Inle Lake
How to get to Inle Lake from…
| February 18, 2016
Inle lake to/from Yangon Many people ask how far Inle Lake is from Yangon, but this depends on what mode of transport you choose. It is approx. 650km
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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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Welcome to my Burma blog!
| February 4, 2016
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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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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Taunggyi Balloon Festival
| April 20, 2015
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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What to do in Yangon
| April 19, 2015
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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