, coconut milk, rice flour, glutinous rice, pearl and fruit. Some typical dishes are moun nwin has ma kin (semolina cake with coconut milk, ghee and raisins), and moun moun bein pyit thalet (Myanmar style pancake).
6. The crispy fries
In Myanmar you will find fried dishes everywhere. Typical dishes are buthi Kyaw (elected crispy flour) served with sweet and sour sauce made from tamarind pulp and beans.
7. Shan Tofu Noodles
One of the most unique dishes in the dish hto-HPU Myanmar nwe, meaning "warm tofu". The name is the same but no tofu dish that only chick peas porridge made from chickpeas.
8. Dried pastas Nangyi Thoke
Nangyi Thoke including thick round noodles with chicken, rolls the dice, the price of eggs and a few slices of boiled eggs. The raw marinated grilled chicken with bean powder, turmeric and chili oil, mix well and eat with vegetables and broth.
9. Mohinga
Quintessential dishes of Myanmar is a country Mohinga - rice noodles circular fiber and eat fish broth with onions, crispy intestines sometimes more of a banana tree. You can also add hard boiled eggs, fried vegetables akyaw, fried lentils, lemon juice and dry chili.
10. Shan Noodle
American ethnic Shan made from rice, flat and thin fibers, which are embedded into the soup pepper, served with chicken or pork. This dish has dried wheat version.

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