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Mandalay to Bagan: ^ top ^ River cruises between Mandalay & Bagan:
Photos and a new pamphlet featuring the ship will be available soon. For more information visit the RV Paukan 2007 website at: www.ayravatacruises.com ^ top ^ Delta River Cruises: R.V Mya Ponnami: The R.V Mya Ponnami offers:
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The upper deck includes a dining lounge area for 70-90
passenger day trips and dinner cruises and the below deck
has 5 bed rooms to accommodate 10 passengers for overnight
trips which consist of 1 Double bed room with air-con and
bath room attached and 4 Twin bed rooms with air-con & bath
room attached.
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The Shwe Inn Tha Floating Hotel has upgraded all superior
rooms to deluxe rooms and has now 31 deluxe rooms, 4 deluxe
family rooms and 2 junior suites
www.shweinntha.com
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Inle Lake / Paramount Inle Resort:
The Paramount Inle Resort will be closed from 02.05.08 till
07.07.08 for season upgrade renovation work and re-open
again on 08.07.2008
www.amazing-hotel.com
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Chaungtha Beach / Belle Resort:
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The Belle Resort a 3* hotel was established in 2005,
partly open in October 2006 and fully finished in January
2008.
The Belle Resort has 2 family, 12 deluxe, 12 superior and 18
standard rooms.
www.belleresort.com
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Our special offers for 2008/2009
PHAUNG DAW OO PAGODA FESTIVAL AT INLE LAKE
(Sep. 30 - Oct. 17, 2008)
The Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival is one of the most famous
pagoda festival in Myanmar. 4 Buddha Images are taken around
the lake in a gilded barge pulled by hundreds of leg-rowers
in long canoes in front. These images sometimes stay over
night at some villages and sometimes just stop over for a
short while. Rowing competitions are also held. Pilgrims
from all over the country come to this festival to pay
homage to the Buddha Images. Many are from the plains, some
from the mountains, while others are from small remote
villages but everybody is here to gain merit and enjoy the
festive air of the event.
http://www.travel-myanmar.net/myanmar-special-phaungdawoo.htm
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MYANMAR OVERLAND
Drive from Yangon to Bago, the ancient capital of the Mon
Kings from the 14th through the 16th century, continue to
Taungoo, the starting point to visit one of the Elephant
Camps towards the Bago mountain ranges and further to Kalaw,
a former British colonial town. After a day on Inle Lake,
famous for its unique one-leg rowers, typical floating
gardens, local methods of fishing and village life, drive
via Pindaya, a charming village with its paper umbrella
cottage industry, to Mandalay, the city of the last Myanmar
King’s. From Mandalay via Mt. Popa, home to Myanmar's most
powerful " nats ", to Bagan where thousands of decaying
pagodas rises majestically from the plain to create a
timeless scene, saluting a glorious past. A whole day drive
will bring you to Pyay the ancient capital of Pyu Dynasty
Sriksetra, where you can find some of the oldest pagodas in
Myanmar and back to Yangon, "The Garden City of the East"
with the Shwedagon Pagoda, the most significant pagoda and
the pride of Myanmar.
http://www.travel-myanmar.net/myanmar-special-overland.htm
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7 DAYS / 6 NIGHTS BEACH VACATION AT PALM BEACH RESORT
FOR ONLY US$ 490,-- PER PERSON IN TWIN SHARING ROOM
(Daily departure)
The Palm Beach Resort is an idyllic heaven located at the
enchanting stretch of white sandy beach, between scenic
mountains and the shimmering blue, crystal clear waters of
the Indian Ocean, which is only 6 hours drive from Yangon.
