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 Myanmar travel tales
Our customers share their travelling experiences in Myanmar.
Read about first hand stories on travel tips and guides, events, entertainment,shopping, food, business and transportation.
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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| R Borrill |
12 November 2004 |
Stayed at Kandawgyi Palace Hotel - Yangon, Myanmar.
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I would thoroughly recommend Bagan and the sunrise balloon trip - it was magical floating above the many stupas and payas, with mist rising, as everyone on the ground below was just waking up. Take plenty of US dollars too as we found out just before we arrived that credit cards were no longer accepted.
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| S Tovey |
23 October 2004 |
Stayed at Summit Parkview Hotel - Yangon, Myanmar.
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Fascinating if decrepit city; mostly genuinely friendly and spiritual people, though as in all Asia the Army & officials are sods. You won't believe the offhand and surly airport staff are from the same stock as the others you'll have met. The Schwe Dagon is as amazing as it's reputed to be, though less awesome than Angkor, ditto Bagan, and downtown Yangon brings back memories of Kipling & Maugham. Thai & Shan restarants very good; seemed hard to find other Burmese food on menus in English. Very hard to find a good large scale map of Yangon; download one from the net (pds)before you arrive. Internet at the FSI centre next to Scott Market only 50c an hour but all email sites and Ebay blocked by firewalls. Watch your step on pavements; many smallish deep holes you could easily break a leg on.
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| R Gaines |
15 October 2004 |
Stayed at Summit Parkview Hotel - Yangon, Myanmar.
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Green Elephant restaurant good. The dinner show in the restaurant "barge" show at the lake that starts with a K is OK worth the visit for the experience but not great. Yangon neat town.
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| B Bullen |
14 October 2004 |
Stayed at Grand Plaza Parkroyal Yangon - Yangon, Myanmar.
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Didn't know what to expect on the trip to Myanmar. I loved the temples I'd read about and wanted to see them for myself. It was easier to deal with once I got there. Found some good restaurants in Yangon, went to the Schwedagon Pagoda and the Sule Pagoda. The local market has amazing shopping. The best part of the trip was the people. Many of them speak English and are interested in Americans. It's very exotic seeing the cute girls with the yellow stuff they put on their face and in traditional dress. Also make sure you go to Bagan, which is awe-inspiring.
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| O Alt |
30 September 2004 |
Stayed at Inle Lake View Resort - Inle Lake, Myanmar.
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Inle Lake is worth a visit, the craft houses are very interesting. Be sure to take enough film, up could use a roll of film alone in just one market. And bring sun block too, the sun is strong at this elevation. The only place in Myanmar where you can access Hotmail and Yahoo email accounts is at the InleBlooms Coffee Shop in town. You can read your mail, but must send thru another website that the coffee shop owner has set up.
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| O Alt |
27 September 2004 |
Stayed at Bagan Thiripyitsaya Sakura Hotel - Bagan, Myanmar.
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Nanda restaurant with it's puppet show is a good place for dinner. I had Burmese food, and my husband had the boneless fish steaks, nicly prepared and very tasty. The show is included in the price of dinner, which was very reasonable.
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| L Kenyon |
24 September 2004 |
Stayed at Sedona Hotel Yangon - Yangon, Myanmar.
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For antiques after much hard work STRONGLY recommend Mark at Augustines near the fabulous Green Elephant restaurant - prices less than 30% of Bangkok - taxi drivers however reluctant to take you there because of low commissions.
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| O Alt |
24 September 2004 |
Stayed at Savoy Hotel Yangon - Yangon, Myanmar.
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The Shwedagon Paya, with it's gold, diamond and precious gem top is awesome. Go in the early AM, and then back again at dusk, the pagoda changes mood with the light. The $5 entrance ticket is good all day. You can walk to the pagoda from the Savoy Hotel.
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| L Kenyon |
21 September 2004 |
Stayed at Sedona Hotel Mandalay - Mandalay, Myanmar.
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After much research and shopping around the best antiques are to be bought from Soe Moe which although out of town well worth the effort. The Moustache Brothers nightly show is a must do as is the Mingin river half day trip.
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| S Redman |
16 September 2004 |
Stayed at Grand Plaza Parkroyal Yangon - Yangon, Myanmar.
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We started in Yangon and then flew up to Bagan for a few days and then on to Inle Lake for a few days and then ended up back in Yangon. We used an outstanding tour guide company that was well worth the money ($530 US / person) that was all inclusive except for lunch and dinner. They exchanged money for us, arranged for all the travel (flights & cars) and then escorted us around daily. Inle Lake is a must see as well as Bagan as both have very different and unique cultures associtated with their areas in the country. The company we used was HAMSA Travel & Tours CO. Ltd.
Tel: 95-1-298170 / 200642 . (email: hamsa@mptmail.net.mm)
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