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Myanmar

Yangon is the largest city in Myanmar and the gateway for most visitors, a humid, green river city where the golden Shwedagon Pagoda rises above one of the largest collections of colonial buildings in Southeast Asia. Its downtown grid of faded town halls, courts and merchant houses surrounds the Sule Pagoda, while tea shops, street food stalls, Chinese temples and Hindu shrines show the many communities that built the city. Beyond the centre, easy trips lead to the old Mon capital of Bago with its giant reclining Buddha, to the rural villages and pottery workshops across the river at Dala and Twante, and to the Golden Rock at Kyaiktiyo, a gilded boulder balanced on a cliff. Twickly gathers 19 guided tours and day trips, 9 hotels from lakeside resorts to local budget stays, and 6 practical guides. Travel conditions for Myanmar vary and can change, so check your own government’s current advice before you plan or book.