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Myanmar Travel Tour
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- Myanmar is a great
exotic tour destination.
What makes Myanmar or
Burma different from other
tour destinations is
the unique high level cultural
background, around 2000
km coastline with plenty of
tropical beaches along the
main coast and on around
1000 islands scattered in
the Andaman Sea off the
southern coast of Myanmar or
Burma, plus great Myanmar
Himalaya tours destinations.
Plenty of unique scenic
Myanmar tour spots like
Inle Lake,
Mandalay,
Bagan,
Yangon,
Mrauk U in Rhakine or Arakan and many
other places. Myanmar is the
right place for great tours
and Myanmar
tourism.
In Yangon or
Rangoon and elsewhere in
Myanmar plenty of
tour
agents offer their
services, that means for
your Myanmar vacation or
holidays you could easily
take a flight to Myanmar, go
to a tour agent and put
your Myanmar tour
itinerary together, this way
you could save a good amount
of money in comparison when
you take a vacation package
tour out of your country.
Since most Myanmar
travel comes through
Thailand here is
some
Thailand travel
information. Now get
your Myanmar flight
to the "Golden Land"
and touch down at
Yangon Airport
probably coming from
Bangkok Airport.
Travel to Myanmar got
another boost upwards in May
2010 when tourist visas
started to be available on
arrival for US$ 30,- . No
need to apply at a Myanmar
consulate for a visa
anymore. There is only one
little problem and that is
when you arrive at Yangon
Airport you need to have
totally clean and undamaged
dollar bills, if there is
even the slightest problem
such as something written at
the dollar note or the paper
is broken at the fold, which
is rather natural they wont
take it and they are very
stubborn on this, they
Myanmar State Bank refuses
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Aside of this little
things there are no
problem anymore, don't
believe anything what they
tell in the media, this is
almost all nonsense in
relation to tour. Mainly
because if a media people
travel to Myanmar this is
consider a work and for this
they need a special visa,
this procedure is the same
in almost any country in the
world, e.g. even if a German
journalist wants to go to
the USA he or she need a
special visa since this
considered work and not
tourist, this visa is
granted or not granted.
To blame the
Myanmar's when
they don't let some
foreign media people
into the country is
a scream of pure
hypocrisy
because the USA for
example also wont
let
a Myanmar or any other media
people in unless they have a
special visa for this
travel purpose.
In
Myanmar you
can tour anywhere, there
are some off limit areas,
this are always military
areas which are closed for
tourists, other
Myanmar
people,
media people etc. like in
any other country in the
world, if you don't believe
have a look how many huge
areas in the USA are closed
for public because they are
for military use only.
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Several
Myanmar
tour
variants are
possible,
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either you
do a low
budget bus
tour, air
tour,
train tour
or a
Myanmar
river
cruise.
Myanmar
or Burma
river cruise
tours are
available between
Mandalay and
Bagan and in
the
Ayeyarwady
or
Irrawaddy
delta, see
the
Irrawaddy Map. |
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River ships
are operating from
Mandalay into upper
Myanmar, on the
Salween or Thanlwin
river at Moulmein or
Mawlamyine. Some
more interesting
Myanmar river
cruises can be made
on the Chindwin
river, a tributary
to the Ayeyarwady or
Irrawaddy river and
the Haledan river in
Rhakine or Arakan.
River tours in Myanmar
were much better and
more easy during
British colonial
times, at that time
the British
Irrawaddy Flotilla
Company served most
of the Myanmar
Rivers with a
reliable schedule
and good vessels.
Today, about hundred
years later all this
is gone.
Some old river
vessels move
between Mandalay and
upper Burma or
Myanmar. You will
find lots of Myanmar
tour information
within the website.
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Tour
Ayeyarwady
or Irrawaddy
river double decker river
ship |
Road to
Mandalay
River
Myanmar
Cruise
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Sagaing
Sunset over
river
opposite
Mandalay
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Mandalay
River Vessel
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If you want to
cruise Myanmar's
mighty
Irrawaddy or Ayeyarwady River
from
Yangon
to
Mandalay
it
would
be
maybe
2 weeks, or
maybe 2
month, or
maybe you
wont find a
ship at all
for this
river
cruise,
nobody
really know.
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Myanmar air tours
are
preferable since it simply
goes fast, e.g. a flight
to
Mandalay
takes
a
little
over
one
hour.
If you take the
train to Mandalay,
its about 12 hours,
you take the ship,
if you find one for
this long distance
it could take up to
2 month. As you can
see, Myanmar or
Burma is a real
adventure tour
destination.
