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VIDEO – Myanmar – The Train to Inle Lake
Join the train from Kalaw in the Burmese highlands to Shwenyaung in this video. This is a very nice way to arrive at the world famous Inle Lake....
The Train from Kalaw to Shwenyaung
I was heading for Inle Lake and the train from Kalaw to Shwenyaung was to be my third train journey in Myanmar. This is a great country for train...
VIDEO – Myanmar – The Train Across the Gokteik Viaduct
The Gokteik Viaduct is the highlight of one of the world's most exciting train journeys. Watch this video. Have a look at this video about the train...
The train across the Gokteik Viaduct
I was introduced to Myanmar trains on the bumpy Yangon to Mandalay night train. I grew up on one of the world’s most epic train journeys, the train...
VIDEO – Myanmar – The Night Train to Mandalay
The night train from Yangon to Mandalay in Myanmar is a very exotic train journey. 16 hours of shake, rattle and roll past endless paddy fields and...
The Night Train to Mandalay
Kipling’s one-liner that it will “be quite unlike any land you know about” does come in handy in a description of Myanmar train journeys. Like the...
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