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Burma Bound
Mar 25, 2004
(5 photos)
"We have to admit is was scary once again to leave our passports with the Burmese authorities...then again, there is no arguing with someone who can jail you indefinitely for no rea ..."
A travel blog entry from Tachilek by
smyth

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Back in the Golden Land
May 21, 2007
"At last ... Flight HK to Bangkok fine, short - Leslie had only seat on plane with empty seat next to her. Housekeeping - I think I gave all credit for great plane seats to seatguru ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon by
chaskemp

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Discovering Rangoon
Nov 19, 2002
"Finally the day has come and we would be going to an entirely new country which the world knew until 1989 as Burma. We heard many strange stories of this isolated land, so naturall ..."
A travel blog entry from Rangoon (Yangon) by
pauldebbiesmrz

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Here's mud on your face
Nov 30, 2006
(55 photos)
"What an experience. It was like going back in time. I have never really been in a SE asian country like this, most people are wearing traditional dress, noone is on a c ..."
A travel blog entry from Mandalay by
triptalk

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I don't think we are in Thailand anymore...
Jan 6, 2005
(2 photos)
"After watching people smuggle goods into Mynamar by throwing them off the bridge, we decided to take the plunge and go to the other side. You pay 5$ (And a lot of people think they ..."
A travel blog entry from Tachileik by
tomer

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Finalmente in Birmania.
Jul 8, 2005
(1 photo)
"A malincuore ma ho dovuto volare da Bangkok a Yangon. Yangon una volta si chiamava Rangoon poi il governo per confondere le acque ha deciso di cambiare nome al paese da Birmania a ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon by
marcorusti

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Myanmar
Jan 23, 2007
(38 photos)
"Why go to Myanmar? This country was not originally on our itinerary, though Saoyuth has always considered visiting it. It's simply by discussing with other fellow backpackers that ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon by
patandsaoyuth

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Tails from Myanmar (Burma)..Please Read
May 30, 2007
"I can't talk about my trip to Burma (Myanmar) without talking about pre-Myanmar. There is currently a tourism boycott, started by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung Sun Su Kyi.& ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangoon by
emogo

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Popping over to liberate Aung San Suu Kyi
Nov 22, 2006
(17 photos)
"Got myself alot more excited than Ger about just having a haicut here for the novelty of being in Burma. This little expedition was not part of the plan at all but we were so ..."
A travel blog entry from Tachilek by
bennykenny

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Burma-Inle Lake
Mar 20, 2006
(5 photos)
"The trip between India and Burma was a highly controversial one. Before an email about President Bush's state of the union was sent to a friend on the boat I had never before heard ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon by
jcarlso2

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Out of the Frying Pan....
Feb 12, 2007
(25 photos)
"The name 'Myanmar' may not ring a bell for you. Not terribly long ago, the country was known as Burma. For the most part, I'm going to try to refer to the country as 'Burma' for re ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon (Rangoon) by
dogeleven

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myanmar
Mar 29, 2006
"Hello everyone! Sorry it's taken me so long to write, getting busy as the ports get closer and there are fewer class days. So, Myanmar. I think I said this for India, I don't remem ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangoon by
d.nischelle

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back to myanmar. it feels good...
Jan 7, 2007
(1 photo)
"it feels good to be back in myanmar. the people, the street kitchens, the vendors, the smell, the colors, the odors, the longyi (the traditional rock worn by men and women), and of ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon by
misterfrancis

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Into Myanmar
Sep 1, 2007
(17 photos)
"Hi everyone, Matt and I are currently in Mandalay, and finally have access to semi-decent Internet and have a chance to update the blog. We have had an amazing adventure/honeymoon ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon (Rangoon) by
mattandnicole

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burma
May 8, 2007
"howdy y'all, just a quickie to let ya know i got here safe and all seems cool. im heading outa yangon, the capital, tomora to a place called inle lake around 18 hours north. doin s ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon by
jordanblair100

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Burma by boat
Jan 8, 2008
(4 photos)
"With a good nights sleep we were ready for a visit in to Burma, this can be hit and miss, depending on the day, the political climate, and which way the winds blowing, however for ..."
A travel blog entry from Kawthoung by
npointing

