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            Ngwe Saung takes five hours to reach from Rangoon but is worth every bump in the road.
                     
                                            
                                                                
         
        
            
                                    Ngapali Beach
                            
        
    
            Ranking high on lists of South East Asia's best beaches, Ngapali is a relatively quiet and welcome alternative to busier stretches of sand found in Thailand and elsewhere in this region.
                     
                                            
                                                                
         
        
            
                                    Mrauk U
                            
        
    
            Mrauk U, popularly known as the Golden City, was the capital of Rakhine State from the 15th to 18th centuries, when the British relocated it to Sittwe.
                     
                                            
                                                                
         
        
            
                                    Sittwe
                            
        
    
            Sittwe, a small fishing town that grew to become the capital of Rakhine State after British intervention in the First Anglo-Burmese War, is now home to nearly 200,000 people.