Yangon Starting from Yangon, stretch your plan legs up the steps to the Shwedagon Paya at night when its golden zedi (stuppa) glows under the floodlights. Next day, wander around downtown ending at Boyuke Aung San Market, which has the country’s best selection of handicrafts and souvenirs. Mandalay Hire a drive, fly, or take a [...]
Day 1 Morning in Yangon Fill your stomach and get plenty of energy in the morning with a traditional Myanmar breakfast of fish soup and tea at one of the streetside teashop. Enjoy an early morning stroll around Chinatown, the bustling markets in the surrounding blocks and Sule Paya, the geographic heart of the city. [...]
A passport and visa are required for entry into Myanmar. Travelers are required to show their passports with a valid visa at all airports, train stations, and hotels. Security checkpoints are common outside of tourist areas. The Government of Myanmar strictly controls travel to, from, and within Myanmar. ALL Foreigners are required to obtain a [...]
There are many concerns on whether it is safe to travel to Myanmar these days due to all the happenings to the country, and the recent Nargis cyclone incident. Safe to go Myanmar? Basically all the key tourist destinations – Yangon, Mandalay, Bagan & Inle lake is quite far from the hit area of the [...]
1. Destinations opened to International Tourists Traveling to some of the areas and sites will require prior permission from the authorities concerned as specified below: (A) Kachin State (1) Both Package Tours and Foreign Independent Travelers (F.I.T) are allowed to travel to Myitkyina either by plane or train. (2) Both Package Tours and Foreign Independent [...]
Be awe by one of the most remarkable archaeological sights in the world, Bagan is the capital city of the first Myanma Kingdom, the Bagan Archaeological Area currently contains 2230 Buddhist monuments (temples, stupas, monasteries, etc) built from the 10th to the 14th centuries AD (used to be 4446!). Several of these monuments are still [...]
Myanmar experiences a mainly tropical climate, which can basically be divided into three distinct seasons. Lying in the south of Myanmar, Yangon remains relatively warm throughout the year. Generally, the best time to go visit Yangon is during the cool season from November to January when it is much cooling and relatively low rainfall. Yangon [...]
Yangon streets by friskodude Yangon, the most multiethnic and cosmopolitan city in Myanmar is the main gateway to the country. Despite being the commercial capital of Myanmar, Yangon is a city engulfed by it’s rich history and culture, an integration of ancient traditions and spiritual heritage. The stunning Shwedagon Pagoda is the centerpiece of Yangon [...]
Mandalay, the second largest city after Yangon, is the last royal capital until British annexation in 1885 – back then it was the cultural and commercial as well as the Buddhist education center of the country . Today Mandalay is home to more than 100 Buddhist monasteries and some 70,000 monks, it retains many cultural [...]
Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, is one of South East Asia’s largest and most diverse country. Isolated and ostracised by the international community, the country is in the grip of tyrants. To this day Myanmar remains one of the most mysterious and undiscovered destinations in the world.
