Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
process if you don't have the budget for a purchase (they're not cheap). The shop is loc-
ated at the top of an unmarked driveway on Tachileik Rd - locals should be able to point
you in the right direction.
Blacksmith
HANDICRAFTS
(Mine Yen Rd; 8am-4pm)
East of Wat Jong Kham is this home-bound blacksmith. The
Shan family here make daggers, knives and swords, the latter used in local wedding cere-
monies. You can watch the smithy at work, and all items are available for purchase, with
prices starting at around K6000.
Information
At research time, private banks with ATM/exchange hadn't yet hit Kyaingtong, and
you'll have to rely on the moneychangers in the market.
GooGate
(Kyain Nyan Rd; per hr K500;
9am-9pm)
Conveniently located internet access
off Kyain Nyan Rd.
Immigration Office
(cnr Zay Tan Gyi St & Yang Kon Rd; 24hr)
Down an alley north of Pa
Laeng Gate; issues permits for travel around Kengtung and to Mong La and Tachileik.
(
084-28133; Kyain Nyan Rd;
7am-4pm)
Sells
Sunfar Travels
MAP
GOOGLE MAP
tickets for all the private airlines.
Getting There & Away
Tachileik. Vans (share taxis) bound for Tachileik or Mong La depart from from Kyaing-
tong's
bus station
, west of town. If you're pinching pennies, insanely crowded
pick-
Several airlines, including
Air Bagan
( 084-22867, in Yangon 01-513 322;
084-22798, in Yangon 01-383 100;
www.yangonair.com
; 36 Zay Tan Gyi St; 9am-5pm)
connect
Kyaingtong and other destinations in northern Myanmar via a confusing, web-like flight
map. Note that several flights aren't direct, with many - including flights to Yangon - in-
volving sometimes as many as two stops. Be sure to double-check before buying your
