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Shwe Ohn Pin CHINESE $$$
(Mandalay-Yangon Rd; dishes K2500-4500; 7am-10pm) This clean tiled restaurant, located
in the centre, hands you an English menu for its tasty Chinese and Myanmar dishes.
Golden Rain Tea Center TEAHOUSE $
(tea K200; 5am-9.30pm) This popular place, just off the Mandalay-Yangon Rd, has all
the usual milky, sweet drinks and filling chicken or pork steamed buns. Mix with locals
at the low tables shielded by a rattan roof cover.
Getting There & Away
BUSES
Express buses zooming between Yangon and Mandalay stop on the road east of the clock
tower (and not at the local bus station). Along this road you'll find half a dozen ticket-
sales shops, including Asia World ( 09-4301 1348) opposite the Thiri Minglar Mosque.
Buses from Meiktila go to the following destinations: Bagan (K7000, five hours,
4pm), Mandalay (K3000, three to four hours, several daily), Nay Pyi Taw (K3000, three
to four hours, several daily) and Yangon (K10,000, 10 to 12 hours, three daily).
TRAIN
There's a small train station in town, catching slow trains heading east-west.
A more useful station is in Thazi, about 16 miles (26km) east, at the crossroads of the
Yangon, Mandalay and Taunggyi lines.
YANGON-BAGAN HIGHWAY
This western route north of Yangon to Bagan is less heavily trafficked than the Yan-
gon-Mandalay route. Sometimes called the 'low road', or 'Pyay Hwy', this route is argu-
ably more attractive than the old Yangon-Mandalay Highway. It follows the eastern bank
of the Ayeyarwady River and rises over lovely hills and valleys north of Magwe. At
Pyay, connections to Thandwe (and Ngapali) head west over the mountains.
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