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YANGON

Bus Terminal

To Hliang Thar Yar

Mandalay (400mi)

Pyay (178mi);

To Bago (48mi);

(6.2mi)

Bridge

Thaketa

Bridge

Mahabandoola

& Gems Market

Myanmar Gems Museum

Amathaya

Hotel

Daw Kyi

Inlay

Seafood

Monte & Fresh

Minn Lane Rakhaing

Kyauk

Hsin Hpyu Daw

Meditation Centre

Chanmyay Yeiktha

Kaba Aye Paya

Mahapasana

Restaurant

Inya Lake L'Opera

Children Hospital

Women and

Hospital

Sangha

Hospital

Insein General

Airport

International

Yangon

Golf Estate

Pun Hlaing

KandawgyiLake

Lake

Inya

Dawbon

Pazundaung

Botataung

Nyunt

Taung

Mingala

Myothit

Okkala

Okkalapa

Dagon

Ahlone

Sanchaung

Tamwe

Bahan

Yankin

Kamayut

South

Mayangon

Insein

North

Dagon

Creek

Ywar

Kuon

Hlaing River

Creek

NgaMoeYeik

YangonRiver

Pan Hlaing River

Ma Hiwa Gone

Bauktaw

Tamwe

Ahlone Rd

Panhlaing

Kyemyindaing

Hanthawady

Hledan

Yangon

Kanbe

Kamayut

Thirimyaing

Okkyin

Parami

Yegu

Thamaing

Gyogone

Insein

Kyaukyedwin

Pweseikkon

Tadagale

Ywama

Nyunt

Myittar

5

Bo Minn Yaung Rd

Phuka St

Swedaw St

Strand Rd

Myin Taw Taw St

Man Pyae St

Yan Pyae St

Rd

Sule Paya

Rd

Rd

Kokkine

Pyay Rd

AveRd

University

Pyay Rd

Rd

Oak Pone Seik

lar Rd

Parami Rd

Lan

Myittar Rd

sein

Nar Rd

yon Rd

In Butte

thit

Rd

(Station Rd)

Pyay Rd

a

Rd

Thanthumar

Thin Gan Gyun Rd

Ya Da

Thu Minga

Yan Tar Rd

Wai Za

Than Thu Mar Rd

Thitsar Rd

Rd

Kanbe

Parami Rd

Kaba Aye Pagoda Rd

Pyay Rd

Insein Rd

aik

WinePagoda

Ky

Rd

Factory

Sawa

Rd

Bayintnaung

ayRd

Py

Pin Lon Rd

Pyi Htaung Main Rd

St

hamar

Thud

Bridge

Thuwunna

Walking Tour

Downtown Yangon

San Market

Bogyoke Aung

Paya

Chaukhtatgyi

Paya

Shwedagon

Museum

National

Line

Circle

Yangon

0 2 km

0 1 mile

 1 Off er a slack-jawed prayer

of wonder at the Shwedagon

Paya (p 43 ), the pyramid of

gold that is the Burma of old

 2 Pick up some Burmese-

style slippers or a new longyi

at Bogyoke Aung San Market

(p 67 )

 3 Massage the person-sized

toes of the jewel-bedecked

enlightened one at the

Chaukhtatgyi Paya (p 47 )

 4 Have your palm read on

the watercolour streets and

search for a glittering paya

and Chinese dragons on our

downtown Yangon walking

tour (p 54 )

 5 Caff einate, eavesdrop on

the gossip and grab a snack

at one of Yangon’s teahouses

(p 63 )

 6 See Yangon’s ’burbs from

a very crowded train on the

Yangon Circle Line (p 50 )

 7 Witness the treasures of

Myanmar's past at the poorly

maintained but worthwhile

National Museum (p 41 ).

Yangon Highlights