Day 1 : Yangon - Bago - Kyaikhtiyo (Golden Rock)
After breakfast about 50 miles (80 km) drive to Bago, the ancient
capital of Mon, known as Hanthawaddy, where one must visit the Kyaikpon
Pagoda- 4 gigantic seated Buddha Image, Shwemawdaw Pagoda-the highest
Pagoda in Myanmar, Shwethalyaung Pagoda- the oldest reclining Buddha
image in Myanmar- 54 meter long and build in 994 A.D, the Mon village
and Bago market. Then continue to the Golden Rock 62 mile (100 km)
through the never ended paddy fields. Arriving at Kim-pun base camp at
the beneath of the mountain and take a special mountaineering pick-up
truck to get to Yathae Taung point (Hermit) and then hike for an hour to
square of the Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda and overnight. |