Thanlyin (Syriam) and Kyauktan
It takes only an hour-drive to reach Thanlyin. The longest bridge in Myanmar lies between Yangon and Thanlyin. It is an interesting excursion across the river to Thanlyin and on to an interesting pagoda at Kyauktan. In Thanlyin, the large, golden Kyaik-Khauk Pagoda rising on a hillock to the right of the road. Just before this pagoda are tombs of two famous Myanmar Poets. Laureate-Natshinaung and Padethayaza. There are many places of interest in Thanlyin worth visiting; the ruins of an Old Portuguese Church built during the 18^th century, the sacred Heart Church built in 1870 by French Missionary, and so on. There is “Ye le Paya” which literally means the pagoda at the centre of the river” at Kyauktan. It’s appropriately named since the complex is perched on a tiny island in the middle of the river.