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Photo: Ceremony to become an adult Shaving the hair to prepare to be a monk. |
| i | Tourist info office: None. Get info from your hotel including about trekking. |
| $ | Exchange: shops around the market. $1=1000k, FEC=850k. I was informed that Pearl Shop E from the market and Winner Hotel on the highway are good places to change but we have not checked. |
| P | Police: Union Highway T50501 |
| H1 | Clinic: E side of town. Also some S from Market. |
| H2 | Pharmacy: Many around the market |
| M0 | Post office(GPO): W side of town N side of the highway. No English sign. S from Mya Sa Bai GH. M-F9-16:00 |
| M1 | Telephone: at Post Office. M-F9-16:00 There are private telephone services are available in town. But the cost is more expensive than the telephone office. |
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| m | Regional Market(special one): held every 5days. Not many souvenir shops. The normal market is held everyday. |
| la | laundry: guest houses. |
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| Apr | Myanmar New Year: (Water throwing festival) and rockets will be launched. |
| Nov |
Myanmar calender Month of Tazaungmon:
full moon (Harvesting festival) Festival for light/fire |
| March 12? | Pindaya Cave Festival |
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Since it is a cool place, all hotels are equipped with hot showers. Rooms with bathrooms are usually twice as expensive as ones without. All hotels have signs on the highway so they are easy to find. |
| - $5/p | $6/p - $12/p | $13/p+ | |
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| h1 | Mya Sa Bal: Pagoda Rd. just behind the post office on the highway T50072, sb $3/p bf HW C4 Old, well maintained wooden house. Family run GH with excellent staff and incredible breakfast. Rec | |
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New Shine Hotel:
#21 Union Highway, T50028. ab $12/16 HW STV C4 |
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Pine land: Union Highway,
T50020, ab $3/p bf C2 Damp, dark rooms. |
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Winner Hotel:
Union Highway + Pyi Taung Rd.T50025 sb $3/p ab a/c TV s$10/d15, fr 20/25 HW bf C4 |
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| h5 | Golden Lily: #5/ Notsin Rd. T50311, ab $3/5 HW bf C2 STV in lobby. The cheapest option in town. | |
| h6 | Golden Kalaw: #66 Notsin Rd. T50108 sb $2/p, ab $3/p HW bf C2 basic. Terrace in front of rooms. | |
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Eastern Paradise: Mercant
Rd.W from Parami ab 7/12, TV fr d$15 HW bf C4 Villa atmosphere Rec |
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| h8 | Parami Hotel: Mercant Rd. T50027 sb $2/p, ab $3/p HW bf C4 Large, basic rooms. Good bf Rec | |
| h9 | Dream Villa Hotel: #5 Zatila Street T50144, ab TV $15/24, fr d36 HW bf C5 clean rooms. Good for tour group. | |
| h10 | Central Motel: Mercant Rd. S from the market. T50270 ab $5/p HW bf C4 good value. Nice view from the roof. Rec | |
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| r1 | Pineland Restaurant: Just S from the market, E from Central Motel. Chinese. Cheap and delicious, serves tofu too. Rec | |
| r2 | Nepal Food Center Everest: Walk S from Palami Hotel. 7-21:00. Nepal dish Excellent dali 800k. Rec | |
| r3 | Local tea house: just S from Everest. Tea house. Chinese bum | |
| r4 | Thu Muang: Union Highway, opp from Winner Hotel. Myanmar food. Lot of locals eat here. | |
| r5 | Royal Tea House: E side of the market, E side of the street. tea house | |
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| A | Heho Airport: 22km E from town. By taxi $10 For the airfare, see Inle Lake section |
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Train station: SE
of the town. Too expensive, too slow, To Shwe Nyaung : dep11:00 arr14:00, Ordinary$1/Upper$3 To Thazi : dep12:00 arr17:30, Ordinally$2/Upper$5 |
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Bus: All buses pass through
Union Highway, the main road. During rainy season, the road get mud, takes a long time to travel. |
| Yangon: Eastern State Exp, 5,000k, pass Kalaw around 14:00 16hr to Yangon |
| Bago: 14hr, Take the Yangon bus listed above. Same price. |
| Mandalay: 8hr Minibus 3000k (7:00), 3500k(21:00) |
| Bagan: 8hr 4000k passing around 7:00 |
| Thazi/: 4hr Minibus 2000k Take one for Bagan or Mandalay. Pickup trucks are running all days but they also ask 2000k. Bargain |
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Shwe Nyaung(Junction of
the road to Inle Lake)/Taunggyi: Pickup
2-4hr depends on the transferring
time at Auban. Shwe Nyaung.1000-1500k
(front seat) It may require 2-3 pickups.
Minibus from Hotel Parami, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30 700k |
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| Many guest houses and trekking agencies offer various tours. Cost $7/day/p. Day and 1-night/2-day tour is common, visiting hill-tribe villages, Pao, Padang etc. and elephant villages. About 5-6 hour walking. Please make sure what the fare includes, such as food, drink, the quality of accommodation etc. The accommodation could be at a monastery (free). 3night/4day may include trekking to Inle lake. |
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| S1 | Shwe U Min Paya Cave temple: about 2km S from town. It is very complicated to reach. Ask someone to write the name in Burmese so you can ask locals. Take the road of the mosque to S from the market and turn right at the sign and walk another 15 min. It is on the left. Compared to the Pindaya Cave, it is much less impressive and smaller (30m). But you can get an impression of a cave temple if you can't get to the Pindaya Cave. |
| S2 | Nee Paya(Temple housing the Bamboo Buddha): 1km from the Ume Cave. Keep walking on the same road and turn right at T junction and turn left at 6 way junction. Turn left 90 degree(Ask which one you take.) Walk another 10min. The first temple on the left. Walk up with step-way. It houses a Budda image made with bamboo. Friendly nuns offer free tea. |
| S3 | Kalaw Regional market: held every 5 days, Dates in Jan 2003 |
| S4 | Pindaya Regional market: Also held every 5 days, Dates in Jan 2003 |
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Kalaw
is a mountain village between Thazi & Taunggyi