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info The Shwe Indein Pagoda (ရွှေအင်းတိန် မြတ်စွာဘုရား) is a gathering of Buddhist pagodas in the town of Indein, close Ywama and Inlay Lake in Shan State, Burma.

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info Heho (ဟဲဟိုး) is most famously known as a beginning stage for those making a beeline for Inle Lake.

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info Taunggyi (တောင်ကြီးမြို့) is the capital city of Shan State. Shan State is the largest state in Myanmar and hence Taunggyi is an important city of trade.

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info Inle Lake is 22km long and about 11km wide. The lake is at 1328 metres above sea level. Inle is one of the most popular tourist destination in the Shan State. 

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info Tachilek (တာချီလိတ်) is the easternmost town in the country and enjoys the fame of anchoring the Myanmar end of the Golden Triangle, a term which made its entry into print during the Vietnam war.

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info Thibaw (သီပေါ) also known as Hsipaw, is a well known town in Shan State, Myanmar.

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info Nyaung Shwe (ညောင်ရွှေ) is a small town at the northern end of the Inlay Lake. There are many major attractions.

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info Hopone (ဟိုပုံး) is believed to be an ancient town and the residents are mainly Shan and Pa-O.

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info Pindaya, a three hour drive from Helo is a city located in the hills of the Shan State, the largest area within Myanmar. The cave is noted for its 9000 Buddha statues, but is also a bustling market town located on a small lake. Buddha images are in different sizes and materials in every imaginable corner of these mysterious caves.

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info Aungban (အောင်ပန်း) is located at 4219ft (1286m) above sealevel.38 miles (61km) away from Taunggyi and 6 miles (10km) away from Kalaw.

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info Kyaing Tong (ကျိုင်းတုံ) is about 456km from Taunggyi, the capital city of Shan State.

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info Muse (မူဆယ်) is located 247 miles (398km) far from Mandalay, a small town on the bank of the Shwe-li River. Muse is the main border gateway of Myanmar and China.

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The welcome signboard to Kalaw

info Kalaw (ကလော) is situated in Shan State, Myanmar. Kalaw is a popular hill station of Myanmar.

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info The Kakku relic pagoda (မွေတော်ကက္ကူ ဘုရားစု) of the southern Shan state, which only recently has become one of the most visited places in the Shan State.

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The Oldest Modern Rail Bridge The Gokkteik Bridge (ဂုတ်ထိပ် တံတား)

Among modern rail bridges of major size that were built in Myanmar in prewar times the Gokkteik Bridge (ဂုတ်ထိပ်) in Northern Shan State is the oldest and largest. Other great bridges for land vehicles especially rail train to cross over, are the Inwa Bridge (or commonly known as the Sagaing Bridge) crossing the Ayeyawaddy River, in Mandalay and Sagaing Divisions, the Sittaung Bridge crossing the Sittaung River in Bago Division and Mon State, the Nga Moyeik Bridge crossing the Nga Moyeik Stream in Yangon Division the Myit Nge Bridge crossing the Myit Nge River in Mandalay Division, and the Kha Baung Bridge crossing the Kha Baung Stream in Mandalay Division. 

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info Lashio (လားရှိုး) is in a mountain basin at 855 meters. The weather is wet, since clouds may form and deliver rain just about any time of the year.

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info Inle Lake (အင်းလေးကန်) is located at Latitude: 20°46' N and Longitude: 97°01’E. The temperature is between 12.C - 28. C.

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