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6:30 hours ahead of
GMT
30 minutes behind Thailand
1:30 hours behind, China, Singapore, Hong Kong
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230 Volts AC , 50Hz
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Banks - 9:30-15:00 Mon-Fri
Offices - 9:30-16:30 Mon-Fri
Shops - 6:00-22:00 Mon-Sun
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Lights casual wear
for all year except northern parts during the cold season. Visitors
should not wear hot pants or shorts when visiting pagodas and sandals
or slippers are convenient as it is required to remove all footwear
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The basic Myanmar
food is mainly rice and curry. There are numerous forms of fish
paste with salad. Soup is taken together with the rice and other
dishes Mohinga, rice noodles with fish gravy; and Ohn-No-Khaukswe,
noodles with coconut and chicken curry, are popular Myanmar dishes
for breakfast and light meals.
Myanmar is also a country of seafood. Crabs, prawns, lobsters and
other shellfish are among the popular dishes available at most Myanmar
and Chines Restaurants in Yangon and in other parts of the country.
Typical Myanmar Restaurants serve both meat and vegetable dishes.
Most restaurants in Myanmar serve Chinese and Indian food. Other
Asian food include Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean and Singapore-style.
European food is served mostly at the hotels and there are a couple
of restaurants in Yangon serving Italian food.
Myanmar is a country of tea shops and there are several fast food
centres and snack bars in Yangon and Mandalay. |
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While duty-free shops, department
stores, supermarkets and mini-markets in Yangon offer a wide choice
of products, both foreign and local with fixed prices , the real
magic of shopping is to be found mainly in the well-known Bogyoke
Aung San Market where shopping is fun and easy; and bargaining is
acceptable. Situated in the heart of Yangon; housing 2000 shops
with a wide selection of unique locally made goods, luxury buys
such as precious jewellery of gold and gems, silverware, arts and
crafts, lacquerware, paintings, traditional wooden dolls, Mandalay
silk, typical Shan and Kachin shoulder bags, foodstuffs, cosmetics
and tailor made clothes are a few of the sought after items.
Myanmar arts and crafts mostly pure hand-made, are the best souvenirs
with reasonable prices, Lacquerware, wood and ivory carving, tapestries,
silverware, brassware, silk and cotton fabric and traditional garments,
shoulder bags are some of the favourite items. World renowned Myanmar
rubies, jade sapphires and pearls are also available at Myanmar
Gems Centre and other licensed jewellery shops.
The shops at Bogyoke Aung San Market are open daily from 9:30 am
to 5:00 pm except on Mondays and gazetted holidays.
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Traditional Music
and Cultural Dances (Karaweik Palace, Kandawgyi Palace Hotel, Yadanar
Garden, Lone Ma Lay Restaurant)
Music Pubs, Karaoke Launge, Disco club etc.
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