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 Traveller's Tales: Getting around in Myanmar
Know the most popular landmarks in Myanmar. You may read about best transportation, recommended travel itinerary, suggested routes and directions. Also, you might want to read our
Bagan city guide,
Inle Lake city guide,
Mandalay city guide,
and Yangon(Rangoon) city guide.
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| E Scholl |
18 February 2003 |
Stayed at Governor's Residence, The - Yangon, Myanmar.
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Location of this hotel is good. Centrally located between downtown and tourism areas. Be sure to visit "Mr. Guitar" when in Yangon.
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| M Merella |
17 February 2003 |
Stayed at Hotel Nikko Royal Lake Yangon - Yangon, Myanmar.
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We visited the many pagodas of the area and got around with a car and driver ordered by the hotel staff.
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| A Mullany |
11 February 2003 |
Stayed at Bagan Hotel River View - Bagan, Myanmar.
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Bagan is wonderful. The best way to get a feel for it is to rent bicycles and cycle around.
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| I Kelso |
11 February 2003 |
Stayed at Thande Hotel Old Bagan - Bagan, Myanmar.
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Good to hire bikes from hotel to cycle round.
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| S Spilman |
08 February 2003 |
Stayed at Thamada Hotel - Yangon, Myanmar.
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Myanmar is a difficult country to travel in. Very little information and almost no tourist infrastructure. Many expenses along the way---for this pagoda and that. Renting a taxi would be an ideal way to go--about $35 a day. Lodging is expensive for what you get---compared to other Asian countries.
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| I Kelso |
08 February 2003 |
Stayed at Royal Parkview Hotel - Maymyo, Myanmar.
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Good to hire bikes to cycle round Maymyo from here. 30 mins walk to town so not easy to walk in the dark.
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| D Cross |
06 February 2003 |
Stayed at Governor's Residence, The - Yangon, Myanmar.
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The highlights in Myanmar are, without reservation, Inle Lake and Bagan.
Yangon is only recommended for Shwedegan Pagoda (something you will NEVER forget!)and the central market. As for Mandalay, it also is not worth much time except in order to see the ancient cities that lie outside of town. For this, I would rent a driver for the day to see the cities and the U Bien Bridge.
We followed the suggestions in this website, and went to The Strand for happy hour. No one was there. We also ate at the 50th Street Bar and Grill, as suggested in this site. The food was bad, but the atmoshere was pure Americana. (if that is what you are hankering for).
The Burmese people are wonderful and I had no idea how isolated they are. I think the horse buggy drivers in Bagan and the boat drivers at Inle Lake, all of whom speak English and are quite intelligent, would love to read any of our magazines, to learn more about the rest of the world.
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| D Gobet |
03 February 2003 |
Stayed at Savoy Hotel Yangon - Yangon, Myanmar.
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The great thing about Myanmar is that it is one of the rare places in Asia where you are not surrounded by hordes of tourists. Customs are not as nasty as feared (and with a gift of USD 10 you can get away with not buying the mandatory FEC 200).
When you get out of Yangon airport, instead of letting the touts cheat you westerners with overrated taxi fares, just walk down the road to the main street and offer USD 2 for a ride to town (which is already much more than the local fare). Once you have made your intentions clear to those aggressive people who try to harrass you, you will meet a bunch of charming folks who are so isolated from western luxuries such as ballpens, tee shirts or whatever trinket with a name on that you would regret not to have filled your suitcase with many little things that may make wonderful gifts.
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| K Cheah |
09 January 2003 |
Stayed at Summit Parkview Hotel - Yangon, Myanmar.
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The country is full of pagodas. After visting the Shewadagon pagodas, all the others were a anti-climax. I got "sick" of pagodas/temples after the 3rd day.
Visiting bago was a disappointment. There's now a US$10 fee which allows you to visit 4 pagaodas in that area. A visit to Syriam (floating pagoda) is worth the visit.
Also, I took a ferry (opposite from strand hotel - cost US$2 return) to visit a village called Dallah.
I spent the whole 9 days in Yangon and surrounding areas. I did not go to Mandalay as the air fare costs US$300 (return) which I find very expensive - instead used that money to indulge in food eg high tea at the Strand, French restaurant called La Maison in Kandagyi Palace hotel).
Getting around is inexpensive - most taxi rides cost $1. Taxi fare from airport to downtown was $4 but going back from downtown to airport was only $2.
I highly recommend Myanmar to other tourists even though a lot of countries are not supporting and even sanctioning the country. Myanmar needs the hard dollar for her to develop and improve the quality of living for her people.
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| R Skibnes |
06 January 2003 |
Stayed at Bagan Thiripyitsaya Sakura Hotel - Bagan, Myanmar.
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The temples and pagodas are best seen by bike which is an exellent way of getting around. There are lots of people wanting to sell or change/trade souveniers, and they are really eager to get a hold of ANYTHING western. If you bring pens, t-shirts, lipstick etc. you can get quite a few mural paintings.
Recommend seeing the sunrise from Mingalazedi; incredible.
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