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Modern Myanmar
| July 30, 2017
…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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Weekend getaways in Myanmar
| September 26, 2016
**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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10 reasons to visit Myanmar now
| September 21, 2016
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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Future of E-Commerce in Myanmar
| February 4, 2016
**This is a guest post written by SoSo Aung. It shows great insight into how fast Myanmar is growing and developing.** A few years ago, Myanmar could not even
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Myanmar land crossing from Thailand
| January 18, 2016
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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This is Burma… I mean Myanmar
| April 27, 2015
Little really is known about this newly opened country. It wasn’t until 2011 that tourists were really allowed in to come and explore but even then, and now,
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Visa Stuffs
| April 23, 2015
PLEASE NOTE: Do NOT just try to turn up to Myanmar without having sorted out some sort of visa first, you will be lucky if you even make
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Money Money Money
| April 22, 2015
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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Communication with locals
| April 21, 2015
Regardless of anything, it is always polite to learn a few phrases in the local language before you go anywhere, and here a little goes a long way
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Foreigner Fee Politics
| April 20, 2015
You end up frustrated with the people, the hoteliers, the expensive bus ticket sellers that you just know are ripping you off, this annoying bloody foreigner fee that
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Mong-La | Sin City of Myanmar
| April 20, 2015
Although I didn’t travel here myself, -good luck getting a travel pass if you are western!- this place is somewhere you want to read about! A city of
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Tourism in Myanmar
| April 12, 2015
Floating down the Lemro river on my way to visit tattooed women in a Chin Village in very Western Myanmar, here are my thoughts. ‘I wonder where Myanmar
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