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stylish eatery serves Western-influenced seafood dishes at a better price than most hotel
restaurants. It's also perfect for sunset cocktails and nibbles.

Lili's Bar INTERNATIONAL $$$
MAP
(Laguna Lodge, Ngapali Rd; meals $4-6; 7am-11pm) A cute spot in the palm-shaded sand
with a lazy dog or two lolling around, fake turtles, generous plates of pasta and K2000
cocktails.

Information

9am-noon & 1-4pm) is a charity-built

Ngapali Dispensary (

043-42233; off Ngapali Rd;

clinic with English-speaking staff.
Some upscale hotels allow nonguests to use their internet (per 30 minutes/hour $3/6),
or there's an internet cafe (Ngapali Rd; per hr K500;

7am-7pm) next door to Htay Htay's

Kitchen.

Getting There & Away

AIR
Thandwe airport is named for the town 4 miles inland, but is closer to Ngapali village.
Hotel buses meet planes, typically offering free transport.
Asian Wings ( 043-42037, in Yangon 01-515 259; www.asianwingsair.com ; 112 Ngapali Rd) ,
Air Bagan MAP GOOGLE MAP ( 043-42429, 01-513 322; www.airbagan.com ; 407 Ngapali
Rd) , Air KBZ MAP GOOGLE MAP ( in Yangon 01-373 787; www.airkbz.com ) , Air Man-
dalay MAP GOOGLE MAP ( 043-42404, in Yangon 01-501 520; www.airmandalay.com ) and
Yangon Airways ( in Yangon 01-383 100; www.yangonair.com ) serve Yangon ($100 to
$120, 55 minutes to two hours 15 minutes, daily), sometimes via Sittwe ($80 to $110, 45
minutes, daily). Connections can dwindle to once a week from approximately May
through September.

BOAT
Taunggok, 50 miles or so north of Thandwe, is the jumping-off point for travellers catch-
ing boats to Sittwe. Carriers include Shwe Pyi Tan MAP GOOGLE MAP ( 043-65130,
in Taunggok 043-60704) with departures at 6.30am on Monday, Tuesday and Friday ($35,
10 to 11 hours); and Malikha Travels ( in Taunggok 043-60127) , leaving at 6.30am on
Monday, Wednesday and Saturday ($30, 10 to 11 hours).