Ye

Ye is a small town on the Ye River in Southeastern Myanmar, an excellent stopover for people travelling by train from south to north or vice versa.

Understand
Ye has a busy marketplace at the riverside and a nice quiet lake in the town centre.

Its location is convenient halfway between Dawei (160 km) and Mawlamyine (160 km).

By bus


Specific destinations:
 * To Mawlamyine at 06:00, 06:45, 07:00, 08:30, 09:45, 11:45, 13:00, 14:15.
 * From Dawei – The bus leaves Dawei at 10:00 and 17:00, and costs 9,000 kyat.

By train


Travelling by train is not the fastest option, but it has its own atmospheric charm. You get great views of rubber plantations, bamboo forest, rice fields and tiny villages.

Specific destinations:
 * From Dawei there is a train leaving at 05:30 (~12 hr, Ordinary class 1,300 kyat, Upper Class 3,750 kyat).
 * To Mawlamyine and Yangon there are 2 trains per day. The train at 14:30 continues to Yangon. The train at 16:00 just goes to Mawlamyine (~7 hr, Upper Class: 2,200 kyat). The train waits for the train coming from the south, so its start from Ye can be delayed.

Get around
The town is small enough to be explored by foot. To visit the surrounding area it is possible to rent a motorbike or go with some local guides. The Starlight Guesthouse and Mya Myint Mo Hotel can organise local guides.

Do
In the town you can stroll around and relax in some of the tea houses, feed some fishes in the lake and soak in the relaxed atmosphere. There are also places of interest outside Ye:





Buy
There are at least two banks in town:

KBZ Bank and Global Treasure Bank; both are opposite the Public Hospital.

Eat
Dream Bar/Restaurant in the south of Ye has Chinese food and is a good location for a drink.

Just opposite of the Dream Bar there is a Thai food restaurant.

KT Bakery offers cakes and bread.

Close to the Ye Train Station and at the Strand Road there are lots of small restaurants offering Burmese buffet.

There are three restaurant at the lake (in the south, north and west).

Drink
There are some teahouses in town.

The Dream Bar offers cold beer, liquor and food.

Sleep




Go next

 * Dawei
 * Mawlamyine with a stopover in Thanbyuzayat