If you don't go
with a adventure
tour
operator the
real adventure will
come over you.
It might sound
romantic but after 2
days real adventure
you will start
screaming, trust me,
I know it.
The best
adventure tour
agent in Myanmar
is
without any doubts
Myanmar Explore.
I know this because
I know the owner of
this company, a
smart Japanese guy
with a good feeling
for quality and
adventure. He wont
offer
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Myanmar air
tour
Yangon
Airport
Aircraft
Docking |
Myanmar air
tour
Yangon
Airport
Aircraft
Parking
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Myanmar air
tour
Yangon
airport
check in
hall |
Myanmar air
tour
Yangon
airport
departure
hall |
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something cheap, but
he deliver
and this is very
rare in Myanmar,
trust me !
On top of it his
staff or rather crew
of Myanmar guys and
women are all
recruited from
the
typical Myanmar
adventure tour areas
such as Chin, Naga,
Kachin, Myanmar
Himalaya area etc.,
from remote tribes,
never everyone heard
about and so on.
Myanmar adventure is
real adventure, not
this flimsy
commercialized
adventure stuff they
offer you in
Thailand, India,
Philippines and
elsewhere.
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I know
this because among
other real adventure
stuff I lived in the
Borneo jungle -
Sarawak - in an Iban
longhouse for
several month, went
spear fishing in the
the Rajang River and
learned how to hit
the monkey in the
tree with the poison
blow pipe dart. Have a
look for the
real
adventure in
Myanmar
or Burma.
- On a
Myanmar trip
check with
the travel
agent if
there is a
Myanmar
Festival
around
somewhere.
Festivals
are the best
events to
see the
people and
their
habits. Even
if it is
only a small
pagoda
festival
which are
the most
common. The
bigger
festivities
are Tagu,
Nayon, Kason,
Waso,
Tawthalin,
Wagaung ,
Thadingyut,
Pyatho,
Tazaungmon,
Nadaw ,
Thabodwe,
Tabaung and
the Myanmar
Waterfestival
or Thingyan.
- There are many
hotels in Myanmar,
suitable for almost
every size of wallet
and every
Burma or Myanmar
vacation trip.
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The
best hotels in
Myanmar are in
Yangon,
Mandalay,
Bagan and
Inle Lake since this
are also the primary
destinations for
tourism in Myanmar.
In
Yangon
and
the
other
above
mentioned
towns
are
also
cheaper
hotels
with
less
comfort.
Outside this towns
hotels are sometimes
very basic, a
alternative on your
Myanmar tour would
be to ask if you can
stay overnight in a
monastery if there
is no other suitable
place around.
Monasteries
are
almost
everywhere
in
Myanmar and usually
the monks are happy
when they can help
you, consider a
reasonable donation. |
Kandawgyi
Palace
Hotel
Yangon
Myanmar |
Golden
Cottage
Resort
Inle
Lake |
Max
Beach
Resort
Chaung
Tha
Myanmar |
Sedona
Hotel
Yangon |
Tharabar
Gate
Hotel
Bagan
Myanmar |
Bayview
Beach
Resort
Ngapali
Beach
Myanmar |
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When you tour Myanmar never
use
tap
water
for
any
purpose
beside
of
washing,
don't
even
use
it
to
brush
your
tooth
or
for
shaving,
always
use
bottled
water
originally
sealed
when
you
buy
it
in
the
shop
or
hotel,
every
better
hotel
will
supply
some
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bottled
water
complimentary.
Myanmar is a
great destination
for culture tours,
history tours, beach
tours and
climbing or hiking
in particular in the
Myanmar Himalayas
for adventure
tour, have a look
at the map of
Myanmar or Burma.
The
climate, location
and
environment
makes |
Bagan
Temple
Panorama |
Bagan
Ananda
Temple |
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Myanmar
or
Burma
one
of
the
most
interesting
and
beautiful
countries
to
tour
for
vacation
or
holidays.
Myanmar
or
Burma
lies
on
the
eastern
side
of
the
Bay
of
Bengal,
just
north
of
the
Malay
Peninsula.
Myanmar
at
Kawthaung
north
of
the
Malay
Peninsula
Thailand
and
China
are
on
the
east
side
and
the
Indian
provinces
of
Assam,
Manipur
and
Nagaland
on
the
other,
just
the
right
destination
for
a
real
exotic
Asian
vacation
trip.
