Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
SHARED
TAXI
DESTINATION
BUS
MINIBUS
TRAIN
K12,000/
14,000 back/
front seat,
whole car
K50,000
K4500-6000, 6 daily,
5.30am, 7am, 8am,
10am, 7pm & 8pm,
5½hr
K8000, 2
daily 7am
& 9am,
5hr
ordinary/1st/up-
per class $4/8/
9, 1 daily
9.40am, 13hr
Mandalay
K5000, 2 daily 7pm
& 8pm, 3hr
$3/5/6, 1 daily
9.40am, 7hr
Pyin Oo Lwin
N/A
N/A
K1000, 2 daily noon
& 3.30pm, 1hr
K1500, 1
daily 7am
$1/2/2, 1 daily
9.40am, 3hr
Kyaukme
N/A
K6000, 1 daily
9.30am, 5hr
Namhsan
N/A
N/A
N/A
K40,000 private
hire
$2/3/4 1 daily
3.15pm, 4hr
Lashio
N/A
N/A
K14,500-16,500, 7
daily, 15hr
Yangon
N/A
N/A
N/A
K15,000, 1 daily
3.30pm, 12hr
Taungyi
N/A
N/A
N/A
Getting Around
Trishaw rides start from K500; trishaws wait by the market. Bicycles can be rented at Mr
Charles, Lily and Nham Khae Mao guesthouses. Motorbikes can be rented from Mr
Charles and La Wun Aung for between K8000 and K10,000 per day.
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Around Hsipaw
Namhsan
082 / POPULATION C32,000 / ELEV 5249FT
High in the Shan Hills, Namhsan is an atmospheric, scrappy, ridge-top town that looks
out over a sea of rucked-up mountain ridges and plunging ravines. Spread out along one
steep street that climbs and twists along the ridge, the population is a fascinating mix of
Golden Palaung, Shan and Burmese, as well as a few Chinese from nearby Yunnan
