Zalun is a small town in the Ayeyarwaddy Region, about 50 miles distant from Yangon. It is only a day’s return journey with a ferry crossing at Nyaungdon on the eastern bank of the Ayeyarwaddy. If one should ask what is there to attract the ordinary foreign tourist who is interested in fun and leisure, […]
Ayeyarwady Region is a division of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River (formerly the Irrawaddy River). It is bordered by Bago Region to the north, Bago Region and Yangon Region to the east, and the Bay of Bengal to the south and west. It is contiguous with the Rakhine State in the northwest. The Region lies between […]
In the lower Myanmar delta area which we call the Ayeyarwady Division there is a coastal town by the name of Pathein. In the colonial days the British called it Bassein. It lies on the Gnawun river bank and is 75 miles away from the sea. The distance between Pathein (Bassein) and Yangon is 191 […]
