 Traveller's Tales: Getting around in Kyaikhtiyo, Myanmar
Know the most popular landmarks in Kyaikhtiyo, Myanmar. You may read about best transportation, recommended travel itinerary, suggested routes and directions. Also, you might want to read our
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| L Riley |
29 January 2005 |
Stayed at Golden Rock Hotel - Kyaikhtiyo, Myanmar.
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The view is worth the trek and this hotel is situated about half way up. If you stay here overnight you can watch the sunset and walk back up to watch the sunrise in the morn. The main base town is a nightmare and no one speaks English! You have to climb on board the back of a truck to get to the next section of the climb (the truck has several thin planks of timber to sit on and there is very little space between for your legs) - as you are a foreigner they think you want to sit in front with the driver so they charge 1000 kyat whereas the back is 500. We paid to sit in the front but was shoved behind the seats on a bench three deep with more in the front seats. Beware, we sat like this for two and a half hours until the truck finally left so we missed sunset! Trucks generally won't leave until they have a min of 45 people on them. If you do jump in the back with everyone else, it's worth being a part of thier day to day life and they appreciate you doing it. Going up sit as far to the front as possible so you don't get sqashed and the reverse for the trip down. It's very squashy in these! The hotel is only about 10 mins walk up the 45 deg road from stage two. To get to the top it's another 45min and the road doesn't change. Take water, good shoes and it does get cold at night early morn. Would only be around 10 tourists there. Bus from Yangon bus station takes around 5hrs and pre-book to get onboard - you can book the return once you get there.
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