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able detail into silver pots, repoussage vases and animal figures. Fascinating, and no
sales pressure.
Sleeping & Eating
Only two hotels have foreigner licenses though a third was under (re)construction at the
time of research.
Shwe Pyne Sone
HOTEL $$$
( 072-21942;
shwepyaesonehotel.sgg@gmail.com
; 20 Aoe Tan Lay Rd; r $20-40; )
New,
fresh rooms, most bright and with high ceilings, lead off generously spacious common
sitting areas on each landing. Wi-fi in the lobby, bicycle/motorbike rental K4000/10,000.
Sein Pann Myaing
GUESTHOUSE $
(Tha Dhamma St; r $15-35)
Ageing and very musty; a last resort.
Minsuyek
BEER STATION $
(Strand Rd; draft beer K500; 8am-9pm)
It's scruffy and slightly disreputable but this stil-
ted riverside beer station has great views towards Inwa.
Getting There & Away
Pick-ups from Mandalay (K500, one hour) drop off passengers in the market area, but re-
turn from outside Aye Cherry Restaurant by the Ava Bridge's south sliproad.
Small
longboats
(Strand Rd; K200/2000 per person/boat)
will shuttle you across to Inwa
from the end of Zeya St. Charter or be prepared to wait hours.
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Mingun
072 / POPULATION C1000
Home to a trio of unique pagodas, Mingun is a compact riverside village that makes a
popular half-day excursion from Mandalay. The journey is part of the attraction, whether
puttering up the wide Ayeyarwady or rollercoastering along a rural lane from Sagaing.
