Central Myanmar Dryzone
All the old cities where the Myanmar kings of the past ruled are in the center of the country. Roughly from Pyu in the south to Shwebo in the north. In between are Bagan, Amarapura, Mandalay, Mingun, Sagaing and more.
Some of the best tourism sightseeing spots in Myanmar are there are such as Monywa and the Thambuddhe temple plus the cave pagodas west of Mandalay and Pin Oo Lwin east of Mandalay, further east is the famous Inle Lake and Taunggyi the Shan State Capital with a rich culture. Actually according to ethnic research Shan are of the same Chinese tribe from the area of Yunnan as the Thai.
There are two main focusing points first is Bagan the old pagoda and temple city of Myanmar which is the biggest tourist magnet in the country. The second is Mandalay, a city built just before the British took over Myanmar or Burma.
Central Myanmar or the Dry Zone is about the piece of land between Mandalay and Bagan where the Irrawaddy is flowing through. All the old cities where the kings of the past ruled are in the center of the country. Roughly from Pyay in the south to Shwebo in the north. Here are also some of the best tourism spots in the including Monywa and the Thambuddhe temple plus the cave pagodas at Powintaung.
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There are two main focusing points, first is Bagan the old pagoda and temple city which is the biggest tourist magnet in the country. The second is Mandalay, a city built just before the British took over.
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Mandalay is the business and cultural center of the northern half of the country
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Mandalay Palace Moat an Wall
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Mandalay Myanmar at Sunset
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Since several years now plenty of Chinese migrants who started to flee China after the last natural disasters a few years ago settle here. Already more than two millions since 2009 and there is a steady stream of new arrivals.
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Last King and Queen of
Burma in Mandalay
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It somehow remembers to the tin boom times in Malaysia and Thailand when Chinese workers came by the thousands to work in the tin mines, after they settled in the area.
This is the last city in the country where king ruled. King Thibaw of the Konbaung dynasty was the last before the British annexation in 1885.
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The city is famous for monasteries, pagodas, and arts and crafts plus the palace where the last two kings resided. A view over the city shows a pagoda studded landscape and the blue ridge of the Shan Hills. To the west is the Irrawaddy or Ayeyarwady River and Sagaing. Mingun with
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Amarapura in between.
About 120km behind is Monywa famed for Thambuddhe pagoda & temple & a bit further to the east is Alaungdaw Kathapa, the biggest National Park in the country with plenty of wildlife including tigers and elephants, ideal for jungle
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trekking by riding the big beast.
This will be an unforgettable moving through the tree and bamboo jungle. Although the elephants are mostly only used for logging anymore there are still a lot and thousands wild ones are roaming in the wilderness.
Today Mandalay is the center by any means, except government, of central and northern Myanmar. Since several years now Mandalay receives lots of Chinese migrants who started to flee China after the last natural disasters a few years ago. Already more than two millions of Chinese settled in the Mandalay area until 2009 and there is a steady stream of new immigrants.
It somehow remembers to the tin boom times in Malaysia and Thailand when Chinese workers came by the thousands to work in the tin mines, after they settled in the area. This was mainly Phuket in Thailand, Kuala Lumpur Chinatown and Penang Georgetown.
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