Landmark 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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Landmark Attractions In Kyaikkami

1. Death Railway Thanbyuzayat
The Burma Railway, also known as the Death Railway, the Siam–Burma Railway, the Thai–Burma Railway and similar names, was a 415-kilometre railway between Ban Pong, Thailand, and Thanbyuzayat, Burma, built by the Empire of Japan in 1943 to support its forces in the Burma campaign of World War II. This railway completed the rail link between Bangkok, Thailand, and Rangoon, Burma . The name used by the Japanese Government is Thai–Men-Rensetsu-Tetsudou , which means Thailand-Myanmar-Link-Railway. The line was closed in 1947, but the section between Nong Pla Duk and Nam Tok was reopened ten years later. Between 180,000 and 250,000 Southeast Asian civilian labourers and about 61,000 Allied prisoners of war were subjected to forced labour during its construction. About 90,000 civilian labou...
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Kyaikkami Videos

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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Music: 'Cosmic Love' by Florence and the Machine

Landmark Attractions In Kyaikkami