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Maps are marked in grey
969 Movement ...........................387 Aythaya Vineyard .......................264 Maungmagan ....................................170
1300 Revolution .........................368 Ayutthaya (Thailand), Burmese Myeik Archipelago ..........................174
1962 army coup .........................371 sack of ........................................365 Ngapali .........................................16, 113
1990 elections ............................373 Ngwe Saung ............................109–113
2012 elections ............................377 Beikthano .....................................196
betel ........................................10, 244
8888 Uprising .............................372 B Bhamo............................ 332–335
2015 elections ............................378
Bhamo ................................ 332
bikes ..........................................31, 43
BAGAN .....................13, 198–233 Bilu Kyun .......................................164
A Bagan ..........................204–205 Bird Island, Ngwe Saung .........111
Bagan, New ........................ 224
Bagan: Nyaung U ............... 208 bird’s-nest farms ........................176
accommodation ................32–34 Bagan and around ............. 202 birds, luck .......................................46
activities accommodation .....................223–226 Bo Bo Aung ..................................388
Chaung Tha ........................................109 Ananda Paya ......................................209 Bo Bo Gyi ......................................386
Indawgyi Lake ...................................352 Archeological Museum ..................211 boats ................................................30
Mandalay ............................................292 architecture ........................................390 Bagan to Mandalay .........................222
Myeik Archipelago ..........................175 arrival and departure .....................222 Bhamo to Mandalay........................334
Ngapali ................................................116 ballooning ..........................................228 Dawei to Kawthaung ......................171
Ngwe Saung ......................................110 Central Plain, the ....................214–218 Inle Lake ..............................................260
Yangon ...................................................87 cultural shows ...................................227 Mandalay to Bagan .........................291
addresses ........................................47 Dhammayangyi Paya ......................216 Mandalay to the north ..................273,
admission fees ..............................48 Dhammayazika Pagoda .................217 291, 334
airlines ...............................23, 26, 28 directory ..............................................228 Mawlamyine to Hpa-An ................162
Mrauk U to Sittwe ............................133
earthquake, 2016 .............................203
Akauk Taung ................................195 eating ...................................................226 Sittwe to Mrauk U ............................123
Alaungpaya, King ......................364 entry fees ............................................202 Sittwe to Taunggok .........................123
Alaungsithu, King ......................213 getting around .................................223 Bodawpaya, King .............308, 365
alcohol .............................................38 history ........................................359–361 books about Myanmar
alphabet, Burmese ....................396 Htilominlo Paya ................................208 ..................................... 393–395
Amarapura ...................................300 information ........................................223 border crossings ...................24, 25
Amarapura ......................... 300 itineraries ............................................206 Htee Kee–Phu Nam Ron ................172
āna ....................................................43 Minnanthu ..........................................218 Kawthaung–Ranong .......................177
New Bagan ...............................219–222
Anaukpetlun, King ....................363 Nyaung U ..................................203–207 Muse–Ruili ..........................................331
Anawrahta, King ........................359 Old Bagan .................................210–214 Myawaddy–Mae Sot .......................158
Anglo-Burmese War, First .......366 shopping .............................................227 Tachileik–Mae Sai .............................275
Anglo-Burmese wars ................366 Shwegugyi Paya ...............................213 breakfast .........................................33
Anisakan Falls .............................317 Shwesandaw Pagoda .....................214 British in Burma ........... 365–370
Anti-Fascist Organisation .......370 Shwezigon Pagoda................203–207 Buddha images, Burmese ......391
Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom Sulamani Paya ...................................217 Buddhism and Burmese food
League .......................................370 sunset-viewing temples ................216 ........................................................35
antiques, exporting ....................45 Thatbyinnyu Paya ............................213 Buddhism, Burmese .... 385–388
tour operators ...................................223
Arakan, history of ...120, 362, 363 tours ......................................................223 Buddhist calendar .......................42
architecture, Burmese travel agents ......................................223 budgets, daily ...............................48
..................................... 389–392 Bago ............................... 143–148 Burma or Myanmar? ............8, 380
Ari Buddhism ..............................385 Bago .................................... 144 Burma Road, the ........................330
astrology .......................................388 balloon festival, Taunggyi ......264 Burma Socialist Programme
ATMs .................................................51 Bamar (people) ...........................381 Party ...........................................371
Aung Myint Tha ..........................349 Bamar, the ....................................359 buses ................................................28
Aung San ...................368, 369, 370 bargaining ........................33, 44, 45 buses, city .......................................32
Aung San Suu Kyi ....... 373–375, Battle of Goteik Gorge .............365
377–380, 394 Battle of Maymyo ......................365
Ava, Kingdom of ........................361 Bawgyo Paya ...............................326 C
Ayeyarwady confluence .........349 Bayinnaung, King ......................362
Ayeyarwady River second defile beaches
......................................................335 best beach resorts .............................34 calendar, Burmese Buddhist ...42
Ayeyarwady River trips .....15, 334 Chaung Tha ..............................107–109 Cape Negrais ...............................366
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