When you start ancending to Golden Rock, you'll find numerous open air restaurants all over the way. We picked up one for locals almost opposite to Mountain top Hotel. Food was bad: meat was cold, very spicy and hard to eat, only the freshly cooked noodles had some quality. Apart from that, the price was one of the most expensive we paid in Myanmar. So better check out where other foreigners eat. Lonely Planet guidebook was not af great help in the subject...
In general Kyaiktiyo is expensive in terms of accommodation and food
Written Jan 11, 2007
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When you start ancending to Golden Rock, you'll find numerous open air restaurants all over the way. We picked up one for locals almost opposite to Mountain top...
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The Balanced Boulder of Kyaiktiyo...

The Balanced Boulder of Kyiaktiyo, along with Shwedagon Paya in Yangon is one of the two main pilgrimage sites for the Burmese Buddhists. The paya on top of this boulder is said to contain one hair...
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You may find HARD ROCK Cafe everywhere in the world, definitely NOT in Myanmar, but GOLDEN ROCK
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The quiet and serene feeling makes the rather uncomfortable trip to the basis of the pilgrim-path to the Golden Rock worthwile, after having used the "official" transport-lorry up to the hotel.
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I've finally made it there three times and it's supposed to be great. We'll see if my ultimate dream come true :)
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No visit to Myanmar would have been complete without visiting the wonderful Kyaiktiyo pagoda. This natural wonder is located on top of mountain Kyaiktiyo at 1102m above sea level. It is recognized as...
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