THE UNTOUCHED MAUNG MA GAN

the sea is so pretty, the sky is awesome, but the beach is quite dirty.. it’s time to stop careless disposal in our beautiful beaches.

One of the beautiful beaches from our beloved country, only difficult to go there and need to develop the tourist attractions (as hotels), i will try to go there. This beach is prettier than Sat Sae beach i think.

@ Linn >> Ko Linn. Thanks for your comment and suggestion towards disposal management. Actually, these are not the trash thrown by people. The natural disposal from trees along the shore. Totti palm trees, coconut trees and those tall X’Mas trees are the main sources of these disposal.

@ Thawdar >> Yes. Infrastructure there is helpless. No 5-Star hotel, no high class restaurant. But there is something you can’t get in other beaches. That’s the UNTOUCHED BEAUTY of the beach itself.

you are lucky bro coz: apart from Ngwe Saung beach, I’ve never been to other beaches in Myanmar.

great blog you created here! i will visit you…

@ CMS >> Ko Chan. It’s a highly recommended beach. MUST GO yea? Lemme know when you have chance to go. That’s my hometown. Food and accommodation on me, ok?

@ Tomie >> Thanks a lot for your kind visit and I do look forward to your future visits…

I am glad that allowing me to see such outstanding natural beauty. Viewing this shot is one of my idea of happiness. thank you !

@ Yin Nwe >> I am glad that I could share with you girls too. Photo shooting and editing will be forever happiness for me… I wish you have a nice day, my sis…

the picture is just perfect memory .. the sun, the sea, the ship, the sand , the dirt :P It’s been years that I don’t go back there . I miss home !!!

Nice shot bro! But need to clean the beach. “Love your ocean, Save our Planet”

@ Saw Yu Mon >> My sis. I miss home too. I would love to have SUN RISE shots of Maung Ma Gan during next trip to there. Why don’t you join us in coming Ancestor Homage? We go together yea?

@ Pyi Soe >> Yes, bro. We need to clean. But these are not thrown by people. The disposal of the trees planted along the shore. Coconut, Palm trees and other leaflets…

Ko Ye Lwin Oo. Your site is full with rural struggling lives and traditions. This time, you let us see BEAUTY. Yes, it is a flawless kind of landscape. Thanks for this shot and looking forward to similar beauties in the future. By the way, I copied this photo and set as my desktop wallpaper. I guess you don’t mind.

@ Sandar Myo Aung >> Thanks for your sincere visit and comment. When it comes to Photography, these rural lives always rank on the top of my priority. Yes, this is very first BEAUTY shot here on my page. I will try my best to capture more. Sounds like you prefer seeing beautiful things.

Cool, brother. I will try to visit there when I have a great chance.

its such a nice picture!!!!! thanks for sharing with me. i’ve never been there and love to go to the hot springs. i’ll visit there.

I haven’t been to any of beach in Myanmar. How do I say “I’m living in Myanmar”? :( so poor.

@ Naw Naw >> You should, my sis. You will see the UNTOUCHED BEAUTY.

@ SY >> Cool. Maung Ma Gan hot spring is really popular there. People believe it has some miracle power which could even cure stroke patients.

@ Myo Kyaw Htun >> You should visit either Maung Ma Gan or Ngapali. Go one of these two. The other beaches are just so so.

[...] again, this is a beach shot. I had crafted this shot back in 2008 April on the bank of MAUNG MA GAN beach. I was walking on the shore with my aunt. Saw this girl crying on the beach. She seems being hurt [...]

Love the sea; love the boats; I wish more of the tree on the right is in the picture. That would have effectively framed the picture on the right. The main point of interest in the picture is the boats, and you have managed to do exactly that. Good job, bro!

@ Soe Zin >> Thanks for showing me a different perspective, bro… You are right, I should have included more trees in it…

[...] time I started to walk…  A memorable shot taken on MAUNG MA GAN [...]

[...] I saw the kid amusing herself with sand. All of a sudden, I recalled my ebullient childhood days at Maung Ma Gan beach, Tavoy. I too played similarly with sand when I was young. I tallied those years in my mind, and it [...]

i just revisited this again LOL

YLO, I doubt palm tress produced blue colour plastic bags and one-time used foam boxes that are very bad to the environment.

to be honest, plant disposals are not also good for the beach too.. but yea.. that’s basically we can’t control…

@ Linn >> That’s true. We need a responsive committee to take care this beautiful beach. Once there was a plan to allow to raise up HOTELS along the beach. Unfortunately, it becomes MISSION IMPOSSIBLE and the budget had been allocated to NGWE SAUNG beach…

i never been there. it is very nice?

@ Fang Fang >> Yes, it is the second most beautiful beach after Ngapali. However, Maung Ma Gan is still untouched…

Those birds (boats) are signature of Maung Ma Kan!

I remember the times when there was no bridge from town (Dawai) and the jeep has to be transported across on a raft to get to the beach. Beach was a lot less crowded then too because it was a lot harder to access from town even though distance wise, not too far.

Back then all you had to do was to walk down to the beach from the bungalow and find basket full of shells, all sizes. I remember going for crab hunting on the beach at night too, fun memories.

I find Ngapali beach sand to be finer grained and brighter (less mud) but I prefer Maung Ma Kan because, it is not as commercial and a lot cozier. Don’t need no stinking 5 star hotels, just a clean long-legged bungalow with oil lanterns and straw mat with a good mosquito net. No? :D

Too bad about the trash though. People are prob. not trashing on the beach itself but when near by towns/villages dump plastic and trash in their local streams and rivers, these things flows into the ocean and then ends up onto what was once a very pristine sandy beach. It is all over Asia these days, but looks worse on Maung Ma Kan because it is located next to a few local river outlets flowing into the ocean.

@ Joe >> Thanks for the comment. Yes, I have heard from my Dad about that. It’s hard to commute to Maung Ma Kan from town. Now, it’s only 30 minute drive.