Myanmar

Dates: July 31st - August 17th, 2010

Rainy Season May-Oct

Dry Season Nov-Apr

Bagan

Kyaiktiyo Pagoda

Inle Lake

Late Aug: Taung Byone Nat Festival - Traditional 7-day nat festival in this village, 1 hour drive from Mandalay

Sep-Oct: Phaung Daw U Kyaung Festival - Images of Buddha are loaded onto decorated barges and carried all along Lake Inle

Late Oct: Thadingyut: Huge festival all over Myanmar

$1 = KYAT 920, KYAT 100 = $0.11

EXCHANGE AT FREE MARKET RATES (otherwise $1 = 6.3)

Yangon

Shwedagon Pagoda, apparently a very beautiful pagoda, big attraction

Sule Pagoda, Mahabandoola Park, Botataung Pagoda

Kandawgyi Lake - Zoo with Myanmar only animals?

Inya Lake - Nice to explore

Kyauktan village, nice side trip, Yele Pagoda on an island

Bago?

Kyaikhto and Kyaiktiyo Pagoda

Sea Sar Guesthouse

Thandwe - Ngapali Beach

Mandalay?

Mustache Brothers

- Amarapura

U Bein's Bridge

Silk Weaving

Maahagandhayon Monastery - buddhist that only eat at 6 and 10 am

- Bagan

Accomm: New Park Hotel

Bagan Plain

Ananda Temple, Thatbyinnyu Temple in Old Bagan, Shwezigon Pagoda near Nyaung U, and Sulamani and Dhammayangyi Temple between old and new Bagan.  Shwesandaw for sunset.  Mingalazedi Pagoda for photography. Tayokpyi Pagoda for sillhouettes.  Htilominlo Temple.

Inle Lake

Stay in Nyaungshwe?

Nan The village