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Not only is it one of the most important religious and sacred places in all of Myanmar but it is also quite a sight to behold, with the
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There is so much information about Bagan floating around the internet it can be hard to find the exact answer to a simple question you may have. So
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Mingalabar! Here is a little bit about me… I’m Nat, from London, England. We had an Empire once that we cling on to dearly as it’s pretty much all
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If you want to cross the border to Myanmar by land from Thailand you will need to get a visa in your passport, an e-visa is not enough.
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Dollar bills and Kyat chat. I was confused about the money situation before I left for Myanmar causing me to have a stressful last minute panic looking for
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I only spent a couple of days in Yangon, I liked it, its a pretty city, with a nice amount of busy-ness and interesting normality happening around you.
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…there is an emerging ‘hipster’ scene Myanmar/Burma is more than just Fishermen on Inle Lake and Pagodas. In fact these are now for the most part just a
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Planning on going to Taunggyi Balloon Festival this year? Great! Go! Costing $12 to get there and back in an old open pick up truck stuffed to the
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There isn’t too much information out there about Mrauk U it is a bit off of the beaten path and complex to get there. It can be hard
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**This is a guest post written by Corine Smith. With some good ideas of where to go for a weekend break in Myanmar.** Myanmar or Burma is a
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Go before they start automating their ferris wheels! The country has not been open for standard tourism for very long and is still naively unspoilt (to an extent)
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What an adventure climbing up to the top of the jungle covered hill to get to a deserted Pagoda that had been taken back by nature with no
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After a horrendous lack of sleep, 32 hours on the road, 2 big buses, 1 little bus, a motorbike, a bicycle rickshaw, a minibus, and more vomit splashed
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Pathein: A riverside town on the way from Yangon to Ngwesaung. Talk to any backpacker that has taken the bus from Yangon to the beach town of Ngwesaung,
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A trip up the Lemro river to the Chin villages to see the old women with tattooed faces was a special day. We found a guide mostly by
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There is so much information about Inle Lake it can be hard to find the exact answer to a specific and straight forward question you may have. So
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