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PLAN YOUR TRIP RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL Interact, But Don’t Endanger One way you can positively help people is to talk and talk and ta ...

PLAN YOUR TRIP RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL Charity & Direct-Aid Volunteerism Tourism isn’t going to fi x all of Myanmar’s problems, o ...

PLAN YOUR TRIP RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL supplies are lacking, buying them and handing them out to each of the students. » Foreign-made ...

Planning Your Trip Don’t Forget » Your visa » All-purpose electrical-plug adapter » Torch (flashlight) » Warm jacket for chilly ...

PLAN YOUR TRIP PLANNING YOUR TRIP Sometimes areas that were possible to visit with or without a permit, suddenly become off -lim ...

PLAN YOUR TRIP PLANNING YOUR TRIP two types of nicer rooms on upper fl oors. Some have lifts. Some keep their generators on 24 h ...

PLAN YOUR TRIP PLANNING YOUR TRIP Putting Together Your Own Package If you’re used to having a car at the airport waiting for yo ...

Around Yangon Temples  Beaches  Boats  Temples For temples, the former capital of Bago (Pegu) would probably outdo just abo ...

PLAN YOUR TRIP REGIONS AT A GLANCE Southeastern Myanmar Caves  Temples  Culture  Caves For those who love the dark side, ...

PLAN YOUR TRIP REGIONS AT A GLANCE Mandalay & Around Temples  Culture  Shopping  Temples As Burma’s last royal capital, ...

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Why Go? Many travellers tend to give Yangon (rn'kun') short shrift, sacrifi cing the city for extra time in Myanmar’s high-profi ...

DANGERS & ANNOYANCES Yangon is an incredibly safe city: you are far less likely to be robbed here than almost any other big ...

38 YANGON Bus Terminal To Hliang Thar Yar Mandalay (400mi) Pyay (178mi); To Bago (48mi); (6.2mi) Bridge Thaketa Bridge Maha ...

39 (^) SIGHTSYANGON SIGHTS YANGON SIGHTS In late 2007 Yangon was the centre of huge nationwide fuel protests, which were led by ...

40 YANGON means leader, usually in a military sense, and tataung means 1000). For one six-month pe- riod this paya is said to ha ...

41 (^) SIGHTSYANGON SIGHTS YANGON SIGHTS every now and again a truly monstrous one sticks its head out of the water. A short wal ...

42 YANGON Independence Monument, an obelisk sur- rounded by two concentric circles of chinthe. For a year or two following the 1 ...

43 (^) SIGHTSYANGON SIGHTS YANGON SIGHTS ing features the original blue-and-white Star of David motif. Several colourful Hindu t ...

44 YANGON In the 15th century, the tradition of gild- ing the stupa began. Queen Shinsawbu, who was responsible for many improve ...