TRANSPORT: INLE LAKE AREA, Myanmar

	TRANSPORT INLE LAKE AREA, Myanmar
	Area Code 052, $1=1040kyat, Jan 22, 2003

AIR

A	Heho Airport:W 40km from Taunggyi, by taxi $9 Flights to: Yangon $88 Mandalay $42, Bagan $62

TRAIN

T	Train station: in Shwe Nyaung, but very inconvenient to use, too slow, too expensive. to Taunggyi(Ordinary$?/Upper?), Kalaw($1/3), Thazi($3/8), and Yangon dep 10:00? arr11:00+1? ($13/32).

BUS

B	All highway buses to Bago & Yangon leave from Taunggyi bus station, outside Taunggyi, but you can get on from Shwe Nyaung if you have a reservation. You can make a reservation at travel agent or guest houses. Minibuses to Mandalay, Bagan leave from Taunggyi town center but you can get on from Shwe Nyaung if you have a reservation. To take minibuses to Mandalay or Bagan, you have to leave Nyaung Shwe at 4:30 and you have to rely on an expensive taxi, $2-5. To avoid this you could stay in Kalaw.