Comfort, grace and luxury, culture and hospitality; nowhere
else in Myanmar you can experience so much in just one
place.
http://www.travel-myanmar.net/special-offer.htm
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BALLOONS OVER BAGAN
Update and news for 2008 - 2009 season
1. Capacity
The capacity will finally increase following a delay during
this current season due to the recent drop in tourism
numbers. We will therefore, as originally planned, be able
to operate a maximum of four balloons at any one time. Total
capacity will therefore increase to 40 passengers per flight
from the 20th October to 31st March, and will be 24
passengers per flight from the 1st October to the 20th
October.
2. Season
Next season will run from October 1st 2008 to March 31st
2009
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Festivals in March:
SHWE SARYAN PAGODA FESTIVAL, Shwe Saryan Village,
Patheingyi, Mandalay
March 13 – 22, 2008
45 minutes drive form Mandalay on the way to Maymyo (near
Hton Bo), You can also take a small boat on the Douhtawaddy
River and visit the pagodas nearby, Myanmar traditional
toys, boxes, baskets, mats made of dried toddy palm leaves
are the best selling village products in this festival.
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INDAWGYI FESTIVAL, Hopin, near Myitkina
March 14 – 21, 2008
Ca. 100 miles far from Myintkyina. Approx. Five hours drive
up to Indawgyi. This festival is held yearly for ten days.
One intriguing fact is that two sandbanks are washed up by
the waves before the festival begins so that people can walk
from the bank to the pagoda. People believe that one is for
human use and the other is a passage for the gods. These two
sandbanks disappear into the lake shortly after the
festival.
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BAW-GYO FESTIVAL, near Hsipaw / Shan State
Mar. 16 - 21, 2008
Once a year, only during the festival days, the locked up
“four Buddha images” are brought out for display, worship
and gilding with gold leaf. We can see tea-growing Palaung
tribes from the hills and jewelers from Kyauk Me who try and
sell their products there. Many kinds of gambling are
allowed during the festival days only.
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PINDAYA CAVE FESTIVAL, Pindaya
Mar. 21 - 23, 2008
During the festival at the Shwe Oo Min Pagoda Cave in
Pindaya thousands of devotees throng the cave to pay homage
to the pagoda. You will find hundreds of small stalls
selling delicious local foods, Shan handicrafts, all kinds
of cheroots (Myanmar cigars), Shan umbrellas, and, and, and…
Tribes from all over Shan State join this festivity in their
colourful costumes.
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NAY WIN TAUNG PAGODA FESTIVAL, Maymyo (Pyin Oo Lwin)
Mar. 21, 2008
Same as Nyan Taw Pagoda Festival. Traditional Shan festival.
It takes place in the northern part of Maymyo, about an
hour’s drive from the downtown area.
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MAUNG DONG NAT FESTIVAL, Monywa
Mar. 26 – April 05, 2008
This festival is known to be the most important gathering of
witches imaginable. According to the legend, Ye Kin Kadaw,
the Queen of the Witches, the favourite wife of King Taung
U, had extraordinary powers. The king sent her into exile,
as his other wifes did not like her supernatural power. She
went to Maung Dong, where she got drowned. Her oldest
statue, only 30 centimeters high, can thus be found in Maung
Dong. During this festival all 37 kinds of nats will be
placed in a shrine, devotees offering them bunches of
bananas, green coconuts, betel leaves, colourful
arrangements of flowers and ‘money bouquets’.
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AH-LONE FESTIVAL
Mar. 30 – April 05, 2008
On the Shwe Bo Road, twelve kilometers north of Monywa, the
town of Ah-Lone celebrates its festival in March. The
heroine of this festival is Ma Ngwe Daung (Ms. Silver Wings)
who was a daughter of the Ah-Lone Bodaw, a minor Indian
prince who came through Tamu and Kaleitmyo to Myanmar. The
celebration of this festival is related to the love story of
Ma Ngwe Daung. During the festival the pilgrims appeal to Ma
Ngwe Daung to give them the opportunity to have as many
mistresses as hairs on their head. The festival appeals also
to pilgrims wishing to control or to spirit away illness
with the lustral waters on offer there.
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