Touring Palaung in Myanmar
Palaung in the region of Sagain is located in Myanmar - some 174 mi or ( 279 km ) North-West of Nay Pyi Taw , the country's capital city .
Time in Palaung is now 11:34 AM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Rangoon " with a UTC offset of 6.5 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Chittagong, Agartala, and Zidaw. Being here already, consider visiting Mae Hong Son . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Palaung ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Monywa
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Bite-sized Bugs
My traveling revolves mostly around food. Any kind of food. So when I browsed through some of the snack food options in Monywa and saw a pile of fat, juicy, deep-fried locusts, I became intrigued. I p ..
Boat, Monywa, Myanmar
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Affen bei den Höhlen von Po Win Daung Myanmar (Burma) Dezember 2011 2_3
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Interesting facts about this location
Monywa District
Monywa District is an administrative district in southern Sagaing Division, Burma (Myanmar). Its administrative center is the city of Monywa.
Located at 22.12 95.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Phowintaung
Phowintaung (also spelt as Hpowindaung, Powintaung, Po Win Taung) is a Buddhist cave complex located approximately 25 kilometers west of Monywa and 10 kilometers southeast of Yinmabin, in Yinmabin Township, Monywa District, Sagaing Region, Northern Burma (Myanmar). It is located on the western bank of the Chindwin River. The name of the complex means Mountain of Isolated Solitary Meditation. The complex contains 947 small and large richly decorated caves.
Located at 22.05 94.98 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Laykyun Sekkya
The Laykyun Setkyar is the second tallest statue in the world at 116 metres . This statute of Gautama Buddha stands on a 13.5 metres throne located in the village of Khatakan Taung, near Monywa, Myanmar. Construction began in 1996 and was completed on 21 February 2008. It was built by the Chief Abbot Ven. Nãradã, who died on the 22nd of November, 2006.
Located at 22.08 95.29 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Chaung-U
Chaung-U is a town in central Myanmar. It is located in Monywa District, Sagaing Division. It is the principal town of Chaung-U township. In the Bagan dynasty, when King Popa Saw Rahan (also known as King Taungthugyi) governed the country, it was named "San Tauk Village". It was a large village where some different natives of the Union of Myanmar, like kayin, shan and lawah(wah) natives, lived warmly together. Then, King Kyansit founded the city gathering ten villages together, e.
Located at 21.96 95.28 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
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