This picturesque little isle just off Mawlamyine’s northern end is so named because, during the Ava period, the yearly royal hair-washing ceremony customarily used water taken from a spring on the island.
You can hire a boat out here from the pier at the north end of town, not far from the former Mawlamyine Hotel, for K4000 return.
Peace rather than sights is the reason for venturing out here, but you can visit Sandawshin Paya, a whitewash-and-silver zedi (stupa) said to contain hair relics, and a nearby Buddhist meditation centre. Many nuns, with a menagerie of pet dogs, live on the island.
