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 Traveller's Tales: Places to go and see in Myanmar
Take a tour of the top places to go in Myanmar. You may read about must see places and activities in the area. 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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| L Cohen |
26 March 2003 |
Stayed at Grand Plaza Parkroyal Yangon - Yangon, Myanmar.
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Yangon is a lovely city with very gentle, friendly people. Shwedegon Paya should not be missed, it's spectacular. People in Yangon go out of their way to be helpful. The waiter at the Vietnamese restaurant we had dinner at ran out after us and hailed us a taxi back to the hotel. Also, when he saw me struggling to shell my prawns, he took them and shelled them for me! Overall, Yangon was a wonderful experience and I would go back in a flash.
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| G Tunnell |
23 March 2003 |
Stayed at Sedona Hotel Yangon - Yangon, Myanmar.
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Myanmar was a pleasant and relaxing holiday for our family. We only spent a short time in Yangon before flying off to Inle Lake and Bagan.
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| S Martha |
14 March 2003 |
Stayed at Hotel Nikko Royal Lake Yangon - Yangon, Myanmar.
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The Shwedagon was the best thing about Yangon for me. We ate at the Green Elephant restaurant, which was nice. They have excellent tamarind chips as sweets after the meal. We bought two bags to take with us. Also ate at the Planteur Restaurant, which is very upscale and very lovely. Beautiful setting, close to the Nikko Hotel (but a bit further off the road than you might think - better to take a taxi at night than try to walk).
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| N Remise |
07 March 2003 |
Stayed at Governor's Residence, The - Yangon, Myanmar.
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One day is enough to get a good feel of Yangon. Schwedagon paya (for sunset and night lighting), and markets make interesting visits. A taxi rental by the hour is a good way to explore (around 3 US $ per hour).
The gem museum can easily be skipped. The zoo, very old and lacking maintenance, will be interesting to young children only (tigers, rhinos, hippos, crocs and bears).
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| N Remise |
02 March 2003 |
Stayed at Mandalay Hill Resort - Mandalay, Myanmar.
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A day and a half is sufficient to visit the main sites: Mandalay Hill, monasteries and temples. We recommend a half day boat trip to Mingun: nice temples and a glimpse at river life.
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| I Kelso |
15 February 2003 |
Stayed at Traders Hotel Yangon - Yangon, Myanmar.
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Central hotel, fantastic for market and Sule pagoda. Ate at Pansea (a lttle disappointing) Green Elephant very good and the Strand worth a visit.
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| B Fosse |
13 February 2003 |
Stayed at Summit Parkview Hotel - Yangon, Myanmar.
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The Shwedagon was amazing, pretty good food in the restaurants down the road, and a nightclub only 200 feet away, The Dagon Bar in the hotel had a nice band and positive staff.
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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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| U Engelbrecht |
31 January 2003 |
Stayed at Summit Parkview Hotel - Yangon, Myanmar.
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Try the Schwedagon at night. It gets less busy and it is awesome.
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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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