Eastern Myanmar - Myanmar (Burma) - page 406

22 Pick-Ups to Mong La C3
23 Shwe Myo Taw Express B4
24 Thet Nay Wun C4
25 Yangon Airways B3

Sights
If there were many more Buddhist monasteries in Kyaingtong, people would have
nowhere left to live. The town's many monasteries are called wat rather than kyaung, and
local monks wear both orange and red robes, reflecting the close cultural links to Thail-
and.
The old British enclave in Kyaingtong was centred on Nyaung Toung MAP
GOOGLE MAP (Kan Rd) , a lake popular for morning and evening strolls. There are sever-
al decaying colonial buildings above the lake shore, including the handsome Colony
House MAP GOOGLE MAP (Mine Yen Rd) . On the road leading towards Taunggyi, the
Roman Catholic Mission MAP GOOGLE MAP (Tachileik-Taunggyi Rd (Main Rd)) and Im-
maculate Heart Cathedral MAP GOOGLE MAP (Tachileik-Taunggyi Rd (Main Rd)) have
been providing an education for hill-tribe orphans since colonial times.

Central Market MARKET
MAP GOOGLE MAP
(Zeigyi Rd; mains from K500; 5am-1pm) Kyaingtong's Central Market is one of our fa-
vourites in Myanmar, and plays host to an exotic mix of tribal people from the hills,
heaps of fresh and unusual produce and delicious breakfast stalls. The market is closed
on full-moon days.

Wat Jong Kham BUDDHIST TEMPLE
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(Mine Yen Rd; daylight hours) The gilded stupa of Wat Jong Kham rises majestic-
ally above the centre of town. Legend dates the wat to a visit by Gautama Buddha, but a
more likely date for the stupa is the 13th-century Thai migration from Chiang Mai.

Yat Taw Mu BUDDHIST TEMPLE