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Maymyo Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Maymyo, Myanmar
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Pyin Oo Lwin
Après s'être remis de notre trek nous voilà pour une journée à Pyin Oo Lwin. A peine arrivés, la ville ne nous plait guère et nous trouvons un hôtel tenu par des hindous particulièrement désagréables. Donc cela nous dérange pas de faire une ...
Happy birthday Buddha
... too!! I won't mention 'dem goovment troops' (said in the style of Blood Diamond) for fear of deportation as the Myanmar embassy has said "google knows everything", but you know what I'm thinking. It is particularly boiling in myanmar (40 degrees), so ...
The Mandalay city retreat
... delight I was the only tourist there and used the tranquil atmosphere and the time to read about my next travel destinations within Myanmar. Next stop: Trekking in Hsipaw (hopefully) I will now be heading further north to the little town of Hsipaw, which ...
Land of Pagoda`s and golden smiles
... Myanmar AND WE STAYED WELL WITHIN OUR BUDGET of 50 US PP PER DAY including flight ticket and regularly consumption of Myanmar-beer!! Highlights: People with a smile like sunshine!! The Burmese people are the most amazing, genuinely friendly ...
Mieymio
... a Udo, Cloe e Jilles, abbiamo cercato rifugio a Pyin U Lwin che a detta di tutti e' la citta' col clima migliore in Myanmar. Siamo stati ( bene ) 3 giorni per poi entrare di nuovo nel famoso Shan State ( quello dei ribelli Shan appunto ), a ...
Pyin Oo Lwin - a really flat charming hill station
DAY 0. The long bus ride from Hpa-An begins for Mandalay. Because the bus avoids Yangon, the road is not the main highway and as a result the bus was travelling at a snail's pace of between 30-40kph on a badly eaten road. About 45minutes into the bus ...
24 hours in Pwin U Lwyin
Passing the time in Pwin U Lwin Team Rob and Anjali must take a beaten down jalopy on a dusty winding road up to the hill station town of Pwin U Lwin, two hours north of Mandalay. Checking out this one road town We were looking forward to getting ...
Pyin U Lwin
Ancienne base de plein air estivale pour les Anglais ne supportant pas la chaleur de la Birmanie, Pyin U Lwin est une petite ville situee dans les montagnes, a la fraiche, avec beaucoup de batiments d'inspiration coloniale. Ce n'etait pas un must dans ...
Pyin Oo Lwin
Am Mittwochmorgen (08.06.) waren wir rechtzeitig 8:30 Uhr am Bahnhof, um die Zugtickets zu kaufen. 5 Dollar p.P. in der ersten Klasse - inlusive genauer Inspition unseres Reisepasses. Das Bahnhofsgebaeude wirkte sehr spartanisch und duster, aber ein ...
Novice Monks and Nuns
We have just had the most wonderful day yesterday! We stayed for one night in Pyin U Lwin and met a local tour guide who calls himself the Rock n Roll Muslim! He also introduces himself as "Osama-not-Bin-Laden". He's a real character. He told us ...
Dans l'etat Shan
Ayant loupe un tain a 4h30 du mat, j'ai pris un pick up pour la 1ere ville. On se sent encore a l'epoque coloniale ...
Kyaukme - Myanmar
Anyway, we did decide to go back to Kyaukme and organised to go trekking with our new friend we met from the bus for a couple of days. What a great guy Naing Naing was, and what a fantastic chance to really get off the beaten track. He spoke ...
Merry Christmas in Pwin Oo Lwin
Zur grossen Ueberraschung wagten wir uns noch einmal in einen Zug in Myanmar. Von Hispaw aus waren es 7 Stunden nach Pwin Oo Lwin und die Landschaft soll laut vieler Reisender wunderschoen sein. okok, dachte ich mir, Augen zu und durch, die Fahrt wird ...
tchou tchou
Des paysannes aux habits couleur du blé De magnifiques paysages vallonnés Un géant de fer traversant une vallée Une petite souris comme compagnie Voici un voyage en train en Birmanie Un doux parfum d'urine emplissant le nez Un enivrant mouvement de ...
Riding the rails to Pyin U Lwin
... said that the train ride was a big highlight of their trip, and Emily and I were really excited for it. The Myanmar government (the country's official name is Myanmar) makes sure to keep very good track of foreigners’ movements within the country. ...
Pyin Oo Lwin, Myanmar or Burma'shire?
... checked in to the expensive ($30pn) Bravo Hotel conveniently located on the main street near the night market and opposite the central mosque. Myanmar hoteliers have got us foreigners over a barrel at the moment, $30 for a B&B night in a hotel may not ...
Head for the Hills
We ended up booking a share taxi to Pyin Oo Lwin (Maymyo) as it appeared too difficult or too expensive to get the whole way to Hispaw. It was a small Toyota corolla and we were jammed in the back with another guy. Luckily it was short trip, just under ...
Down & Out in Pyin Oo Lwin
... Let me begin again...On my overnight bus trip from Yangon to Shwenyaung, I watched this local drama movie featuring two of Myanmar's most famous celebrities. I remember it well because of the film's one music soundtrack which it kept repeating it at all ...
Po"hja poole teel
Pestud, kammitud, pakitud poole tunniga - seega olime valmis pool viis ja seljakotid seljas hotelli ees. Myinth Shin oli teinud aega parajaks nurga peal toidukohas teed juues. Pimeduses (valgust tuli ainult majadest, aga kuna enamik esimesi korruseid on ...
An Exciting Train Ride
From Hsipaw I caught the train to a place called Pyin Oo Lwin, from where I would probably need to get a lift in a pickup truck to take me onto Mandalay. There was a direct bus, but getting the train instead meant a later start, a trip over a 318ft ...
Abkühlung in Pyin U Lwin
Um dem hektischen Treiben und den heissen Temperaturen für ein paar Tage zu entfliehen, sind wir nach Pyin U Lwin gefahren. Nach gut einer Stunde im geteilten Taxi (der Junge neben Danielle ist eingeschlafen und hat seinen Kopf für sicher eine halbe ...
Pyin Oo Lwin, lovely weekend retreat
... and a nice botanical garden that I planned to visit before rushing back to Mandalay and visiting the ancient capital of Myanmar. I was still grumpy from yesterday's dinner and reluctant to take the first mototaxi that approached me outside the ...
Pyin Oo Lwin
Took the train down to Pyin Oo Lwin: 6 hours in an overcrowded train, on a hard bench with so many local people around and sometimes on us. It was great and the scenery beautiful (at parts). Pyin Oo Lwin was nothing great but it was a good stopover for ...
Falls,lime cave and Patroited Buddha image,
There Pyin Oo Lwin is once May myo we called ,!989 after The gov chaange all British name to Myanmar name. There you can see market andget ride on the different type ofhorse cart. and get going to water fall,and the cave ,The most lovely place is Aut htoo ...
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