Cemetery Attractions In Kyaikkami

Kyaikkhami is a resort town in the Mon State of south-east Myanmar. During the time of the Ayutthaya Kingdom , the town was probably a vassal state of Ayutthaya and it was known in Thai as Chiang Kran or Chiang Tran . It was renamed Amherst after William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, then governor-general of India who successfully seized the town during the First Anglo-Burmese War .The town is situated on a peninsula about 48 km south of the town of Mawlamyine. It is a popular destination for local pilgrims and some tourists. The town has a pagoda just constructed on the sea using the natural foundation of its ocean reefs, which is connected with the corr...
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Cemetery Attractions In Kyaikkami

1. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery Thanbyuzayat
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery is a Death Railway related POW cemetery in Burma . It is at the Burmese end of the range of the Second World War railway construction, in Thanbyuzayat, 65 kilometres south of Mawlamyine . Thanbyuzayat was considered the location of the terminus of Burma-Siam railway.The cemetery was formally inaugurated on 10 December 1946 by General Aung San and then Governor Sir Hubert Rance.It is open every day between 07:00-17:00.
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Myanmar (Burma) Travel 2013

Two weeks of travel in Myanmar (Burma) in July and August 2013. Snippets of the whirlwind charm of Mandalay (and U Bein Bridge), Kalaw, Bagan, Pathein, and Yangon.

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Cemetery Attractions In Kyaikkami