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381 TRANSPORT TOURS^ Tours Many high-end hotels off er expensive day tours. We list sources for less expensive, private guides t ...

382 TRANSPORT GETTING AROUND^ windows as the locals. Pay- ment is usually required in US dollars or FECs. Smaller stations somet ...

383 The following advice is a general guide only and does not replace the advice of a doctor trained in travel medicine. BEFORE ...

384 HEALTH IN MYANMAR^ Infectious Diseases The following are the most common for travellers: Dengue Fever Increasingly problemat ...

385 HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS^ problems, such as sinusitis, dry throat and irritated eyes. If troubled by the pollution, leav ...

386 HEALTH IN MYANMAR^ that receive less air, such as the groin, the armpits and between the toes. It starts as a red patch that ...

Burmese is part of the Tibeto-Burman lan- guage family. As the national language of Myanmar (Burma), it has over 40 million spea ...

388 LANGUAGE ACCOMMODATION What’s your name? namv\ By\liu nang·me be·loh eKÅql ́" kaw·ţhuh·lè My name is ... k¥ena.\/k¥m juh·náw ...

389 LANGUAGE EMERGENCIES What’s the local speciality? d^¦mi>kspy\r ̇y\ di·myóh·gá suh·be·she Asa;Asak Bal ́" uh·sà·uh·sa·gá b ...

390 LANGUAGE TIME & DATES Can I look at it? Âkv\>liu>rmla;" jí·lóh yá·muh·là Do you have any other? t®Ka;r ̇ieq;la;" d ...

391 LANGUAGE GLOSSARY GLOSSARY See p 335 for some useful words and phrases dealing with food and dining. Abbreviations AM – Air ...

392 LANGUAGE GLOSSARY Wor d s acheiq longyi – longyi woven with intricate patterns and worn on ceremonial occasions a-le – opium ...

393 LANGUAGE GLOSSARY nat pwe – dance performance designed to entice a nat to possess a nat-gadaw ngwe – silver nibbana – nirvan ...

394 LANGUAGE GLOSSARY compounds made from base metals zayat – an open-sided shelter or resthouse associated with a zedi zedi – s ...