Central Myanmar is
the "dry zone" of
the country, that
includes Mandalay
and Bagan where the
Irrawaddy is running
through.
All the old cities
where the Myanmar
kings of the past
ruled are in the
center of the
country.
Roughly from Pyu in
the south to Shwebo
in the north. In
between are Bagan,
Amarapura, Mandalay,
Mingun, Sagaing and
more.
Some of the best tourism
sightseeing spots in
Myanmar are
there are such as Monywa and the
Thambuddhe temple
plus the cave
pagodas west of
Mandalay and Pin Oo
Lwin east of
Mandalay, further
east is the famous
Inle Lake and
Taunggyi the Shan
State Capital with a
rich culture.
Actually according
to ethnic research
Shan are of the same
Chinese tribe from
the area of Yunnan
as the Thai.
There are two main focusing
points first
is Bagan the old
pagoda and temple
city of Myanmar
which is the biggest
tourist magnet in
the country. The
second is
Mandalay, a city
built just before
the British took
over Myanmar or
Burma.
Today Mandalay is
the center by any
means, except
government, of
central and northern
Myanmar. Since
several years now
Mandalay receives
lots of Chinese
migrants who started
to flee China after
the last natural
disasters a few
years ago. Already
more than two
millions of Chinese
settled in the
Mandalay area until
2009 and there is a
steady stream of new
immigrants.
It somehow
remembers to the tin
boom times in
Malaysia and
Thailand when
Chinese workers
came by the
thousands to work in
the tin mines, after
they settled in the
area. This was
mainly
Phuket in
Thailand,
Kuala Lumpur
Chinatown
and
Penang Georgetown. |
