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K laundry ............................................50 meditation .....................................50
Meiktila .......................... 189–191
Launglon ......................................170
lethwei..............................................43 Meiktila ............................... 190
Kachin (people) ..........................383 LGBT .................................................50 Meiktila, Battle of .......................370
Kachin cuisine ......................36, 350 Loi Mwe .........................................272 Meinmahla Kyun Wildlife
Kachin Independence Loikaw............................ 266–269 Sanctuary .................................108
Army (KIA) ......................348, 383 Loikaw ................................ 267 merit-making ....................387, 389
Kachin Independence longyi ...........................................7, 46 Mindon, King ..............................367
Organization............................371 luck birds ........................................46 Mingun .......................... 307–309
Kakku .............................................264 Lwemon ........................................352 Mingun ............................... 307
Kalaw.............................. 238–245 mobile phones .............................52
Kalaw .................................. 240 Moebye Lake ...............................261
Karen (people) ............................382 M Mon (people) ..............................383
Kanthaya .......................................118
Karen National Liberation Army Mon kingdoms, early ...............358
money..............................................50
......................................................382 Ma Ba Tha .....................................387
Karen National Union (KNU) Mae Sai (Thailand) ....................275 Mong La ........................................274
......................................................382 Mae Sot (Thailand) ....................158 Mongols ........................................360
Katha ..............................................337 magazines ......................................41 Monywa ......................... 343–346
Kaung Daing hot springs .......261 Magwe ...........................................197 Monywa .............................. 344
Kawgun Cave ..............................154 Maha An Htu Kan Tha Paya ...318 motorbike taxis ............................32
Kawka Thaung Cave .................155 Maha Bodhi Tataung ................343 motorbikes .....................................31
Kawthaung ..................................176 Maing Thauk ................................258 Mount Hpar-Pu ..........................152
Kayah (people) ...........................383 malaria .............................................39 Mount Popa (Taung Kalat)
Kayah State ................... 266–270 Manau Festival ...........................348 ...............................13, 228–231
Kayan (people) ................260, 270, MANDALAY ................... 276–309 Mount Victoria ............................136
383, 384 Mandalay ....................282–283 Mount Zwegabin .......................152
Kayin (people) ............................382 Mandalay, downtown ........ 288 mountaineering ...........................43
Kengtung ...................... 270–274 Mandalay and around ....... 280 Moustache Brothers .................297
Kengtung ............................ 271 accommodation .....................292–295 MRAUK U .................18, 124–135
addresses ............................................290
Khayone Cave .............................165 arrival and departure .....................290 Mrauk U .............................. 125
kick boxing ....................................43 boat trips .............................................291 accommodation ...............................134
Kinpun ......................................6, 148 city centre .................................287–289 arrival and departure .....................133
Kipling, Rudyard ........................393 combination ticket ..........................286 Central Mrauk U ...............................126
kirtimukha ....................................391 directory ..............................................299 directory ..............................................135
Eastern Group ...................................130
kissing sounds ..............................44 drinking ...............................................297 eating ...................................................134
Ko Ni ...............................................379 eating .........................................295–297 getting around .................................133
Kohima ..........................................370 entertainment ...................................297 Htukkanthein Paya ..........................128
festivals ................................................298
Konbaung dynasty....................364 getting around .................................291 information ........................................134
Kyaikkami .....................................167 history ..................................................281 Kothaung Paya ..................................130
Kyaikmaraw Paya .......................166 information ........................................292 Northern Group ......................127–130
Kyaiktiyo (Golden Rock) Mahamuni Paya ................................289 Shittaung Paya ..................................127
..................................... 148–150 Mandalay Hill .....................................284 shopping .............................................135
kyat ...................................................50 Mandalay Palace ....................285–287 south of the centre ..........................131
meditation ..........................................292
Kyauk Kalat Pagoda ..................153 shopping .............................................298 tours ......................................................134
Kyaukme ........................ 321–324 sports and activities ........................292 MTT ...................................................52
Kyaukme ............................. 322 tours ......................................................292 mudras ..........................................392
Kyaukmyaung .............................338 Mandalay-style Buddhas ........391 Muse ...............................................331
Kyauktalon Taung ......................166 Mandalay–Lashio railway .......320 Myanmar .................................5
Kyin Nyunt ...................................375 Mandalay, Battle of ...................370 Myanmar Travels & Tours ..........52
maps.................................................50 Myanmar, name change to ........8,
markets ...........................................38 373, 380
L markets, Inle ................................241 Myawaddy....................................158
Myeik .............................. 172–176
Maugham, W. Somerset ..........394
Maungmagan .............................170 Myeik .................................. 173
lacquerware ...................................45 Mawdin Point ..............................105 Myeik Archipelago ....................174
language, Burmese ..... 396–400 Mawlamyine ...........16, 159–164 Myinsaing Kingdom .................361
Lashio ............................. 329–331 Mawlamyine ....................... 160 Myitkyina ...................... 346–351
Lashio ................................. 329 media, the ......................................40 Myitkyina ........................... 347
Lashio–Mandalay railway .......320 medical resources .......................40 Myitsone Dam ............................349
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