For centuries, Buddhist monks living along the river have cherished these giant catfish; at the monastery near Thabeikkyin, monks told me they hand-feed giant catfish during the rainy season.
Likewise, Shweli River flows from east to west across the area and joins Ayeyarwaddy near Thabeikkyin Township in Mandalay Division. The area is rich in diversity of landscape, with many rivers, ...