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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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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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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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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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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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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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Inle Lake
Lucky for me I happened to be in the right place at the right time to experience the immense ballooning production that is the Taunggyi Balloon Festival. It
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Yangon
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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Ngwe Saung
This is the place where the 2013 Asianic Games were held, so I had high hopes that I would be greeted with a lot of very posh but
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Ngwe Saung
With no electricity during the day, sitting on the bungalow balcony directly on the beach you could hear only the sound of waves, little jingle bells (from the
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Ngwe Saung
The christmas jingle bell sound of horses woke me up, and also Philipps elbow in the face. If you can be bothered and have the time it’s nice
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Mrauk U
Many visitors get confused with how to pronounce Mrauk U. It is pronounced “Meow ooo”, make sure you get that right or you’ll end up in Nyaung-U like
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Mandalay
Mandalay to Mrauk U Bus From Mandalay to Mrauk U – 19hours. This part was ok and not as bad as we thought it would be. Once we
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Mrauk U
After an uncomfortable (to say the least), 19 hour, hot, sweaty bumpy and noisy bus ride, a smile can be nice. Don’t expect that when you arrive in
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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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Mandalay
In Mandalay city itself there isn’t much to see, apart from The Royal Palace, it’s better to get out the city for the more interesting sights. I didn’t
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