Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Dawei(formerlyTavoy)itselfisanattractive,relaxedtownthatisthankfullybereftofmajor
things to see - there's little to distract you from heading to the seaside - but it makes a con-
venient base, with plenty of good hotels and decent transport connections. Should you lose
trackoftimecompletelyandoverstayyourvisa,the
HteeKee-PhuNamRonbordercross-
ing
with Thailand is a few hours' drive away.
Maungmagan Beach and around
The best known of Dawei's beaches,
Maungmagan
, 16km north of town, is the only one
that's even vaguely set up for visitors, with a string of restaurants lining the beach and an
excellent
guesthouse
or two nearby - strange, then, that it's also one of the less attractive
beaches in the region, with darker sand and more rubbish than elsewhere.
Thataside,it'sagoodplacefromwhichtoexplorethesurroundingarea,whichincludesthe
siteoftheproposed
megaport
,prettyvillagessetamonggrovesofcashewtreesanda12km-
long beach at
Nabule
(pronounced Nabu-lay), 36km north of Dawei. Head south along the
coast road from Maungmagan, and after 11km you'll reach
Myaw Yit Pagoda
, a collection
of
zedi
at the end of a causeway on a rocky section of shore.
