The Danish Foreign Policy Society Amaliegade 40 A, DK 1256 Copenhagen K, Denmark Phone +45 3314 8886, email [email protected] Myanmar/Burma A study tour 5-16 October 2013 Programme Saturday, 5 Oct 12:00 Check-in in CPH Airport terminal 3 for 14:25 departure for Yangôn/Rangoon via Bangkok (TG 951 & 303) Sunday, 6 Oct 08:50 Arrival Yangôn. Transfer and check-in at Hotel Panorama Morning Guided sightseing on foot 13:00-15:00 Lunch and meeting with Mr. Jørn Kristensen, Director of Institute for International Development (IID Myanmar) at local restaurant (private room) Afternoon Free time/rest 17:30 Visit to Shwedagon Pagoda 20:00 Dinner at local restaurant Monday, 7 Oct 07:30 Check-out and bus departure for the capital Naypidaw 12:30 (appr.) Check-in at the Amara Hotel 13:00 Lunch at local restaurant 15:30 Meeting with Parliamentary International Relations Committee 19:00 Informal dinner with MP-caucus at local restaurant Tuesday, 8 Oct 09:00 Meeting with Ms. Suzanne Moll, independent media analyst (Danish) Sightseing 13:00 Check-out and lunch 14:00 Departure by bus for Mandalay 18:30 (appr.) Check-in at Mandalay City Hotel 19.30 Dinner at local restaurant Wednesday, 9 Oct Morning Sightseing (Mandalay) 13:00 Lunch at local restaurant Afternoon Sightseing (Mandalay and Amapura) 19:00 Dinner at local restaurant Thursday, 10 Oct 06:30 Check-out and transfer to Mandalay Airport (approx. one hour) 08:20 Departure for Heho in the Shan state (flight Yh 918) 08:55 Arr. Heho. Transfer by bus (about 45 minutes) and boat (30 minutes) to Inle Resort. Check-in. Afternoon Bus to Taungyi, capital of the Shan state, sightseeing 19:30 Dinner at the hotel Friday, 11 Oct 09:00 Sightseeing at the lake Visits to various local makers of handicrafts Lunch at local restaurant at the lake, visit to floating fields Late afternoon Return to Inle Resort 19:30 Dinner at the hotel Saturday, 12 Oct 09:00 Check out, by boat to Indaing village, sightseeing, visit to Shwe Indaing 12:00 Lunch at local restaurant 13:30 Boat to Khaung Daing, bus for Heho Airport 16:25 Departure for Yangôn (flight Yh) 17:35 Arrival Yangôn. Transfer to Green Hill Hotel. Check-in Evening Free time Sunday, 13 Oct All day Free time Monday, 14 Oct 09:00 Meeting with Charge d’Affaires Ulrich Sørensen, Danish Embassy, Representation in Yangôn Morning/afternoon Meetings with political party leaders, researchers in Myanmar Institute for Political Studies and democracy activist Khin Zaw Win Evening Free time Tuesday, 15 Oct Morning Free time 12:30 Check-out and farewell lunch at Signature restaurant 14:00 Closing seminar and meeting with some Danes working with development and aid in Myanmar Mr. Anders Tharsgaard, Deputy Country Director, Danish Refugee Council and other NGO- representatives 16:15 Transfer to airport 19:45 Departure for Copenhagen via Bangkok ( TG 306 & 950) Wednesday, 16 Oct 07:40 Arrival Copenhagen Delegation leader: Michael Ehrenreich Travel Agents: Jysk Rejsebureau og Signature Myanmar (Astri Hole Frederiksen) Hoteller Yangon (6-7 Oct): Hotel Panorama, No.294-300, Pansodan Street, Kyauktada Township. Yangon Tel: +951-253 077(10-Lines), Fax: 251 986~7, Email: [email protected] & [email protected] Naypidaw: The Amara Hotel, No. (11), Yarza Thingaha Road, Hotel Zone (1), Nay Pyi Taw Tel: +95 (67) 422201~13, 414515 - 518, 421305, Fax : +95 (67) 414514, Email : [email protected] Mandalay: Mandalay City Hotel, 26th Street, Between 82nd and 83rd Street, Chanayetharzan Township, Mandalay Tel No. 02 -61700 to 61704, 02 - 61911 & 61922, Fax No. 02 – 61705, Email: [email protected] Heho: Inle Resort Hotel, Inlay Lake, Nyaung Shwe T/S, Southern Shan State Tel: +95 (9) - 5154444, 09 - 5211555, 09 - 5211666, 09 – 49382100, !Fax: +95 (81) – 209466 !Email: [email protected] Yangon (12-15 Oct): Green Hill Hotel, No-(12), Pho Sein Road, Tamwe Township, Yangon Tel: 95-1-209299, 209300, 209343, 209345 , 209346, !Fax: 95-1-209344 ! Email: [email protected] .