TWAN-TE

               The pottery town of Twan-te is the nearer to Yangon, making an interesting side trip especially if you have little time to roam the delta region at leisure.
               All it takes is half a day. To get there, you hop on one of the innumerable ferries crossing the Yangon River daily from Yangon to a tiny village called Tai La. It takes five minutes, but the moment you get into a vehicle at Tai La to begin your 45-minute journey to Twan-te, you are entering a different world.
               Twan-te itself is home to the well-known Shwe San Daw Pagoda. The huge complex resembles the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon with a central Stupa crowned with a golden hti and surrounded by smaller stupas and nat temples. Several clusters of wooden pavilion with ornate eaves-housing either nats or paintings illustration good morals - decorate the pagoda grounds.
               A boat cruise to Twan-te (24 km from Yangon) along the Twan-te Canal takes about two hours. Twan-te is noted for its pottery and cotton-weaving industries and it also affords visitors an opportunity to see life along the canal.

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