Most tourists come to Thanbyuzayat – the terminus of the Thai-Burma railway – for its war cemetery and museum, but traces of the Japanese occupation can also be discovered in the mountains surrounding the town.
The March 28 earthquake damaged many of the historic monasteries and pagodas that have made Inwa one of Myanmar’s most popular tourist draws, and tour guides are struggling to survive as the regime delays repairs to the broken monuments.
BY Frontier
