Extension From Mandalay

(EGTM-15) Mandalay-Pyin Oo Lwin-Lashio-Mandalay
 

Day (1) Mandalay-Pyin Oo Lwin
Drive up into hills form Mandalay for a full day visit of Pyin Oo Lwin (Maymyo), a former british Hill station. The road winds steeply through flower, fruit and vegetable gardens. Visit Pwe Kauk waterfall and enjoy the countryside. Drive through Maymyo on a horse drawn "stage coach", giving you the chance to admire the brick and timber houses, complete with English style gables, turrets and chimneys. In the afternoon visit the tiny Forestry Museum (if open) and the Botanical Gardens, which were laid out by sir Harcourt Butler, the former governor of Burma flower beds are similar to those you would find in an English country garden. Accommodation at Pyin Oo Lwin.

Day (2) Pyain Oo Lwin-Lashio
Breakfast. Early morning, transfer from your hotel to Pyin Oo Lwin railway station, where you board the train to Laship for a journey of approximately 11 hours. The train stops at many local stations and passes, very slowly, over the Goikteik viaduct, built in 1903 across a 300 metre deep gorge. Upon arrival in Lashio, transfer to your hotel. Accommodation at Lashio.

Day (3) Laship-Pyin Oo Lwin
Breakfast. Lashio is particularly beautiful from November to February, the cool months when the trees are in bloom. Early morning, visit the colourful local market where you can often see minority people selling their produce. Continue to Quan Yin San Chinese Temple, possibly the largest Chinese temple in Myanmar and always busy with Lashio's many Chinese residents. Visit Sasana 2500 pagoda which enjoys nice views over Lashio, and then Mansu Pagoda, said to be over 250 years old. Continue to Thiri Mingala Man Kyaung, a monastery which people visit form far and wide to see a monk who is believed to be able to predict fortunes very accurately. Return to Maymyo by road, which is scenic but in a deplorable condition due to the many Lorries carrying goods from the China border to Mandalay (this route is often referred to as the Burma Rod). Stop for a late in Hsipaw, which was home to one of the last Shan Princes and his Austrian wife until 1964. Arrive in Maymyo in the evening. Accommodatin at Pyin Oo Lwin.

Day (4) Pyin Oo Lwin-Mandalay
Breakfast. Return to Mandalay by road.

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Bagan

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Taunggyi
 

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