Once you land in the country’s former royal capital, transfer to the Irrawaddy River, where your ship awaits. This year the Yangon Kahtein Festival was alive with a teeming crowd. Stay: 14 Nights, Irrawaddy River, RV Samatha. This photograph taken August 1, 2019 shows people from Dala township arriving by boat in Aung Myo Win has spent 14 years shuttling people across the river and is torn about the new bridge. Spanning the Yangon River, the project is due to be completed in 2022, easing the commute for thousands crossing the waters by boat from rural, underdeveloped Dala. Daily : Lunch Sanchaung, a jumble of streets wedged between the gleaming Shwedagon Pagoda and the murky Yangon River, has emerged as the heart of the resistance movement. Across the road from these buildings are the busy Yangon river docks, where boats both large and small come to load and unload their goods, destined for the city’s masses. “The quicker, the better,” 58-year-old Khin Than Myint said of the construction of the $168 million bridge, from her shop in Dala township. I really should have known better. “The quicker, the better,” 58 year old Khin Than Myint tells AFP of the construction of the $168 million bridge, from her shop in Dala township. Some people want the essence of the religion to be covered with superficial knowledge of happiness. Tonight, enjoy a welcome dinner and onboard cultural show from the Mandalay Fine Art School. A walking tour of downtown Yangon. The river port is about a four-hour journey through the Irrawaddy River delta, then up one of its tributaries, the Yangon River. A FEW weeks ago, I left Frontier’s office in downtown Yangon at 4.30pm, confident I would arrive for a meeting in Insein Township at 6pm. Still Yangon’s boom has brought jobs for many of Dala’s residents too — including the boatmen manoeuvring vessels through the river’s busy freight traffic. There are a number of cruises that leave from Botataung (east end of downtown) and Wardan (west end of downtown) jetties for a relaxing few hours on the Yangon River. Walking around Yangon, if not for the muddy streets and random drizzles, would have been easy since the city’s major sites are found in the same areas. Still Yangon’s boom has brought jobs for many of Dala’s residents too — including the boatmen manoeuvring vessels through the river’s busy freight traffic. Aung Myo Win has spent 14 years shuttling people across the river and is torn about the new bridge. Donations by Myanmar people are amazingly abundant; donations are made once in a blue moon. Welcome to Myanmar! 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