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INLE LAKE
Page 258
Ride a boat across magical Inle
Lake, with its surreal floating
gardens, stilted villages,
water-wrapped pagodas and
iconic Intha fishermen.
SHWEDAGON
PAGODA, YANGON
Page 72
One of the world’s greatest
Buddhist temples, centred on
a vast golden stupa towering
over the skyline of Yangon.
MANDALAY SHOWS
Page 297
Myanmar’s second city boasts
an intriguing assortment of
entertainment options, from
the Moustache Brothers’
slapstick satire through to
performances of traditional
music, dance and puppetry.
MRAUK U
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The historic capital of the
kingdom of Arakan, sporting
monumental fortified temples
and hundreds of stupas
scattered across a beautiful
landscape of wooded hills and
twisting rivers.
MAWLAMYINE
Page 159
The atmospheric former
capital of colonial-era Lower
Burma, with a string of
traditional markets and
pagoda-topped hills strung
out along the Thanlyin River.

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