Page 17 - The Rough Guide to Myanmar (Burma)

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ETHNIC-MINORITY
GROUPS
Pages 381–388
Myanmar is home to an
extraordinary tapestry of
diverse ethnic groups, best
appreciated during a trek or
tour around the eastern towns
of Kalaw, Kengtung or Loikaw.
SHOPPING
Page 45
Myanmar’s markets and shops
serve up plenty of unusual
souvenirs, including beautiful
parasols, lacquerware, wood
ornaments and all sorts of
traditional textiles.
SHWE OO MIN CAVE
Page 246
Spectacular cave filled with an
extraordinary quantity of
gilded Buddha statues, wedged
into a cliff-face high above the
pretty town of Pindaya.
HPA-AN
Page 151
Watch the sunrise from a
mountaintop monastery and
disturb squeaking clouds of
bats in holy caves outside
laidback Hpa-An.
BOAT TRIPS ON THE
AYEYARWADY
Box, page 222 & box, page 334
Head upstream from Bagan to
Mandalay or foray into the far
north along Myanmar’s most
important river, jumping ship
at remote villages as you go.

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