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Sisterland Travels & Tours
Clockwise round forgotten Myanmar=20
The main highlights of the golden pagoda's homeland
Join an individual trip to a golden age culture around the cities and get i=
n touch with Burmese charming people
(season November to February)=20

(Itinerary, based on transport by car, train, flight)

Day1 Flight from Europe to Yangon (arrive next morning), beginning o=
f your 20 day's individual trip to the main sites of Myanmar (formerly Burm=
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Day2 You arrive late morning not far from the capital city of Myanma=
r and continue straight into the hart of Yangon, famous for it's Shwedagon =
Paya, the most sacred Buddhist temple in the country, that you may see alre=
ady on your incoming flight; take your time to relax go out in the evening =
for some traditional Burmese food=20=20
Day3 Your first day you will spend the morning in the city to explore=
the town at the Yangon River: visit Sule Paya in down town, and the lively=
markets or take a three hour circuit train around Yangon to get in touch w=
ith the friendly people and their daily life (an exiting trip)=20
Early afternoon take the overnight by car to Bagan
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Day4 After a restful sleep in the morning explore some of the finest =
pagodas in and around Old Bagan, going round by bicycle or take a relaxing =
horse cart ride; enjoy sunset from one of the pagodas in Old Bagan and get =
a first impression of one of the true wonders of the world - countless pago=
das in a huge area, gleaming in the sunset; work out your impressions on a =
terrace overlooking the Ayeyarwady River and take some traditional food=20=
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Day5 Welcome in Africa! On the way to Mandalay by car, the former Bur=
mese capital, you drive through African like landscape with big savanna and=
umbrella acacia trees; make a stopover at the monastery-topped hill of 125=
0 m Mt. Popa, climb the centre for worship of the nats in Myanmar and take =
rest arriving in Mandalay=20
or

Just got straight to Mandalay by bus, not visiting Mt. Popa, just e=
njoying natural surrounding=20
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Day7
Mandaly and Mandalay region have a lot to offer. It is up to you.

Mandalay town=20
- Mandalay Palace (half day)
- Mandalay Hill (half day)
- Countless Pagodas (half day)
- Half day trip downtown to see:
- bamboo leaf production=20
- gold leaf production=20
- Buddha image makers=20
In the evening it is well worth visiting the Moustache Brothers and=
Mandalay Marionettes, two places that offer fine art of traditional dance,=
theatre and entertainment

Mandalay Region and its four old cities=20

- relaxing and exiting half day trip to Mingun to see the huge ruin=
ed base of Mingun Paya and the largest uncracked bell in the world=20
- half day trip to Sagaing (Sagaing Hill and Ava Bridge) and Amarap=
ura with the rickety 1,2km long U Bein's Bridge, one of the few wall painte=
d pagodas with fine art, take a relaxing boat transfer to the Kyauktawgyi P=
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- day trip to Monywa to see Thanboddhay Paya studded with more than=
500,000 Buddha images=20
- day trip to Pyin U Lwin, an old British hill station with waterfa=
lls nearby=20
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Day8 Arrive in Pindaya late afternoon, a really retreat in a nice lan=
dscape with a small lake; on the way from Kalaw to Pindaya you will meet To=
scana like landscape; this is the day of getting really impressed by Pinday=
a Caves, packed with more than 8000 Buddha images, an unbelievable experien=
ce; visit the bamboo umbrella makers late afternoon and feel the warmly wel=
come of the local people; take a relaxing walk to see what's on in the mark=
et=20=20
Day9 Start early morning to another retreat, the large and beautiful =
Inle Lake, well known for its Intha leg rowers; start your full day boat cr=
uise late morning to return with sunset; just relax, have a look at the leg=
rowing fisherman, visit a big pagoda, a famous temple, the floating garden=
s and several manufactures like black- and silversmith, cigar makers, silk-=
and cotton weavers and boat constructions=20=20=20
Day10 A good day for relaxing and enjoying a long morning and a good =
breakfast; in the afternoon bike around the north west part of the lake and=
go back by boot through the floating flower gardens=20=20
Day11 A morning farewell boat ride to meet the fisherman in the lake;=
after breakfast continue to Bago, an overnight journey by by car=20=20
Day12 Arrive in Bago early morning and get some sleep; late morning t=
ake a rikshaw tour around town to visit the studying monks at the monastery=
and the biggest, nearly 100m long reclining Buddha in Myanmar, continue to=
Mon village and its cotton weavers and visit the huge Shwemawdaw Paya at s=
unset=20=20
Day13 Back to Yangon you will have time the whole day to shop around =
for souvenirs you have not bought yet

Nightlife on request=20
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Day14 This day will top your Myanmar experience; start early morning =
to the Shwedagon Paya, the highlight in Yangon, first watch the gleaming st=
upa from the lake side and then climb up and spend as much time as you like=
with pilgrims and golden payas; take a home like feeling lunch at Savoy Ho=
tel (buffet lunch only on Saturdays) and relax at the salt water swimming p=
ool in a quiet court yard; late afternoon visit the second biggest reclinin=
g Buddha in the country with famous paintings on his feet; get the sunset a=
t Kandawgyi Lake with a nice view on Karaweik floating restaurant where you=
will get a huge buffet dinner with a variety of Asian food and a tradition=
al dance performance=20
Nightlife on request=20
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Day15
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Start into your deep relaxing part of your journey; take the flight to=
Ngapali Beach, dreamland on an unspoiled white sand beach with warm and cl=
ear water, palm trees, friendly local people and the luxury of a beach reso=
rt, stay a few days to get ready for you return to civilization ala oversea=
s=20=20
Day19 Go back to Yangon and enjoy the evening as you like=20=20
Day20 Time to leave. Well relaxed you will be taken direct to the air=
port to go back to Europe where you will arrive the same day

From the editor:

As this trip is described in a way that gives you the possibility t=
o change the above itinerary while you are in the way, as long as single ar=
rangements can be changed too or you are able and willing to agree on an al=
ternative solution that may be cause some discomfort, comparing to your boo=
kings, you will be very flexible to get your tailor-made holiday.=20

Have a good time in Myanmar - time to discover some of the oldest c=
ultures of the world and some of the most friendly people in Asia.=20

Sister Land Travels & Tours Co., Ltd.
142/10 Bagayar Road, Sanchaung Township, Yangon, Myanmar..
Tel: (+95-1) 664561, Mobile: (+95-9)-80 32070, (+95-9)-5021154 Fax: (=
+95-1) 664561
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Internet: http://www.sisterlandtours.com=20