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Sittwe
Myanmar
Ship
in
the
Bay
of
Bengal |
Sittwe
Myanmar
on
the
Bay
of
Bengal |
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- Coming from
somewhere in the
Tibet Himalayas
the
Irrawaddy or
Ayeyarwady river
flows throughout the
entire length of
Myanmar , all the
way down to Yangon
or Rangoon emptying
the flood of brown
water into the
Andaman Sea through
the Ayeyarwady or
Irrawaddy delta.
Other large
Myanmar rivers,
such as the Sittang
and Salween or
Thanlwin , flowing
through deep valleys
on the border to
Thailand. Would be
the ideal places for
great Myanmar
rafting adventure
vacations but there
is no infrastructure
to go there.
On the northwest,
mountain ranges form
a barrier between
Myanmar or Burma and
the frontier
provinces of India.
Most of the
mountains in the
border regions are
still densely
covered with forest
and jungle, wide
rivers in between,
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River
in
deep
valleys
trekking
Himalaya
Myanmar
Burma
Mountain
trekking
Himalaya
Hkakabo
Razi
Myanmar
Burma |
With
the
jeep
through
the
river
Himalaya
Myanmar
Burma
In
snow
mountain
trekking
Himalaya
Myanmar
Burma |
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the best
places for
great
Myanmar
adventure
trekking
vacation, in
many cases
the rivers
are
un-navigable. All this
makes
Myanmar or
Burma a
great
outdoor
tour
spot, the problem
is, it's very
difficult to come to
this places because
there is no
infrastructure to go
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there, not
even dirt roads. Only on one little
corner in the
north-east, where
Myanmar or Burma borders the Chinese
province of Yunnan,
is access
from the land side easy, and
there are caravans of Yunnanese constantly
enter the country
-not for
tourist
tour
purpose- but to
trade at Bhamo and Hsipaw.
Since a few
years up to about 2
million people from
China entered
Myanmar to start a
new life in Mandalay
and elsewhere, they
simply run away from
this overpopulation
pressure and the
continuous nature
disaster in China
because of that.
Myanmar
or Burma has
for
centuries
remained
untouched
and
unspoiled,
it is only
since the
British took
over the
country
a gradual
extension of
the railway
system and
the river
transport
system was
slowly
opening up
Myanmar's
interior, so
? happy
Myanmar
tour. |
Myanmar
Mandalay
Maha Muni
Pagoda Fish
& Turtle
Pond at
Mandalay art |
Kuthodaw
Pagoda trip
at Mandalay
hill |
Mandalay
Hill Trip
Myanmar |
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Another
great
tour
destination
in
Myanmar
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right
for
island
tour
adventure-
are
the
Myanmar
Islands
of
the
Andaman
Sea,
mainly
in
the
legendary
Mergui Archipelago, where
already
the
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adventurer roamed in the 17.th. century and British colonial navy and troops later.
The Myanmar Andaman sea is
the right destination for adventure
tours, a almost virgin part of the Indian Ocean bordering
India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and partly
Thailand
with almost no contact to
any foreigners except on the Thai part.
The last times foreigners were seen in
the Myanmar Andaman Sea was during
British |
Adventure
Tour
Andaman
Sea
Beach
Life
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Adventure
Tour
Andaman
Sea
Harpoon
Fishing |
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colonial time,
now slowly some "live aboard" diving tours are offered
out of Thailand
.
There are not many places on
earth so untouched and this
wont last very long have a look
into our unique
e-books
......on the Andaman Sea......
Just the right stuff for your
adventure tours into
a area almost no one has been
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Adventure
Tour
Andaman
Sea
Salon
or
Moken
Houseboat |
Adventure
Tour
Andaman
Sea
Canoeing
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- Sea
Gypsies
The Sea Gypsies
of southern Myanmar
and off the west coast of Thailand
all the way down to the Thai - Malaysian
border are the Salon or Moken. They never live
permanently, touring around the
sea and live temporarily on the islands
where greener
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landscape exists. After the rainy
season, they wander about the sea during
winter and summer seasons, collecting
marine products.
Being at sea from birth to death,
they are very skillful at sea. Some
historians call them "Sea - Gypsies"
because of having no fixed abodes. They
can dive down to the depth of 80 feet
under the water without diving gear.
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Sea Gypsies or Salon in the Mergui Archipelago Myanmar Burma |
Islands of the Andaman sea
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Myanmar car ride yellow jeep
Myanmar bus and truck ride |
A
Myanmar car ride
from Yangon to Mandalay
takes maybe 10 hours, the
same Myanmar tour on the
train takes around 12
hours. |
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