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NORTHERN MYANMAR

MANDALAY TO LASHIO

Workshop Visits

If you don’t fancy walking so far, there are

various workshops and mini factories

around town, where you can see locals

carrying out cottage industries like weav-

ing, noodle manufacturing, dipping-candle

making, cheroot rolling and even popcorn

popping. All these are marked on the map

in the reception at Mr Charles Guest House.

Or fi nd a guide to combine a few workshop

visits with, perhaps, a fi eld-stroll to Parpeit

village and hot springs.

 4 Sleeping

oMr Charles Guest House HOTEL $

(%80105; 105 Auba St; s/d from K10,000/15,000,

with shared bathroom K4500/9000, air-con r from

K22,000; a) This well-run travellers’ magnet

covers all bases from simple, hard-bedded

backpacker basics to relatively snazzy new-

block rooms where every extra Kyat you pay

gets something slightly nicer. For air-condi-

tioning and balcony reckon K22,000. Fancy

bath fi ttings and more contemporary decor

start at K30,000. Staff can arrange all man-

ner of transport, treks and tours and each

building has an enticing communal upstairs

balcony where guests swap travel stories late

into the evening. Dollars can be changed at

poor rates. Breakfast is included but served

in the yard (bring a blanket!)

Golden Doll/Mr Kid GUESTHOUSE $

(%80066; 124 Bogyoke Rd; s/d $6/10, with shared

bathroom $5/8) The obliging, if laid-back, fam-

ily welcome makes this feel like an overgrown

homestay. Conditions are basic and there are

a handful of coffi n-box singles (normally for

locals only) but several rooms have been re-

vamped, some with half-timber eff ects, oth-

ers with wooden panelling and most with

fi ne new mattresses. However, the shared

bathrooms are dimly lit and across the yard.

Nam Khae Mao GUESTHOUSE $

(%80077; [email protected]; 134 Bo-

gyoke Rd; s/d from K11,000/13,000, with shared

bathroom K4000/8000) The cheapest bare-

box rooms come with bubbling paintwork

and shared squat toilets. En suite rooms

are more presentable and the best K18,000

rooms have air-conditioning and hot water,

though they are accessed off a communal

TV room that’s often packed full of local

guests.

 5 Eating & Drinking

A selection of dining options is strung out

along Namtu Rd. Most are relatively basic

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