Myanmar (Burma) - The Rough Guide to Southeast Asia on a Budget - page 530

DOWNTOWN YANGON
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La Pyat
Wun Plaza

Aung San
Stadium

KBZ Bank
AT M

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EATING
Aung Minglar
Kyet Shar Soon Biryani
LinkAge
Lucky Seven
Nang Htike
Thone Pan Hla

Phaya Lan
Railway
Station

Bus Ticket Oices

1
7
4
5
3
6

metres

Yangon Central
Railway Station

Holy Trinity
Anglican
Church

Bogyoke
Aung
San
Market

Myanmar
Railways
Booking
Oice
Air Bagan & Myanmar
Airways International

Parkson FMI
International
department
store

Shwe Phone Pwint

Traders
Hotel

Public
Toilet

Central Hotel

Santa Maria
Travels & Tours

New
Bogyoke
Market

Public
Toilet

Police Station

Sri Devi
Hindu
Temple

St Mary's
Cathedral

Jasmine

Sri Kali

Inwa Bookshop

CB
Bank
AT M

Theingyi Zei &
25 Street Market

PAZUNDAUNG
TOWNSHIP

Smart Net

Police Station

Former
Secretariat

MOB Money
Changer

City
Hall

Former
Immigration
Department

Former
Government
Press

MOB
Bank

Biznet

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Sule Paya

CB Bank
AT M

KYAUKTADA
TOWNSHIP

Mahabandoola
Garden

High
Court

MOB Money
Changer Bagan

Book House
Air
KBZ Former Sofaer's

Building

ACCOMMODATION
Chan Myaye
Cherry Guest House
Garden Guest House
Golden Star
Hninn Si
Mahabandoola Guest House
Ocean Pearl 2
White House

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2
6
8
4
5
1
7

Myanma Airways

Lunchtime
Food Stalls

Strand Hotel

Port
Authority

DRINKING AND NIGHTLIFE
50th Street Bar & Grill
Strand Bar
Thiripyitsaya Sky Bistro

Yangon
Division
Court

Botataung
Paya

8
9
2

British
Embassy

Pansodan St Jetty

Dala

moneychangers in the streets around the
pagoda, but don't be tempted - they're
notorious for scamming the unwary.
Just southeast of Sule Paya is
Mahabandoola Garden (daily 6am-6pm;
free), which has been tidied up recently
and is a good place to escape the
downtown bustle.

in 1947. Abandoned and overgrown with
vegetation, it is due to be redeveloped.
Back towards Sule Paya, bookstall-lined
Pansodan Street is a treasure-trove of
colonial buildings including the
still-functioning High Court , built from
1905-11 in a style typical of the British
Empire in India. he southern end of
Pansodan Street was once home to the
most prestigious businesses in Yangon
including several in the old Sofaer's
Building at no. 62, which was built by
a Baghdadi Jew and housed legal and
financial o ces as well as shops selling
imported luxury goods. It now contains
the Lokanat Art Gallery (daily 9am-5pm;
T 01 382269, W lokanatgalleries.com),
which provides an interesting excuse to
look inside the building.
At the corner with Strand Road are
the Port Authority and Yangon Division
Court buildings. A left turn leads to the
Strand Hotel , built in 1901 and - post-
restoration - once again one of the city's
best hotels.

The colonial core
he streets around Sule Paya contain
many of Yangon's most interesting
colonial-era buildings, including several
abandoned by the government when it
moved to Nay Pyi Taw. On the northeast
of the roundabout is the imposing and
still active City Hall , based on a British
design but with ornamentation inspired
by Bagan's temples. Just east of this is the
former Immigration Department ,
originally built as a department store and
under renovation at the time of research.
Further east still is the former Secretariat ,
seat of the government and the place
where General Aung San was assassinated