Page 239 - The Rough Guide to Myanmar (Burma)

KENGTUNG MARKET

Highlights
1 Inle markets Increasingly touristy but 4 Boat trips on Inle Lake Spend a day
somehow still very traditional, Inle’s itinerant exploring the lake’s stilted villages, floating
markets move around the area on a regular gardens and water-fringed pagodas. See p.260
five-day cycle, selling everything from fruit and
5 Kakku This magical religious site features a
flowers through to ethnic-minority headgear
and cheesy souvenirs. See box, p.241 remarkable array of over two thousand slender
stupas rising from a remote hillside in the
2 Hiking around Kalaw There are plenty of countryside south of Taunggyi. See p.264
trekking opportunities in the verdant hills 6 Pan Pet Rewarding interactions with
around Kalaw, including the hike to Inle Lake Myanmar’s famous long-necked Kayan (Padaung)
– one of Myanmar’s most memorable journeys. ladies in the unspoilt village of Pan Pet, deep in
See box, p.243
the heartlands of remote Kayah State. See p.269
3 Shwe Oo Min Cave Remarkable cave
7 Kengtung Way off the beaten track in
complex, high above the peaceful lakeside town Myanmar’s far east, Kengtung boasts a pretty lake,
of Pindaya, stuffed to the gills with an extraordi- plentiful pagodas and rewarding treks through
nary array of golden Buddha statues. See p.246
colourful ethnic-minority villages. See p.270
HIGHLIGHTS ARE MARKED ON THE MAP ON P.238