This is a small, rural town close to the mountains, that's well worth a visit when touring Myanmar. You can go trekking in a countryside where you'll find peace, quiet and amazing sunsets.
This is a small, rural town close to the mountains, that's well worth a visit when touring Myanmar. You can go trekking in a countryside where you'll find peace, quiet and amazing sunsets.
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What makes it so special, is that during your treks you get to spend the night in the locals' homes - it's the real thing!
Nat Ma Taung, which is also called Mount Victoria, is the highest point of the Chin Hills and also the highest point in Chin State. It is more than 3,000 m high, which makes its one of the highest in south-east Asia.
When you talk about Burma (nowadays also called Myanmar), people immediately think about Buddhist monks, a multitude of pagodas with golden roofs, unequalled cultural riches or luxuriant forests. They usually forget that the country has coasts along a large part of its borders and is a seaside destination that hasn't yet been discovered by mass tourism.
Myanmar's cuisine is perhaps less sophisticated than that of its neighbours but it is full of flavour and more consistent. You need to find the place where the locals eat - on the street - to admire the variety of meals made with rice and 5-10 sides. Feasts are savoured tepid in Myanmar so you need to come with a large appetite!
Mandalay and Bagan. Two names which will quickly be written in travel guides as two spiritual and historic destinations in the amazing and welcoming Burma. Two names that you must write on your list of places to visit in this country.