A trip to Bago south Myanmar is probably the best short one when in Yangon
The city is the capital of Mon State and was quite important for several hundred years under the name of Pegu. Until around the 19th Century most foreign trading went through this port city. The Bago River filled the bay with silt over time and nothing was done to get rid of the sand and stones coming down from the "hinterland". Today only a small city is left without any importance.
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| Lake Monastery at Bago south Myanmar |
In the city is the tallest Pagoda of the country, that's the Shwemawdaw Pagoda
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| Shwemawdaw Pagoda |
Beside of the Pagoda the other interesting destinations are Kyaik Pun Buddha group and Shwethalyaung Buddha, both are a couple of kilometers when coming from Yangon.
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