While Inle Lake is becoming well acquainted with travelers seeking an accessible yet still untouched corner of Asia, Sankar at the southern end of the lake presents a corner of the region where time has stood still.
The exquisite hundred year old Chin Tsong Palace in Yangon, currently used as a fine arts school under the Ministry of Culture, is being converted into a culture centre and promoted as an engaging new attraction for tourists visiting Burma.
Le Planteur is one of Yangon’s most celebrated restaurants and has attracted Cambodian royalty, global political leaders and celebrities such as Rolling Stone’s Mick Jagger since it opened its doors in 1997.
The owner of the newly opened Rangoon Tea House has created an haute restaurant with a touch of ‘English’ vigor that stems from his time spent in Northern England as a child.
Accor recently opened a high-end boutique hotel named The Lake Garden in Nay Pyi Taw, marking the French hospitality group’s first venture into the Myanmar market.
This full day tour leaves guests with a unique and treasured awareness of local life in Burma. There are many endearing character traits to Burmese life and the marionette is one that always one to capture the traveller’s imagination.
After monitoring the success of open-air night markets in neighboring countries, Myanmar’s Restaurant Association is planning to open the city’s first open-air night market by the end of 2014.