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     Highlight of Myanmar
Kyaingetong
Kyainge TongSituates in the Eastern Shan State and the capital city of the Golden Triangle Region, is situated about 1,190 Km (about 1 hour 30 minutes' flight) northeast of Yangon. Paradise for those searching for ethnic and tribal value. Its market is always busy with colorful hill tribes who still believes and use only the British coins as heard currency. Apart from it tribal value Kengetong also is a treasure trove of traditional architecture with old-style houses with intricately designed wooden balconies so characteristic of Shan architecture. It serves as one of the most suitable places for eco-tourism activities like trekking, mountain-biking and adventure tours.

Near Keng Tong there is Loi Mwe village used to be British hill station during colonial time here. Nicely set up town plan neat and tidy Victorian styled buildings and flowerbeds still telling the glorious of British time. There are regular flights from Yangon to Kyaing Tong. Visitors coming from Thailand are allowed to cross into this border town with border passes. Tachileik is also a border crossing point through which visitors from Thailand come to Myanmar. Regular air services are available between Heho, Namhasa, Kyaing Tong, Monghsat, Tachileik, Lashio, Momeik and Yangon.

Tachileik 
Located on the Myanmar - Thai border in the eastern Shan State, is being upgraded as a gateway to the heart of the Golden Triangle. The Friendship Bridge across the small Mae Sai stream links Tachileik with the northern Thai border town of Mae Sai. The area is currently being developed for tourism and cross-border trade with Laos, Thailand and China. One can fly direct from Yangon to Tachileik in an hour. There is a ferry-landing site at Wanpon port on the Mekong River at the Myanmar - Laos border, 29 km from Tachileik. The port also handles goods shipments to and from Thailand and China. Wok is under way to develop to town as a exchange center for trading goods.
 
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