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diately appear, and at an excellent price, including singles for just $
10/1
2 with fan or a/c. All
come with a/c (apart from cheapest singles) and attached bathroom.
$15
EATING
EatingoptionsinPatheinarestrictlylimited.Aswellasthetwoplaceslistedherethere'salso
a decent
nightmarket
on Strand Rd, although it's rather crammed in alongside the road and
not the most relaxing place to eat. A number of other restaurants can be found along the wa-
terfront hereabouts, although they mainly serve as local drinking dives.
Myo Restaurant
Bwat Kyi Tan Rd 042 24338.
This scruffy local drinking hole doesn't
look like much but serves up a big selection of surprisingly good (if rather oily) meat and
seafood mains in the usual Chinese-y style (most mains around K2000), plus cheap beer and
Premier League footie on the TV.
Daily 10am-11pm.
Shwe Zin Yaw
Pagoda Rd.
Cheery local café with a short English menu offering a range
of tempting and well-prepared dishes (K1000-1500) including citrus, pennywort and grilled
prawn salads, Malay soup and various curries including duck, goat's liver, mutton, catfish
and sardine - although don't expect everything on it to be available at any one time.
Daily
7am-9pm.
SHOPPING
Bandoola Umbrella Shop
Merchant St.
Charmingly antiquated shop, and a good place to
pick up a cut-price Pathein-style silk umbrella, which sell here for as little as K2000-2500.
Daily 7am-9pm.
Shwe Sar Traditional Umbrella Workshop
653 Tawyakyaung Rd 042 25127.
Pathein's
best-known umbrella workshop, run by the same family for more than a century (some of
their earlier work can now be seen in museums around the country). They make a mix of silk
and cotton umbrellas, created using top-quality traditional ingredients including persimmon
glueandbamboofromtheRakhine mountain. Thesmallest umbrellas costjustK2000,rising
to K70,000 for the largest - way less than you'll pay for the same umbrella elsewhere in the
country.
Daily 7am-6pm.
DIRECTORY
Banks
TheCBandAGDbankshaveATMs;there'salsoamoneychangerattheAGDBank.
Internet
There are several internet cafés around town. Try the well-equipped Lynn Internet
Cafe on the way to the Shwezigon Pagoda, or the Internet Cafe & Network Game Centre
right in the town centre.
