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ITINERARY DAY 10 Day 10 : Hsipaw

DAY 9
Day 9 : Pyin Oo Lwin 08.00 – 12.00 Check out of hotel and travel to Hsipaw
(140 km., 4 hrs.)
04.00 – 06.00 Mahamuni Temple 12.00 – 13.00 Lunch
The Buddha image here is said to be over 2000 years old and one 13.00 – 14.30 Bawgyo Paya
of five true likenesses of the Gautama Buddha. To understand Some say the original stupa was constructed
Myanmar Buddhist devotion, come at 4.00 am. when the venerated, nearly 2000 years ago to house four Buddha
“Great Sage” Buddha image has its face ceremoniously polished. images carved from wood and presented to King
06.30 – 08.00 Breakfast back at hotel Nara-Pati-sithu by a celestial being. Another
08.00 – 10.30 Check out of hotel and travel to Pyin Oo Lwin (67 km., 2 1/2 hrs.) piece was planted in the ground where now
10.30 – 12.30 National Kandawgyi Botanical Gardens a Bodhi tree flourishes.
Modeled after London’s Kew Gardens, it features more than 514 14.30 – 16.00 Shan Palace
species of flowers and trees, many from abroad, as well as over 75 This somewhat dilapidated villa was the royal
types of bamboo, 300 different orchids and 25 types of roses. residence of the last Shan Saopha of Hsipaw.
12.30 – 13.00 Lunch Many visitors come after reading Twilight Over
14.00 – 16.00 Horse-drawn Carriage Tour Burma by Inge Eberhard, or Sao Nang Thusandi,
In a carriage from the British colonial era, you’ll ride along Circular the Austrian wife of Sao Kya Hseng, who governed
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Road and see classic, 19 century, colonial mansions, cottages and until he disappeared in 1962.
administrative buildings, now hotels, restaurants and private homes. 16.00 – 17.00 Hsipaw Tour
All Saint Church - A red brick colonial church with intricate 17.00 – 18.00 Check in and relax
Myanmar-style carving built in 1912, it still holds services. 18.00 – 19.00 Dinner
(Open Wed & Sun)
Purcell Clock Tower – A gift of Queen Victoria, it still chimes each
hour with the same 16-note melody as London’s Big Ben.
17.00 – 18.00 Check in to hotel and relax
18.00 – 19.00 Dinner at hotel
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