09 September 2012: Pyay (Lunch/Dinner)
Pick up at your hotel and transfer by coach to Pyay - Thiri-ya-kittiya (Sri Ksetra) "City of Splendour" in Sanskrit). The British Irrawaddy Flotilla Company established the current town in the late 1800s on the Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy River) as a transshipment point for cargo between Upper and Lower Burma. Embark on the RV Mahaythi at Pyay Jetty. After lunch, visit the 5th-8th century archaeological site of Thiri-ya-kittiya (Sri Ksetra), former centre of the Pyu civilization with a fascinating museum of early Buddhist artifacts and sculpture.

10 September 2012: Pyay to Thayetmyo (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner)
Morning, cruise up the mighty Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy River) to Thayetmyo a pleasant town with many colonial buildings once guarded the border between Royal Burma and British Burma following the 2nd Anglo Burmese War of 1855. Thayetmyo also has the oldest golf course in Burma (1885). Outside the town is an extensive war cemetery where Turkish prisoners of war were laid to rest.

11 September 2012: Thayetmyo to Minhla (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner)
Proceed sailing to Minhla and Gwechaung. We will visit the Italian built forts constructed to repel the British for upper Myanmar invasions.

12 September 2012: Minhla - Gwechaung - Magwe (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner)
Morning, we visit Gwechaung to witness the more impressive of the forts. Then, continue sales to Magwe - an important trading port in upper Myanmar. We will visit Myat-thalon Pagoda which is constructed with solid gold bricks. Of interests are the many Nat (spirit) shrines and hermitages within the temple precincts.

13 September 2012: Magwe to Sale (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner)
Morning, continue sailing to Sale where we will be visiting a number of teak monasteries including the Yout-saun-kyaung with its spectacular wood carvings. We will also explore an area of splendid colonial-style houses. Continue cruise to Pagan. Moor near a place to watch the Bagan Sunset.

14 September 2012: Sale to Bagan (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner)
Morning, take a coach for excursion trip to Mt. Popa - an extinct volcano as well as a center of Nats (spirits) and Kyauk Padaung. Then, transfer to Bagan to witness the beautiful Sunset View of Bagan from Western Bank of the River.

15 September 2012: Bagan Sightseeing and transfer (Breakfast)
After breakfast, transfer to your hotel or airport.

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