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licas of antique scale weights. The upstairs bookshop has a good selection of titles on ob-
scure Myanmar topics. There's also a branch in the National Museum.
Monument Books
BOOKS, TOYS
(150 Dhama Zedi Rd, Bahan; 8.30am-8.30pm; )
Yangon's most modern and well-
stocked bookshop. In addition to a good selection of books on topics local and interna-
tional, there's an attached cafe with internet access and a reasonably selection of Western
toys.
Mingala Zei
MARKET
(cnr Ban Yar Da La St & Set Yone Rd, Mingalar Taung Nyunt; 6am-6pm)
A little southeast of
Kandawgyi, this market offers textiles, clothes, electrical appliances, plasticware, pre-
served and tinned foodstuffs, modern medicines, and even cosmetics from China, Thail-
and and Singapore.
Marketplace by City Mart
SUPERMARKET
(Dhama Zedi Rd, Bahan; 9am-9pm)
One of the best-stocked outlets of Yangon's top su-
permarket chain offers a complex which also sports the
Popular
bookstore, with its reas-
onable selection of English-language titles and
Ananda Coffee and Cocoa
, selling loc-
ally produced coffee and chocolate.
Patrick Robert
HOMEWARES
( 01-513 709; Mangosteen Mansion, 24 Inya Myaing Rd, Bahan; 10am-5pm Mon-Sat)
The
French designer who restored the Governor's Residence in the 1990s has an interior-
design shop inside his home in Golden Valley. You'll find many attractive gifts and dec-
orative home items here, most locally made and using materials such as mother of pearl,
lacquer and teak.
Inya Lake & Northern Yangon
Augustine's Souvenir Shop
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