02/08/2006
Myanmar Travel
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This report was made by Geert Van Vaeck who went to Myanmar in October 1998. The general impression they got from their trip was "absolutely fantastic". I got a good update from Jean Marc Delatre who spent 6 weeks there in May and June 2000.
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02/08/2006
Myanmar - General Info
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Since 1996, you can now get a visa of 4 weeks.
You can get your visa by mail or you can pick it up personally at the following embassy addresses:
France: 60, Rue de Courcelles 75008 Paris Tel.: 42.25.56.95
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02/08/2006
Myanmar - Transportation
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There are 3 companies in Myanmar, and 2 of them have a website where you can check schedules:
Myanmar airways
Mandalay Air (their server is not always online)
Yangon Airways
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02/08/2006
Yangoon, Myanmar
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Yangoon is a very crowded and noisy place. It still has a lot of colonial buildings dating from the English colonization. It used to be an important harbour.
Every evening the streets of downtown Yangoon turn into one big supermarket. Streetvendors sell almost everything. You can also have a cheap meal on the streets.
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02/08/2006
Mandalay, Yangoon
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Mandalay is the second largest city after Yangoon. It doesn't look like a city, more like a big village. There's no skyline, and there are still some dirt roads.
The city and its surroundings have a lot to offer to the traveller. It is also the jump-off point for Bagan and Inle Lake or the North of the country.
We stayed 4 days here and found many things to do. It is more Burmese than Yangoon and the people are very nice too.
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02/08/2006
Nyaungshwe
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If you come from Mandalay, you pass the hilltown of Kalauw where you can do some great hiking tours.
Around this beautiful lake, you can find 200 towns, all relying on the water.
You can also do nice hiking trips in the hills surrounding the lake.
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02/08/2006
Bagan
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Bagan is one of the most amazing sight in SE Asia. In an area of 40 km², there are more then 1000 shipas and payas. You can spend at least a week here.
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02/08/2006
Pyay
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Pyay is a stopover for the site of Thayekhittaya.
It also has a nice paya, Shwensandow paya.
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02/08/2006
Bago
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This city is on the way to the golden rock pagoda at Kyaiktiyo.
The city of Bago has more surprises then the guidebooks will tell you, so read this section.
When we were there there was a serious grasshopper problem. Restaurants and hotels were full of them. Like all other cities, there was sometimes no electricity.
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02/08/2006
Myanmar - Other Places
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pick-up from Mandalay Central Bus Station: 300 K (2h30)
- Hotel: Dahlia: double bargained to 4$ (reg. price 5$), ventil, bathroom,
small breakfast. Very nice. Though a little far from city center, but they
drop you there and pick you up on evening on simple phone call. Tiger Beer
33 Cl = 250 K.
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