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Surreal & Traditional To travel here is to encounter men wear- ing skirt-like longyi, women smothered in thanakha (tradition ...

KIMBERLEY COOLE/LONELY PLANET IMAGES © PETER STUCKINGS/LONELY PLANET IMAGES © stake out a slice of beach on the blissful Bay of ...

CHRISTOPHER GROENHOUT/LONELY PLANET IMAGES © Shwedagon Paya 1 Is there a more stunning monument to religion in Southeast Asia? W ...

Inle Lake 2 Virtually every visitor to Myanmar (Burma) makes it here at some point, but Inle Lake (p 177 ) is so awe-inspiring a ...

DENNIS WALTON/LONELY PLANET IMAGES © BERNARD NAPTHINE/LONELY PLANET IMAGES © Pyin Oo Lwin 4 Pyin Oo Lwin (Maymyo; p 250 ) is a o ...

Thingyan 6 Myanmar in April is so hot that you’ll enjoy getting soaked at Thingyan ( Water Festival; p 343 ), which marks the st ...

Ngapali Beach 7 Take with a pinch of salt the story about this beautiful beach reminding a homesick Italian of Naples. From its ...

Mt Kyaiktiyo (Golden Rock) 10 The good things in life never come easy. This is particularly so with the sweat-inducing, never-en ...

Need to Know Currency » Burmese kyat (K) Language » Burmese High Season (Dec–Feb) » Rains least (if at all in places) and is not ...

Cash-Only Economy Myanmar ATMS don't accept international cards. With few exceptions, credit cards and trav- ellers cheques aren ...

Buddhas & Temples Myanmar is one of the most devout Buddhist coun- tries in the world. Yangon’s Shwedagon Paya, Manda- lay’s ...

PLAN YOUR TRIP IF YOU LIKE Activities & Adventures Many activities take place under the hot Myanmar sun, from long-distance ...

Top Event s Water Festival (Thingyan), mid-April Taungbyone Nat Pwe Festival, August or early September Independence Day, 4 Janu ...

PLAN YOUR TRIP MONTH BY MONTH welcomes in Myanmar’s New Year. See p 11 and p 343 for more details. z Dawei Thingyan The male r ...

Itiner- aries Whether you’ve got a week or a month, these itineraries provide a starting point for the trip of a lifetime. Want ...

PLAN YOUR TRIP ITINERARIES MYANMAR LAOS VIETNAM BANGLADESH THAILAND CAMBODIA CHINA INDIA angon Mandalay Pyay Ngapali Beach Sittw ...

PLAN YOUR TRIP ITINERARIES R MYANMAR LAOS VIETNAM BANGLADESH THAILAND CAMBODIA CHINA INDIA Myitkyina Katha Bhamo Kyaukmyaung Shw ...

Responsible Travel Key Points » Travel independently rather than in a big tour group. » Where possible, avoid using businesses o ...

PLAN YOUR TRIP RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL Avoid Package To u r s ‘We want people to come to Burma, not to help the junta, but to help th ...

PLAN YOUR TRIP RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL gling the complex web of fi nancial connec- tions in Myanmar’s economy is like unpick- ing the ...