Destinations

A view of Done Nyaung Hmine village in Kyunsu township, Tanintharyi region. (Eleven Media)

A fishing village has become the latest excuse to visit the Myeik Archipelago after the local community began welcoming visitors this week.

A visitor sits above a blanket of clouds at Cloudy Villa in northern Shan State. (Cloudy Villa / Facebook)

What locals describe as “the cloudy sea” can be seen from a handful of resorts and viewpoints on Sapphagon Mountain in the northern Shan township of Nawnghkio.

A view from a monastery at Twin Taung, a crater lake near Monywa in Sagaing region. (Photos by Dominic Horner)

The little-known lake craters near Sagaing’s Monywa are absolutely gorgeous.

The Muse town border gate leading to China, where our writer’s dreams to become outrageously wealthy from thanaka sales were crushed within days. (Ye Aung Thu / AFP)

And other predictable lessons our writer learned in Ruili.

Free spongy love cakes and stiff sheets on a family trip from Yangon to Bangkok. (Photos by Min Pyae Sone)

Our trip from Yangon to the Bangkok was a challenging time, but ultimately I came through a stronger man.

Jumping from one of several bamboo bridges at Nant Mon Gyi in Shan state. (Photos by Iryna Kyrylenko and Dominic Horner)

Nant Mon Gyi is one of Myanmar’s best-kept secrets, but it’s only a matter of time before its profile rises to the level of its (sky-high) appeal.

Saykin in Mandalay region is given over to the construction of Buddhist statues. (Dominic Horner)

Don’t shelter from the downpour this year—go out and embrace the dust, drills, and deluge of Mandalay region's Sakyin.

For more than a mile, small huts line the river, partitioned off by bamboo bridges creating numerous self-contained swimming areas. (Dominic Horner)

Deep within the rolling hills of Magwe region, set upon the banks of the Man River, Shwe Set Taw Pagoda offers one of the most thrillingly unique experiences in Myanmar.

Nyaung Chaung Tha inland beach in the Ayeyarwady delta. (Faeez Safedien)

Fried fish and Myanmar Beer on the Ayeyarwady river.

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