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planxty Says: This tip is aimed at a relatively small group of travellers, and I don't expect it to be rated highly, but a look at my homepage will tell you that I love guitars. I play to a limited degree and have been lucky enough to have played all round the world, so I thought I was in...
What do you mean, it's bigger?
planxty Says: Having been totally awestruck by the Shwedagon in Yangon (see seperate tip), the concept that there was a taller paya in Myanmar absolutely flabbergasted me. However, there is, and it's in Prome (Pyay / Pyi) - it is the Shwesandaw Paya, which constitutes probably the town's...
planxty Says: I didn't actually go here myself (it was shut the night I was in town) but, if you are at a loose end and fancy a movie, there is a cinema in Prome (Pyay / Pyi). It is on Kan Street, and the posters owuld seem to indicate that it serves up the usual mix of Indian / Burmese...
planxty Says: Should you be inclined to worship there, or perhaps just have a look at the Christian legacy Westerners left in this most multi-religious society, you may want to wander along to the Prome Baptist Church. Situated on Strand Road in a pretty setting, this obviously...
planxty Says: It really is hard to over-emphasise the importance of Bogyoke Aung San in modern Myanmar history - indeed he could rightly be said to be the founder of the modern state of that name. There are monuments to him everywhere and streets and parks named in his honour. Indeed, I...
planxty Says: About the time day slips into night (usually about 1800 in these latitudes), it seems like most of the population of Pyay (Prome, or whatever else you would call it) seem to gather for the evening stroll along Strand road by the River Ayearawaddy (Irrawaddy). To be honest,...
planxty Says: Like most other places in Myanmar, Prome (Pyay) has a bustling night market, which centres itself in the area between the main square and the river. As always, there is everything imaginable sold here, and it's an interesting way to spend an hour or so just wandering...
Buda con gafas - Buddha with eyeglasses
elpariente Says: Shwemyetman Paya ( Templo de las gafas de oro )Posiblemente será el único Buda que tiene gafas. Inicialmente se las pusieron a ver si por la curiosidad aumentaba la fé , pero después se extendió la creencia de que el Buda curaba las enfermedades especialmente las de la...
Smile Motel.: Unexciting but adequate.
planxty Says: There are only a couple of options for foreigners in this town that is not terribly firmly planted on the tourist map, and this is a reasonable choice.Staff are friendly and the room, which was along one of the longest hotel corridors I have ever seen, was clean and...
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Oddly enough for one who took over 1000 photographs in a month, I don't have a photo of this place. That in itself is not a problem, as it could hardly be said to be the most beautiful restaurant in the world. It does, however, offer good, reasonably priced food and has the attraction of being extremely central. Indeed, you can just about see the flank of Bogokye Aung San's statue horse from the front windows, which puts it right on the main roundabout.
In truth, I was forcing myself to eat that night, still recovering from a bit of an upset stomach, but the food was certainly appetising enough to revive a les than revenous appetite. The menu was primarily Chinese, and I plumped for a relatively mundane sweet and sour dish (wanting to avoid spices). A good portion, served promptly, and certainly very adequate. With a small beer (I wasn't that ill!) it all came to less than 2 USD.
the palce itself seemed more geared to drinking than eating with a few groups of local guys having a beer and watching a subtitled Hollywood film.
Favorite Dish: I only ate there once, but the sweet and sour pork (as described above) was certainly adequate and filling.
Updated Mar 27, 2006
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The photo shows the bus station in Prome (Pyay / Pyi), where there are the usual vendors, restaurants, mechanics taxis and all the other things generally associated with an Asian transport hub. You are most likely to be either travelling from here to Magwe (heading generally North) or Yangon (heading generally South). I arrived from Yangon and went on to Magwe the next day. I travelled to Prome with Sun moon (as they were the next available leaving Yangon) and it was certainly adequate (see second photo for a look at the bus interior) but I got the impression that some of the other lines had newer and comfier buses. As always - shop around.
The third photo shows a typical stall at the bus station.
Written Mar 27, 2006
elpariente Says: No se si ya estáis cansados, pero yo no me canso de ver y recordar a la gente, asi que voy a poner unas cuantas fotos de despedida y lo más que puede pasar es que ya estéis cansados y que no habráis este "TIP"I don´t know if you are already tyred, but I don´t get tyred to...
elpariente Says: Los mercados no dejan de ser atractivos para nosotros por su variedad, colorido, olores, ruido....The markets are always atractives for us by its variety, colours, smells,noise,...
elpariente Says: Las monjas salen por las mañanas a recibir los donativos (alm´s) que les dan en muchas casas especialmente en forma de arrozThe nuns go out in the mornings to get the alm´s that they give them in many houses spetially rice
elpariente Says: Shwesandaw Paya es un templo que al atardecer se puede ver la puesta de sol ,el río Irawady y toda la zona llena de vegetaciónEl templo está en una colina , pero afortunadamente tiene dos ascensores que pueden funcionar cuando no está cortada la electricidadEn frente del...
elpariente Says: Podemos ver por los caminos grandes contrastes como estas dos gasolineras On the roads we may see great contrasts as these petrol stations
elpariente Says: En Myanmar tienen algo de petroleo, aunque no es suficiente para su propio consumo.Se pueden ver pozos de petroleo por la carreteraIn Myanmar they have some petrol though it is not enough for they own consumptionYou may see oil wheels near the road
elpariente Says: En las palmeras hacen un tajo y sacan la sabia que luego procesan y la convierten en azúcar. Pero esto no acaba aquí porque luego la transforman y destilan hasta convertirla en vino y licorThey make a cut on the palm trees and they get a liquid that they process and make...
Aceite de Cacahuete--Peanut oil
elpariente Says: Por la carretera se puede ver como muelen los cacahuetes para sacar el aceite en un molino movido por una vaca que hace girar la rueda del molinoIn the road you may see how they grind the peanuts to get the oil in a mill moved by a cow that turns its wheel
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This may well qualify as one of the most bizarre tips I will ever post on VT. Normally, I would never suggest that travellers ahould go and visit a family in their home, but this time I feel it is entirely justified.
I was wandering along the Strand Road, just about where it peters out into a dirt track, heading towards the huge bridge, when I was accosted by a man sitting outside what looked like a fairly utilitarian structure. In no time flat he had almost physically dragged me inside, introduced me to his lovely immediate family and produced tea. Once I was well settled into what seemed the only serviceable chair in the place, he disappeared to return with what I took to be his extended family or possibly neighbours and a most wonderful time ensued.
In fairness his English was minimal and my Burmese, to my discredit, non-existent but, as far as I could make out he ran what appeared to be some sort of pumping station here, with his entire family living in the back. You can see some of the equipment in the photos. He proudly showed me his workshop (complete with numerous car batteries) and I was invited to take various family snapshots, which I duly did. The laughter and evident joy was heartwarming.
It really was a magical experience, for me the essence of travelling, and only served to reinforce my long-held view that the less people have the more they are prepared to give. Take a walk there and if the family are about I'm sure they'll invite you in as well.
Updated Feb 8, 2013
Now, this can get a bit confusing. As far as I can make out, this small town on the banks of the Ayerawaddy is properly called Pyay nowadays, although some locals have a habit of calling it Pyi. Add...
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Pyay (Prome) was my favourite city in Lower Burma, lying at the banks of large Irrawaddy river. It has excellent atmosphere, friendly people, many monks and large Buddhist monasteries and a large...
It was good to spend a full day in Pyay (or Prome as it is often said): the city is full of live but still retaining its peculiar tropical flavour, with large trees along the streets, the river...
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