{"id":19844,"date":"2014-06-27T14:28:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T14:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/new-pandaw-adventure-cruise\/"},"modified":"2014-06-27T14:28:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-27T14:28:00","slug":"new-pandaw-adventure-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2014\/06\/new-pandaw-adventure-cruise\/","title":{"rendered":"New Pandaw Adventure Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">When Pandaw River Expeditions founder Paul Strachan first ventured up the remote Le Myo River in Burma to the mysterious temple city of Mrauk-U in 1986 he was asked to sign the visitors\u2019 book.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Seven years later he went back and there was still plenty of space to sign again on the same page.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Not many pages have turned since then \u2013 which is why Pandaw\u2019s newest river boat, the RV Kaladan Pandaw, still under construction, will make its inaugural cruise up the Le Myo in Burma\u2019s less-travelled far western region on October 2 next year.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"unnamed (1)\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-487524\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/unnamed-1102-225x300.jpg\" height=\"211\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/unnamed-1102-225x300.jpg\" style=\"float: right;\" width=\"158\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Mrauk U, which can still only be reached by river, was once a cosmopolitan centre of high culture and capital of an important kingdom that served as a buffer between India and Burma.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Seven-night cruises will operate between October (2015) and March from Sittwe, capital of Rakhine State. Prices start at USD3500 and include return flights between &nbsp;Yangon and Sittwe, entrance fees, guides, port charges, main meals, locally made alcoholic beverages and crew gratuities.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Visits will include the Tattoo Villages and Kyauktaw<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><a data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.pandaw.com\/expeditions\/exploring-ancient-arakan-7-nights\/#Overview\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pandaw.com\/expeditions\/exploring-ancient-arakan-7-nights\/#Overview\">https:\/\/www.pandaw.com\/expeditions\/exploring-ancient-arakan-7-nights\/#Overview<\/a>&nbsp;&lt;<a data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.pandaw.com\/expeditions\/exploring-ancient-arakan-7-nights\/#Overview\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pandaw.com\/expeditions\/exploring-ancient-arakan-7-nights\/#Overview\">https:\/\/www.pandaw.com\/expeditions\/exploring-ancient-arakan-7-nights\/#Overview<\/a>&gt;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">(Bookings through travel agents. Further information at&nbsp;<a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.pandaw.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pandaw.com\/\">www.pandaw.com<\/a>&nbsp;or contact John Boyd<a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/jlbati@ozemail.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/jlbati@ozemail.com\/\">jlbati@ozemail.com<\/a>&nbsp;&lt;<a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/webmail2.bigpond.com\/webedge\/do\/mail\/message\/mailto?to=jlbati%40ozemail.com\" href=\"http:\/\/webmail2.bigpond.com\/webedge\/do\/mail\/message\/mailto?to=jlbati%40ozemail.com\">http:\/\/webmail2.bigpond.com\/webedge\/do\/mail\/message\/mailto?to=jlbati%40ozemail.com<\/a>&gt;&nbsp;)<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Pandaw River Expeditions founder Paul Strachan first ventured up the remote Le Myo River in Burma to the mysterious temple city of Mrauk-U in 1986 he was asked to sign the visitors\u2019 book. Seven years later he went back and there was still plenty of space to sign again on the same page. 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