Wednesday, September 11, 2013

JOURNEY TO THE GOLDEN EARTH: TOUR BURMA WITH STEPPES TRAVEL

YANGON, Burma (09 / 2013) There has never been a better time to go to Burma. The Steppes Travel group, The Traveller and author Rory Maclean will take travelers on a whirlwind tour of Burma and ensure they have a ‘unique experience.’

The 14 day trip begins in Yangon (Rangoon), the former Burmese capital. Yangon offers a multitude of sights, smells, and sounds; it’s a veritable buffet for the senses. The city boasts many wonderful sites like the National Museum and the old colonial center. These amazing days in Yangon are capped off with a sunset visit to the Shwedagon Pagoda. Imagine the dazzling sight of the setting sun catching the dazzling gold of the towering, glittering  2,500 year old gilded edifice.

After thoroughly enjoying all that Yangon has to offer, travelers fly to Bagan to explore many of its 13,000 stunning temples, including the Shwezigon, Ananda Temple, and Abeyanda Temples. Travelers can also take advantage of many fun excursions like ballooning over Bagan, visiting a lacquer making workshop, and a trip to Mount Popa, an ancient pilgrimage site.

Upon leaving Bagan, travelers will step back in time as they drift up Burma’s largest river, the Irrawaddy, to Mandalay. During this leisurely four day cruise, travelers can enjoy the myriad endemic species, like the Irrawaddy Dolphin, that call this river home. Rory will take you to visit a bygone era at places like Yandabo, a picturesque village famous in Burmese history as the place where the Treaty of Yandabo was signed in 1815, or the religiously significant Sagaing, a town known for its major monasteries and silversmiths.

The journey ends at Inle Lake. Another unique feature of the lake is the Intha fishermen’s unique one-legged rowing style.

Rory Maclean is a critically acclaimed travel writer. He is known for creating his own unique writing style that is best described as surrealist travelogues, through books like Golden Earth, Stalin’s Nose, Falling for Icarus, and The Oatmeal Ark.

The trip runs from March 13-27, 2014 and costs $6,384 including international flights and $4,792 excluding flights.

For more information please contact www.the-traveller.com or call 1 855 2527606 (toll free).

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