Taungoo

Situated in the southern end of Taungoo right next to rice fields and a farmers' village. There are two types of room, standard and superior. All rooms have a bathroom inside with warm shower and A/C. Superior rooms are big and have panoramic views of rice fields and Karen mountain. Breakfast is enormous with lots of home-made traditional dishes and fruits.

Mostly local people stay here, but if you are on a budget, ignore what Lonely Planet says, they do have a license for foreigners. Accommodation is basic and the screened upper parts of the walls do not allow for a lot of privacy, but it does let in the breeze and keep the mosquitoes out. The staff is extremely helpful and knowledgeable. There are two Internet cafes next to the hotel. Taxi motorcycles are on the corner a block away towards the church. There is a reasonably priced local coffee shop they can drive you to from the hotel; it is best to take a motorcycle taxi. There is a beer garden three blocks away, on a side street; turn north before you get to the church. Do not be fooled by the "beer garden" part of it, there is excellent food, and a generator to keep the beer cold for power failures, so you can find the restaurant by following the lights from the main road, or get back in the dark if the surrounding area loses power.

Rice paddy, teak floors.