Travel Reference
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GOKTEIK VIADUCT
Highlights
1
PyinOoLwin
Withhorse-drawn carriages andstrawberry fields, colonial hill station spirit
lives on in British Burma's former summer capital.
2
GokteikViaduct
A century after its construction, trains still cross this creaking bridge at a
crawl on one of Myanmar's iconic rail journeys.
3ShanStatetreks
HikeacrosshillsideslinedwithteaplantationsandstayinremotePalaung
4
Ayeyarwady River trips
Float past logging camps and waterside pagodas on Myanmar's
most important river.
5
Katha
HuntdownlocationsfromGeorgeOrwell'snovel
Burmese Days
inthisquaintriver-
side town.
6
Myitkyina
Time your visit to Kachin State's capital to coincide with one of its colourful
festivals, or console yourself with a Kachin feast if you miss them.
