2World Travel (Cambodia)

This major agricaltural trade center for the Chindwin valley is about 3 hours drive west of Mandalay and is located on the Chindwin river, one of the three major rivers in Myanmar.

One of the prime attractions of Monywas is the very colorful Thanbodday Pagoda which has 845 smaller stupas surrounding the richly decorated central stupa. It is very different from most other pagodas visitors will see in Myanmar. Also of interest are the Po Win Taung caves, located just across the river with their sandstone caves containing many Buddha images and interesting frescoes (paintings) on some of the cave wall.