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carvings ...........................................45 E Hanthawaddy Kingdom..........362
car rental .........................................31
Hanthawaddy Kingdom,
caves Restored ....................................364
Kawgun Cave .....................................154 earthquake, 2016 ............203, 378 health ..................................38–40
Kawka Thaung Cave........................155 Eastern Myanmar ........ 234–275 heatstroke ......................................40
Khayone Cave....................................165 Eastern Myanmar, Inle Lake Heho Airport ...............................241
Peik Chin Myaung Cave .................318 and ................................... 238 hepatitis ..........................................39
Saddan Cave ......................................153
Shwe Oo Min Cave ...................15, 246 eating ..................................34–38 history ............................ 357–380
Yathepyan Cave ................................155 elections, 1990 ...........................373 Hkakabo Razi ..............................353
censorship ......................40, 50, 379 elections, 2012 ...........................377 Ho Kyim .........................................272
central Myanmar.......... 178–197 elections, 2015 ...........................378 holidays, public ............................51
central Myanmar................ 182 electricity .................................33, 49 Homalin ........................................345
Chaung Tha ................... 107–109 embassies, Myanmar..................26 horse-drawn carriages ..............32
children, travelling with ............46 emergency numbers ..................48 hospitals .........................................40
Chin (people) ....................132, 383 entry requirements .....................26 hotels ...............................................33
Chin State ...................... 135–137 ethnic groups ............... 381–384 Hpa-An .....................15, 151–158
Chin State ........................... 135 etiquette and culture .......43–45 Hpa-An ................................ 152
China, border crossings from ...25 etiquette, eating ..........................36 Hpa-An, Around ................. 154
Chindwin River trips .................345 exchange rates .............................51 Hpakant ........................................352
chinlone ...........................................43 Hsipaw ........................... 324–328
chinthe ..........................................391 Hsipaw ................................ 325
climate .............................................10 F Hta Nee La Leh ...........................270
cholera .............................................39
Htee Kee-Phu ..............................172
costs .................................................47 Hukaung Valley ..........................353
credit cards ....................................51 fabrics ..............................................46
crime ................................................48 Falam ..............................................137
ferries .................................see boats
cruises, river ...................................31 festivals .................41, 69, 264, 298 I
cuisine, Kachin ............................350
culture and etiquette .......43–45 festivals, Myitkyina ....................348
currency ..........................................50 First Anglo-Burmese War ........366 Indawgyi Lake .............. 351–353
customs regulations ...................49 flights India, border crossings from ...25
cycle rickshaws .............................32 to Myanmar..........................................23 information, tourist.....................52
cycling ......................................31, 43 within Myanmar ..........................26–28 Inland Water Transit ....................30
cycling in Nyaungshwe ...........251 floating gardens.........................262 Inle Lake ..................18, 258–263
Cyclone Nargis ............................376 food .....................................34–38 Inle Lake ............................. 258
football ............................................43 Inle Lake and the east ...234–275
Forty Years’ War ..........................361 Inle Lake and the east ....... 238
D insect bites .....................................39
Insein .................................... 82
Dalah ................................................83 G insurance ........................................49
internet ...........................................49
Dawei ............................. 169–172 Intha (people) ...................259, 382
Dawei .................................. 169 gardens, floating ........................262 Inthein ...........................................260
Dawei Special Economic Zone garuda ...........................................392 Inwa ................................ 303–305
......................................................170 glossary .........................................401 Inwa .................................... 303
Death Railway, the ....................167 Gokteik Viaduct ...................16, 320 Inywa..............................................338
Delta, The ...................... 100–113 Golden Rock (Kyaiktiyo) Irrawaddy dolphins...................340
Delta and western Myanmar ...............................16, 148–150 itineraries ........................................20
......................................... 102 golf ....................................................43 IWT ....................................................30
dengue fever .................................39 greetings.........................................44
Dhanyawadi ................................133 guesthouses ..................................33
diarrhoea ........................................39 Gwa .................................................118 J
disabled travellers .......................53
diving ......................................43, 175
......................................................368 H jaggery ..........................................165
Dobama Asiayone movement jade ................................46, 347, 352
dollars, US.......................................50 Japanese encephalitis ...............39
dolphins, Irrawaddy ..................340 Hakha .............................................136 Japanese occupation of
drink .................................................37 hamsa ............................................392 Myanmar...................................369
duty-free allowances ..................49 Hanlin ............................................341 jewellery .........................................46

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