265MANDALAY TO LASHIOSLEEPINGNORTHERN MYANMARSLEEPINGNORTHERN MYANMARLASHIOway pick-up hire to get here (4 miles from
town, a mile or so off the Mu-se road).
World Peace Pagoda BUDDHIST TEMPLE
(Hsipaw Rd) This massive new golden stupa
on the far western edge of town is visible for
a short time (on the right) from the Hsipaw-
bound bus.
4 Sleeping
Room rates in Lashio are the same for
singles and doubles, and don’t include
breakfast.
Thi Da Aye HOTEL $
(%22165; Thiri Rd; budget/standard/air-con r from
$5/15/18, tr from $18; a) Standard rooms are
clean, if functional, high-ceilinged boxes but
for minimal extra cash the newest rooms
(small/suite $20/30) are a vast step up in
quality with new tiled fl oors, good bathrooms
and very comfy mattresses. The cheapest
basement dives are, in contrast, musty with
saggy beds, sorry little squat-toilet cubicles
and headless showers.Royal Ground HOTEL $
(%25516; Theinni Rd; r with shower/bath $17/19;
a) Clean, all-air-con motel-like place with
35 rooms on two fl oors that extend well
back from the busy road. Showers in some
are a little rusty and little English is spoken
but it’s next door to the town’s most central
internet cafe.Ya Htaik HOTEL $
(%22655; Bogyoke Rd; fan/air-con r $15/18, ste
$25; a) Fair-sized rooms are perfectly bear-
able and beds are comfy but the puke green
walls are off -putting and several fi ttings are
in need of a little freshening up. Suites are
bigger but not better, apart from a balcony
in some. The lift shaft still has no lift. 5 Eating
There are a selection of food stalls around
the junction of Theinni Rd and Bogyoke St,
and many many more appear after 5pm as
part of the bustling night market (h5pm-
9pm). Shan specialities here include pig-or-
gan hotpots, Shan noodle soup and savoury
cakes made from steamed purple sticky rice
and sesame seeds.Sun Moon Café CHINESE, THAI $
(Bogyoke Rd; meals K1500; h9am-9pm) Above
an over-lit bakery, this is about the bright-
est, cleanest and most Western-friendly eat-
ery in central Lashio albeit without any real
hint of style. The picture menu helps you
guess what you’re ordering.Royal Restaurant CHINESE $
(Samkaung St; barbecue items per stick from K100,
meals K1000-8000; h11am-10pm) Every bit as
grubby and uninviting as most of the down-
market central eateries, but the barbecue
food’s fi ne and you can wash it down with
draught Myanmar Beer (K650). The all-in-
Burmese menu also off ers whole fi sh (K5000),
hotpot (K8000) and fried rice (K1000).8 Information
ST Internet (Theinni Rd; per hr K500; h8am-
10pm)8 Getting There & Away
Air
Asian Wings operates a new hopper fl ight on
a Yangon–Heho–Mandalay–Lashio–TachileikLashio
æSights
1 Central Mosque ...................................B2
2 Kamenjaung Paya................................ D1
3 Khabar Aye...........................................C4
4 Maha Bodayaong Temple...................A3
5 Mahamyatmuni Paya ..........................A2
6 Main Market .........................................B2
7 Mansu Paya (Burmese section).........D3
8 Mansu Paya (Shan section)................D3
9 Morning Market ...................................B2
10 Nannhaewon Amusement
Park....................................................B4
11 Thatana (Sasana) 2500-Year
Paya ...................................................C3ÿSleeping
12 Royal Ground Hotel .............................B2
13 Thi Da Aye ............................................B2
14 Ya Htaik ................................................B2úEating
15 Night Market ........................................B2
16 Royal Restaurant .................................B2
17 Sun Moon Café ....................................B2ïTransport
18 Airport .................................................. C1
19 Buses to Hsipaw ..................................A3
20 Lashio Gyi Pick-up Stand .................... D1
21 Main Bus Station .................................C3
22 Pick-ups to Bus Station &
Lashio Gyi..........................................B2
23 Three-wheeler Taxi Stand...................A2