Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia — October 2017

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Morning catch at Tsukiji Market, in To k y o , p a g e 7 8. 65 / OCTOBER 2017 / An epic journey to Mrauk-U, a mystical land of h ...

Novice monks at Shwe Han Thar Monastery. OPPOSITE: Sanda Muni Phara Gri Kyaung Taik monastery and temple. 66 OCTOBER 2017 / TRAV ...

Kingdom Secret Far in northwestern Burma was the ancient civilization of Mrauk-U, filled with majestic temples and a little-know ...

CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: River prawns are a Rakhine staple; carvings at Koe Thaung Temple; an astrologer’s book at Mahamuni Buddha ...

quality, whether the brown stone pagodas and bell- shaped stupas gradually materialize from the mist as you boat up the murky Ka ...

Koe Thaung stupas. OPPOSITE: A Chin woman in Panpoung village, with traditional face tattoos. It’s ethereal, more so considering ...

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(built in 1535) is perched on a hill overlooking the major plain at Mrauk-U, and its back wall boasts exquisite arch cutouts, to ...

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Myatazaung Pagoda; girls at the Guwa Temple of carved Buddhas; Mrauk U Princess Resort; fishing is a family ...

been little study and excavation,” says Than Myint of the Mrauk-U Heritage Trust. “And what little restoration has been done inc ...

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Much of it seems incongruously designed for tourists, but the journey itself is worth the price of passage, on a long- tail boat ...