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Destination Myanmar (Burma) A stunning white temple with inscribed Sanskrit texts in Myanmar. Photo: Photo by Ellen Miller · © Ellen Miller
Destination Myanmar (Burma) A robe-clad novice walks through a hauntingly beautiful pagoda complex on Inle Lake in Myanmar. Photo: Photo by Ellen Miller · © Ellen Miller
Ship Scenic Aura The Shwezigon pagoda in Bagan, Myanmar. See it on a luxury river cruise. Photo: Stefan Munder · Creative Commons BY
Ship Scenic Aura The mystical temples of Bagan, Myanmar, just before sunrise. See it on a river cruise. Photo: KX Studio · Creative Commons BY
Destination Myanmar (Burma) Yangon (formerly Rangoon, for "End of Strife") is Myanmar's largest city with a population of more than 5 million. See the Garden City of the East on a luxury river cruise aboard the AmaPura. Courtesy of AmaWaterways
Destination Myanmar (Burma) U Bein Bridge spans Taungthaman Lake near Amarapura in Myanmar. The 4,000-foot-long bridge was built around 1850 and is believed to be the oldest and longest teakwood bridge in the world. See it on a luxury river cruise aboard the AmaPura. Courtesy of AmaWaterways
Destination Myanmar (Burma) The Great Dagon Pagoda or Golden Pagoda — officially the Shwedagon Zedi Daw — is a dazzling gilded pagoda and stupa 325 feet in height in Yangon, Myanmar. See it on a luxury river cruise aboard the AmaPura. Courtesy of AmaWaterways
Destination Myanmar (Burma) Hot air balloons hover above some 3,000 Buddhist temples during a sunrise flight in Bagan, Myanmar. You can now visit Bagan, Yangon, Mandalay and other breathtaking sites aboard AmaWaterways' luxury river cruise ship the AmaPura. Courtesy of AmaWaterways
Destination Myanmar (Burma) Set sail on AmaWaterways' new luxury cruise ship the AmaPura to see the Golden City of Mandalay, regarded as Myanmar’s cultural heart. Renowned for its master craftsmen and its patronage of the arts, Mandalay was the last royal capital of Burma. Courtesy of AmaWaterways
Destination Myanmar (Burma) Myanmar’s main river, the Ayeyarwady (or Irrawaddy) flows for 1,350 miles. Set sail on a voyage of discovery across Myanmar aboard AmaWaterways' luxury river cruise ship the AmaPura. Courtesy of AmaWaterways
Destination Myanmar (Burma) Inle Lake is a picturesque fresh-water lake in Myanmar. At the end of your river cruise aboard the AmaPura, consider adding a post-cruise stay of three nights at Inle Lake and one night in Yangon. Courtesy of AmaWaterways
Destination Myanmar (Burma) Like a vision from another time, the ancient city of Bagan now beckons cruise visitors. Myanmar (formerly Burma) opened up to U.S. investment in 2014, and the 56-passenger AmaPura river cruise ship began sailings there in November 2014. Courtesy of AmaWaterways