Asia Tour - China Tour

CLASSIC THAILAND AND MYANMAR
Price starts at:	$2279
Tour Length:	16 Days
Destinations:	Bangkok, Kanchanaburi, Ayutthaya, Yangon, Bagan, Mandalay, Kalaw, Inle Lake
Cultural Highlights:	Bangkok: Don Wai, Rose Garden, Thai cooking, cultural show at the Rose Garden Village, Phra Pathom Chedi, Damnoen Saduak Market, Burma-Thailand Railway Station Museum , Bridge over the River Kwai. Ayutthaya: Ayutthaya Ruins Yangon: Shwedagon Pagoda, Sule Pagoda, Kandwgyi (Royal) Lake Bagan: Shwezigon Paya, Gubyaukhyi Temple at Wetkyi-Inn; Anada Pahto, Gubyaukgyi Temple at Myinkaba, Manuha Temple, Shwesandaw Para Mandalay Mahamuni Paya, Shwe In Bin Kyaung, Mandalay Palace. Mingu: City of Immortality – Amarapura. Pindaya: Pindaya Caves Inle Lake. local market and an Intha

TRIP ITINERARY
Day 1 Monday Los Angles / Bangkok Your holiday beings as you board Northwest Airlines wide-cabin 747 jetliner to fly to Bangkok, Thailand. Day 2 Tuesday Arrive Bangkok A warm welcome awaits you in Bangkok, “Land of Smiles”, as you meet your tour guide at the airport and are escorted to your hotel. Day 3 Wednesday Bangkok / Rose Garden B, L Your tour guide will pick you up from your hotel and drive you across the Chao Phraya River to Don Wai, a lively morning market along the Ta Chin River. Board a wooden barge and cruise along the Chin River to the Rose Garden Aprime Resort. Join a Thai cooking class and receive an apron as a souvenir. In the afternoon, join the cultural show at the Rose Garden Village. The show is a colorful presentation of traditional dances, sports and ceremonies. The rest of the afternoon is at your leisure. Day 4 Thursday Rose Garden / Damnoen Saduak Floating Market / Kanchanaburi B After breakfast at hotel you will visit the Phra Pathom Chedi, one of the largest stupas in the world, and then continue to Damnoen Saduak Market, where vendors hawk their goods along the canals from produce-laden skiffs. Take a motorcoach to Kanchanaburi and visit the Burma-Thailand Railway Station Museum and the famous Bridge over the River Kwai. Board a local train for the exiting ride on this famous Railway. Transfer to your hotel by long-tail boat. The afternoon is at leisure. Day 5 Friday Kanchanaburi / Ayutthaya B After breakfast at ate hotel. You will take an excursion to Ayutthaya, the former capital of Siam from 1350 – 1767. Day 6 Saturday Ayutthaya – Bangkok B Wake up early to visit the morning market to buy fresh goods and then donate them to the monks. Return to the hotel for breakfast. Take a boat trip to Bang Pa In and then visit the Royal Summer Palace. Transfer back to your hotel in Bangkok, Day 7 Sunday Bangkok / Yangon B After breakfast at the hotel, you are transferred to the airport for your flight to Yangon, capital of Myanmar. Upon arrival you will visit Shwedagon Pagoda. This pagoda dates back about 2,500 years and was built to house eight sacred hairs of the Buddha. You will also visit the octagonal-shaped Sule Pagoda and then stroll along the Kandwgyi (Royal) Lake before check-in to your hotel. Day 8 Monday Yangon / Bagan B This morning you will take a flight to Bagan, a city dotted with thousands of 800-year old temple ruins. First you will visit Shwezigon Paya whose graceful bell-shaped sputa is a prototype of all later stupas over Myanmar, then Gubyaukhyi Temple at Wetkyi-Inn; and then Anada Pahto, one of the finest, largest, best preserved and most revered of the Bagan temples. You will also visit Gubyaukgyi Temple at Myinkaba, which is famous for its well-preserved stucco from the 12th century on the outside walls. The magnificent paintings dating from the original construction of the temple are considered to be the oldest original paintings in Bagan. In the afternoon you will visit the Manuha Temple and Shwesandaw Para, where you will have a magnificent sunset view of Bagan. Day 9 Tuesday Bagan / Mandalay B Today the coach will take you to Mandalay via Popa. Day 10 Wednesday Mandalay B Mandalay was the last capital of Myanmar before the British takeover in 1885. It has the most important Buddhist monasteries of the century. You will visit Mahamuni Paya, the city’s holiest shrine, Shwe In Bin Kyaung, and then Mandalay Palace. In the afternoon you will visit Sagaing, the faith center of Myanmar. The city has more then 6,000 pagodas and monasteries and over 3,000 monks. Day 11 Thursday Mandalay B Today’s excursion will take you to Mingun where you will have a glimpse of river life, fishing villages, bullock carts, corn fields and market boats. You will then visit the “City of Immortality”– Amarapura. Day 12 Friday Mandalay / Kalaw B After breakfast at hotel you will be transferred to Kalaw. Day 13 Saturday Kalaw - Pindaya - Inle Lake B On your way from Kalaw to Pingdaya, sit back and enjoy the beautiful scenery with fields of dry-cultivated mountain rice along the way, and potato fields where the tuber is grown in red mud mounds. You will visit Pindaya Caves, with more than 8,000 Buddha images inside. After visiting a local market and a paper umbrella factory, and continue your way to Inle Lake. Day 14 Sunday Inle Lake - Heho - Yangon B Today you will take a boat trip on the scenic Inle Lake. The lake shore and islands bear 17 villages on stilts, mostly inhabited by the Intha people. Enjoy the spectacular scenery and observe the skilled fisherman using their "leg-rowing" technique to propel themselves around the lake. Visit a local market and lakeside Intha village before transfer to Heho, from where you will fly to Yangon. Day 15 Monday Yangon / Bangkok B Fly back to Bangkok. Check in at your hotel. You are on your own to explore Bangkok. Day 16 Tuesday Bangkok / Los Angles B Transfer to the airport for your flight home. RATES AND DATES back to top^

WHAT'S INCLUDED
• Round-trip International airfare departing from Los Angels. • Accommodation and meals as described. • Transfers and luggage handling. • Air intra-Asia flight. • All entrance fees • English speaking tour guide. back to top^

ACCOMMODATIONS
Bangkok Silom Serene ( Deluxe Room) Kanchanaburi Resotel Rose Garden Rose Darden Resort Ayutthaya Krungsri River Hotel Yangon Nikko Royal Lake Yangon Bagan Thiripyitsaya Sakura Hotel Mandalay Mandalay Hill Resort Kalaw Hill Top Villa Inle Lake Inle Lake View Resort back to top^

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