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Thai Myanmar Crosscountry Caravan Tour program 10Days 9 Nights
JBangkok - MaeSot - Myawaddy - Kawkaraite - Mudon - Setse Beach - Bago -
Hpa An - Mawlamyaing - Myawaddy
Day1 Bangkok- Ayutthaya
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Meet our staff in your hotel's lobby. Depart for Ayutthaya by your own car. Visit the Bang Pa-In Summer Palace. The Palace consists of many royal buildings, built in contrasting architectural styles. Thai, Chinese, Italian and Victorian styles predominate. Wat Phananchoeng. This monastery is the most revered by the inhabitants of Ayutthaya, was built in A.D. 1325.Visit Wat Yai Chaimongkhon, one can see the large pagodas, built to celebrate the victory of his single - handed combat on the elephant's back during Ayutthaya capital
Lunch will be provide at riverside restaurant. Wihan Phramongkhon Bophit a large bronze cast buddha image was originally en-shrined. Wat Phra Si Sanphet. This important and most outstanding monastery is located in grand palace compound used as a residential palace. It become a monastery in the reign of King Ramathibodi I.
Departure from Ayutthaya to Mae Sot.
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Day 2 Ayutthaya - Mae Sot
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After the breakfast , We will depart to Mae Sot ,driving time is about 8hrs . Over night at Hotel.
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DAY 03: Myawaddy- Setse Beach
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Start border crossing to Myanmar. Arrived at Myawaddy, I suggested morning while the gate of bridge opening and you have to line up to check and stamp by immigration department at there. Transportation authorized person will put their temporary car number at your cars. After finished check point, we will drive to Kawkarite by passing through Mt.Dawna Range about 1 and half hour (if valley route is not traffic jam) or about 2 hours. Take a lunch on the way from Kawkarite
to Mudon about 2 and half hour drive which we visit Kyauktalon Taung is an interesting flat rock formation 300 feet in height with a Buddhist shrine situated on top. Proceed to Thanphyuzayat about 40 minutes drive which has a Death Railway (Burma-Siam railway) linking Thailand with Myantar during the Japanese occupation in World War II. And then we will arrive late evening at Setse Beach where take a dinner and overnight at there.
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Day 4 : Setse Beach Golden Rock - Mawlamyaing Sightseeing
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After breakfast, drive to Kyaikkhami was a small coastal resort and missionary center known as Amherst during the British era. The main focus of Kyaikkami is Yele Paya, a metal-roofed Buddhist shrine complex perched over the sea and reached via a long two-level causeway; the tower level is submerged during high tide. Along with 11 Buddha hair relics, the shrine chamber beneath Yele Paya reportedly contains a Buddha image that supposedly floated here on a raft from Sri Lanka in ancient times. The largest reclining Buddha image in the world, Win Sein Taw Ya (reclining Buddha),is situated about 20 km south of Mawlamyine on the main road to Mudon. After across Thaton which take a lunch and on the way visit Nwa La bo Pagoda. Proceed to Bago and visit Shwemawdaw Pagoda and Four Faces Pagoda and check in hotel. Take a dinner at the local restaurant near the hotel and Overnight at the hotel in Bago.
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Day 5 : Mawlamyaing-Bago
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After breakfast, start excursion to Bago sightseeing to Traditional Bago Market, Kanbawzathadi Palace; the palace site of Bayinnaung(founder of Myanmar2nd Dynasty), Shwethalyaung Pagoda (Reclining Buddha). Drive to Thaton city, visit the biggest Buddha Statue by Bamboo Shan traditional style and Shwesaryan Pagoda. After lunch, pass across the bridge over the Thanlwin river between Thaton and Hpa-an. On the way visit to Bayintnyi caves, lime stone cave and has cold & hot spring lake. And then, visit to Shwe -yin-hmyaw Pagoda. Check in Hotel and take a dinner near the hotel. Overnight at hotel in Hpa Ann.
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DAY 06: Bago Sightseeing and Hpa An
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After breakfast at the restaurant near the hotel, drive to the Mt. Zwegabin with Lumbini Garden with thousands of Buddha images provides a dramatic backdrop for Hpa An, Saddan Cave , Saddan means Royal Elephant and there are 2 stone elephants at the base of the stairway leading up to the cave. The entrance chamber has a large reclining Buddha as well as other statues and gold tablets on the walls. From here steps lead up into the main cave passage which is more or less a single passage with a short side passage almost half way through. There is an impressive chamber at the end with a huge stalagmite illuminated by daylight, and a nice view out. Visist to Kawgoon Cave – an invaluable cultural heritage questionably dates back to 7-AD. Then, visit is made in this small town and continues to KyaukKaLatt which is a small rock hill formed look like a wine glass. Pass through Mawlamyaing Bridge and check in hotel. Overnight at the hotel in Mawlamyaing
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DAY 07: PhMawlamyaing Sightseeing
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After breakfast, Visit Mahamuni Pagoda, this typical Mon- style pagoda is the largest and most beautiful pagoda in the city. Shampoo Island , this was the location of the spring that supplied the water for the annual royal hair – washing ceremony performed during the Ava period. There is a small pagoda and meditation centre on this quiet island and views back across the water to the city. After lunch , visit St. Patrick Church, Mon Museum and Kyaikthanlan Pagoda (known as the Kipling Pagoda) where you can see the view of Mawlamyaing city. Overnight at the hotel in Mawlamyaing.
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DAY 08: Mawlamyaing - Myawaddy
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After breakfast, visit local market, Seindon Mibaya Kyaung called Yatana Bon Myint Monastery , where King Mindon's wife sought refuge built from the strictly Myanmar style of constructing monasteries to incorporation of foreign influences in these buildings. Kyaikmaraw Pagoda was the temple builty by Queen Shin Saw Pu in 1455 in Mon regional style. After lunch, drive to Myawaddy.
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DAY 09: Myawaddy - Mae Sot
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After the breakfast , We will depart to Mae Sot .Over night at Hotel.
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DAY 10: Mae Sot - Tak - Bangkok
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After the breakfast , We will depart to Tak than continuously to Bangkok.
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