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Ma Taw St; 9am-10pm)
, which has Myanmar and ABC beers on tap, while tourists head
more but where the daring can order a caipirinha, Irish coffee or pina colada.
Aung Puppet Show
PUPPET SHOW
(Ahletaung Kyaung Rd; admission K3000; show times 7pm & 8.30pm)
Down the road oppos-
ite the Nandawunn Hotel, this place has two nightly shows of traditional Myanmar pup-
petry.
Information
(Lan Ma Taw St)
; money
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can be exchanged at the nearby KBZ Bank
stall
(Lan Ma Taw St;
9am-2pm)
.
Comet Travel & Internet Café
(
081-209 126; Yone Gyi Rd;
8am-10pm)
Books flights
and buses and has a few internet terminals (per hour K1000).
Golden Island Cottages
(GIC; 081-209 551; Phoung Taw Site St; 8am-6pm)
You'll
need to come here to arrange guides to Kakku and Samkar, or to book a room at one of
the group's hotels. Unfortunately, if manager U Ngwe isn't in, information can be nearly
impossible to come by.
K.K.O
(Yone Gyi Rd; per hour K1000; 7am-10.30pm)
Internet cafe.
Thu Thu
( 081-209 258; Yone Gyi Rd; 6am-9pm; )
A super-friendly, no-hassle travel
agent, who in addition to booking bus and plane tickets, can also arrange boat excursions
and trekking guides.
Getting There & Away
The jumping-off point for Inle Lake is Nyaungshwe, but the tiny town has no bus termin-
al nor airport. If travelling to Inle Lake by air, you'll need to fly to Heho; if by land, to
Taunggyi, hopping off in Shwenyaung, the junction leading to Nyaung-shwe… It's con-
fusing, we know; take a deep breath and take in the following.
AIR
The main airport for the Inle region is at Heho, 25 miles northwest of Nyaungshwe on
the way to Kalaw.
