Awei Metta Hotel and Golf Resort.

Hotel review:Awei Metta Hotel and Golf Resort,Yangon,Myanmar

Just out of Yangon,Awei Metta's rooms have more than enough space to swing a golf club.

  • byPaul Chai
The Elephant Coach.

Myanmar,Yangon:Tour the city in an antique bus

The Elephant Coach will take you round Yangon's sights in true colonial style.

  • byPaul Chai
A deserted beach in the Mergui Islands.

History,temples and sea gypsies in the Mergui Islands and southern Myanmar

The 800 islands of the Mergui Archipelago spill down Myanmar's far south coast.

  • byJohn Borthwick
The only signs of life in Naypyidaw are the straw-hatted street sweepers.

Naypyidaw,Myanmar:The world's weirdest capital city

Myanmar's capital quickly staked its claim for the title of'world's weirdest city',notable for its colossal scale and relative lack of residents.

  • byOliver Smith
New Year in the city centre of Mandalay.

Welcome to Myanmar,home to the craziest and biggest water fight in South-East Asia

It's hard to stay dry when Myanmar celebrates its New Year.

  • byJulie Miller
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A woman beats clay waterpots into shape with a wooden paddle at Yandabo village near Mandalay.

Myanmar cruise:Scenic's Irrawaddy River journey brings light to a village

Blessings abound in villages along Myanmar's Irrawaddy River.

  • byJulie Miller
Young buddhist novices walk to collect alms and offerings in the monastery of Maha Gandhayon Kyaung.

Where to see Shinbyu,a novice initiation ceremony:Why young boys become monks in Myanmar

In Myanmar,becoming a novice monk is the biggest day in a boy's life,one filled with colour and spectacle.

  • byJulie Miller
View around Shwesandaw Pagoda,Myanmar.

Myanmar:A luxury cruise along the languid Irrawaddy is a great way to get to know Myanmar

Myanmar's appeal seeps slowly into your consciousness,fuelled by the warmth of its people.

  • byJulie Miller
Mount Popa,Myanmar.

Myanmar:cruising the Irrawaddy River provides an opportunity to visit a remarkable shrine

'I'm in with a shot as long as I promise to uphold my end of the bargain.'

  • byJulie Miller
Mount Popa,Myanmar,beckons ... but the hike to the monastery is no easy stroll.

Mt Popa,Myanmar:Why it's worth braving the monkeys

If you can brave monkeys and 777 steps,then the climb to Mount Popa's golden-spired monastery provides the oddest cultural experience in Myanmar.

  • byBrian Johnston