Kyaiktiyo Things to Do

Four about 4 bucks , four pall bearers will carry to the top of the mountain like you are the King of Siam... (It is good to be King...)

Nawww... I didn't do that, (I hoofed up the hill with a big pack on my back...)

I just paid these guys a 100 kyak ($0.12 USD) for the photo op...

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Once you reach your final destination on Golden Rock, allow yourself some time to enjoy the 360o views around the surrounding hills and plains at far.

At dawn, the worshippers are already out praying to the magical boulder and pasting small pieces of gold leaf onto it for good luck....

If you are heading to Kyiaktiyo, Bago (land of leaning Buddhas and tall payas...) makes a convenient stopping place for lunch and touring...

See... with a local back pack, just like one of the local guys... (I could hire on as a porter if my employment situation ever took a turn for the worse...)

There are Buddhist monuments all around Kyiaktiyo on the peaks of many of the surrounding hills... The whole area is considered sacred...

See the guilded balanced boulder at night glistening under the flood lights... People making the pilgramage up here is a 24/7 affair...

Get up early and watch this sunrise over Thailand... (Nice vantage point from the village near Kyiaktiyo...)