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Easy to find close to the Central Market and the Bravo Hotel. Expect to pay K1500 to
Kandawgyi Gardens. For longer hires, consider engaging English-speaking
Jeffrey
(
09 4025 10483)
, who acts as a guide and motorcycle driver. Rates are $20 for a full day.
BICYCLE
bicycles (K3000 for 24 hours) and motorbikes (K10,000 for 24 hours).
THREE-WHEEL PICK-UPS
These congregate outside the market; around K2000 to Kandawgyi Gardens.
'WAGONS'
Pyin Oo Lwin's signature horse-drawn buggies can be found near the Central Market.
Reckon on K1500 to K2000 for a short trip across town, K15,000 for an all-day tour.
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Around Pyin Oo Lwin
Towards Mandalay
ANISAKAN FALLS
About 1.5 miles north of Anisakan village, the plateau disappears into an impressive,
deeply wooded amphitheatre, its sides ribboned with several waterfalls. The most spec-
tacular of these is the gorgeous three-step
Dat Taw Gyaik
whose last stage thunders into
a shady splash pool beside a small pagoda on the valley floor. It's best visited, and photo-
graphed, in the early morning or late afternoon.
To get here from Pyin Oo Lwin take the main Mandalay highway (a motorbike taxi is
K6000 return). In Anisakan town take the second asphalted turn right (signposted) and
keep right past the first large pagoda. At the end of this road a pair of basic shack-res-
taurants mark the start of a steep, twisting, rocky forest trail about 40 minutes' trek from
the waterfall. It's treacherous in the rainy season (wear proper walking shoes), although
you'll get to see the falls in magnificent, full flow. Local girls will follow you with
drinks; they make good guides (K1000).
