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Caves Hpa-an
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Hpa-an tuk tuk tour caves and temples

When you stay in Hpa-an you can do a tuktuk tour of one day to caver and temples near Hpa-an. I did this tour with a group of 7 people out of the Soe Brothers Guesthouse in Hpa-an. Some Brothers provides this tour with their own driver. (more…)
Bat Cave Hpa-an
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Bat cave Hpa-an

Bat cave. An absolute must-see, the bat cave is a small cave that cannot be entered but you can go there for sunset when, literally, hundreds of thousands of bats fly out. They are said to be flying all the way to Mawlalmyine to feed and come back every morning. The…
Trekking Kalaw Inle Lake
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Trekking Kalaw to Inle lake Myanmar

I took the bus from Bagan to Kalaw with one main goal. Do the three day trekking from Kalaw to Inle lake. The trekking will go over the mountains and you will walk 62 km in total with the highest point on 1700 meter. You can also do the two day…
Bus Bagan Kalaw or Inle Lake
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Bus Bagan to Kalaw or Inle Lake

Today I took the big aircon bus from Bagan to Kalaw. The same bus will go from Bagan to Inle lake as well. The ride took 8 hours and was nice. I looked out of the window the whole trip. On some intersections you could make easy 20 pictures of things…
Ebike Pagodas Bagan
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See pagoda’s Bagan – Rent an E-bike

One of ways to see the pagoda’s in Bagan is to rent an E-bike in Bagan. You can see a lot of pagoda’s and it is fun to do. The best things is that you don’t have to do anything and the wind makes the ride a little cooler. (more…)
Hot air balloon bagan
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Hot air balloons in Bagan

When you’re going to Bagan you probably will see the sunrise at one of the temples. It is an amazing view! You will see the hot air balloons starting their flights and see how the fly over the amazing pagoda landscape of Bagan. I think fly a hot air balloon in…
Bus Bagan Mandalay
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Bus Mandalay to Bagan

I arranged my busticket from Mandalay to Bagan at the reception of my hotel in Mandalay. It was 9000 MMK ($9) for a aircon bus. They pick you up at the hotel 30 minutes before your bus depart. In my case at 9.30. And we drove away in the normal bus…
Cheap hotel in Mandalay
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Nice cheap hotel in Mandalay

The hotels in Myanmar are not really cheap. But I think for $20 a room is a good price. It was $20 for a single room and $30 for a double room. At my first night I booked a night trough booking.com. The hotel was $20 and OK. I spoke a Spanish…

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