THE GOTEIK VIADUCT – CROSSING MYANMAR’S HIGHEST RAILWAY BRIDGE
Peer down from dizzying heights as you slowly click-clack across what was once the world’s largest railway trestle. This epic rail journey ranks as one of Asia’s finest.
THE SLOW TRAIN TO MAWLAMYINE
The slow train to Mawlamyine is a Myanmar must do. Colorful local life, beautiful scenery, vendors in the aisles, friendly people and virtually no tourists.
SHAMPOO ISLAND AND THE GAY MONK OF MAWLAMYINE
Shampoo Island is a peaceful Buddhist paradise off the coast of Mawlamyine, Myanmar’s 3rd-largest city. Lush and lovely, it is also home to one lustful monk.
NAYPYITAW–MYANMAR’S CAPITAL OF WEIRD
Unnecessarily massive, yet virtually empty and full of peculiar attractions. 20-lane highways that double as emergency runways, anyone? Naypyidaw is Myanmar’s Capital of Weird.
