Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Pontoon
CAFE
MAP
(Pontoon Rd; 8am-6pm)
Great coffee and fine ciabatta sandwiches, as well as salads,
cakes and banana pancakes. It's located in a refurbished traditional wooden house.
La Wün Aung
TEAHOUSE
MAP
(Namtu Rd; dishes from K800; 24hr)
One of several teahouse bars that hide the sports
field but make amends by screening international football matches. It never closes and
they rent motorbikes for K8000 a day.
Black House Coffee Shop
CAFE
MAP
(23 Shwe Nyaung Pin St; coffee from K800, banana & chocolate cake K500; 6am-6pm)
An airy,
75-year-old teak shophouse backed by a wide river-facing yard, this is an easy place to
linger over a coffee made from Shan-grown beans, or a late-afternoon beer.
Information
The guesthouses are the best sources of reliable advice about things to do and see.
Another mine of local information and history is Ko Zaw Tun, who is known as Mr
Book, as he runs a small
book stall
(Namtu Rd; 7am-8.15pm)
opposite the entrance to
the Central Pagoda (which his family helped to build).
City Net
(Auba St; per hr K500; 8.30am-11pm)
The only reliable internet cafe in town.
The connection is best in the morning.
Getting There & Away
Buses and minibuses leave from a variety of locations: the two Khaing Dhabyay bus
stands on the Mandalay-Lashio road close to Mr Kid's Guesthouse, the Yee Shin Guest-
house and the Duhtawadi Cafe on Lammataw St opposite the market.
Lashio-bound buses can be picked up from the Mandalay-Lashio road opposite the
Khaing Dhabyay bus stands.
The train station is in the west of town.
TRANSPORT TO/FROM HSIPAW
