Must-see shopping in Western Myanmar

  • Nuam Chin Traditional Store

    Chin State

    Handmade, elaborately patterned Chin longyi at this shop across from the CB Bank can sell for a whopping K260,0000 – antique ones for K600,000! That gives…

  • Market

    Chin State

    Sacrificing atmosphere for organisation, Mindat's new, institutional-looking and orderly indoor market is just off the main road. Small stalls sell…

  • Central Market

    Gangaw

    Of manageable size and fairly well-ordered, Gangaw's market is worth a stroll, especially for sampling street food and snacks such as saw nyin nakin, a…

  • L’amitie Art Gallery

    Rakhine State

    This simple hut is hung with attractive canvases in oils and pastels created by Khine Minn Tun, whose now-deceased father Shwe Maung Thar painted the…