Top Things to do in Magway Region
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The 10 Best Things to do in Magway Region, Magway Region
Discover the best top things to do in Magway Region, Myanmar including Tantkyi taung Pagoda, Yokesone Monastery, Myat Tha Lon Pagoda, Salay House, Sasanayaunggyi Kyaung, Beikthano, Fort Min Hla, Shwe Ku Pagoda, Thayet Golf Club, Shin Bin Maha Laba Man Temple.
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1. Tantkyi taung Pagoda
2. Yokesone Monastery
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Reviewed By 2012Excavator - Singapore, Singapore
If you have had enough of the brick temples of Bagan, one option is to take a car 2.5 hours south to a town called Salay. This small town has some fantastic monasteries, as well as 109 Bagan-period temples if you are still in the mood for more. The monastery's main attraction are its large three-dimensional carvings of about 15 of the Jataka tales, stories of Buddha's previous lives. The monastery has now been taken over by the Archaeology Department, and houses an excellent small museum with historical religious objects as well as artifacts found in excavations nearby. There is a nice small gift shop next to the museum with locally-made handicrafts and books (mostly in Burmese) for sale. After visiting the monastery, proceed across the road and down the lane to more Buddhist temples. A few kilometers away is another Buddhist centre called Sarkjouhla, this one with more modern plaster carvings of Buddhist legends and much else of interest. There is one restaurant, Salay House, on Strand Road.