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Myanmar
Oct 29, 2006
(69 photos)
"Hello again! Has it been a month already??!! We're back in civilisation! Whoo hoo! We've just arrived in Chiang Mai, North Thailand yesterday. It has been tough travelling for 28 d ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon by
wyeandluke

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Myanmar
Mar 25, 2006
(24 photos)
"Sorry for the delay in posting my blog. I have been sick the last couple of days. We are now in Vietnam. I hope to have pictures up in a couple of days. Myanmar is the one country ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon by
jacobvolkmar

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Bienvenue au Myanmar!
Sep 1, 2004
"Salut tout le monde, Nous voici maintenant arrives dans un des pays les plus fermes, les plus pauvres, et heureusement pour nous, les plus authentiques d'Asie, le Myanmar (ancienne ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon by
philippeachkar

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Visiting Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma)
Mar 16, 2006
(25 photos)
"Yangon, Myanmar As we said in our last entry, our arrival in Myanmar was greeted with what you might expect for a head of state arriving in a third-world country. Little wonder as ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon by
worldcruise

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Myanmar needs help
Sep 23, 2007
"Myanmar What is happening in Myanmar at the moment is sad and beyond belief. I am not sure what information is getting through to the Western side of the world but from ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon (Rangoon) by
arewethere.yet

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Burma
May 26, 2005
"One month into Thailand and my visa had already expired. I headed for the Myanmar border for a visa run. You just leave Thailand enter Myanmar and back again with a fresh new one m ..."
A travel blog entry from Kaw Thaung by
gerard_mc_cabe

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An hour by plane, but a world away
Jun 7, 2007
(13 photos)
"It may only be a short flight away - yes, I was took a flight, much as I didn't want to; there are no effective land border crossing with Myanmar - but I couldn't imagine two citie ..."
A travel blog entry from Mandalay by
mrconfused

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Shopping in Burma
Mar 25, 2008
(31 photos)
"Monday we headed to Chaing Rai. It was a three hour bus ride but was in a comfy air-con bus so I enjoyed the ride and seeing the countryside. We booked in to the G ..."
A travel blog entry from Tachileik by
superval

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Mad Myanmar
Jun 15, 2007
"Hi! Sorry it's been a while but our blog site was down in Bangkok and the powers that be in Myanmar/Burma don't approve of the internet so there was no chance of an update there! A ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon by
mattandsasha

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Yangon - The World of MJ Is A Thriller
Aug 5, 2007
"I'll admit I was a little bit apprehensive flying into Yangon. Maybe it was the hilarious cartoon for the emergency procedures prior to takeoff from Bangkok. The family onboard loo ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon by
adrianmurray

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Into a digital black hole...
Jan 29, 2008
(14 photos)
" Myanmar is a small place these days when it comes to travellers. At Yangon's spankingly brand new airport, I hooked up with two Canadian blokes, Shawn and Olivier, and a Korean, B ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon (Rangoon) by
garybarnes

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Burmese Days
Nov 27, 2007
(29 photos)
"Min gala ba everyone! First, I'd like to wish everyone back home a belated Happy Thanksgiving - I can assure you we were thinking of you as we ate another rice and curry ;) No, we ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon by
esharbro

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Myanmar_it all started with meeting a monk...
Apr 29, 2007
(34 photos)
"Hello lovely people, I have only been in Myanmar (Birma) for 2 days now but it feels like 2 weeks with all the things that happened already. We can discuss the political situa ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon by
foegoer

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First steps in Burma
Dec 1, 2007
(66 photos)
"At my arrival in Yangon, I pick up a driver who bring to my hotel, on the way he gave me some kind of plants to shew. The problem is that you have to spit to not swallow the juice, ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon (Rangoon) by
worldtaste

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Famous, Baby, Famous
Apr 13, 2006
(7 photos)
"Finally out of Thailand! Good riddance. We spent too many days in a country too heavily touristed to be properly enjoyed. Appropriately, we were slapped with a stiff 5,000 baht fin ..."
A travel blog entry from Mandalay by
travellingtrio

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crazy visa run
May 18, 2008
(11 photos)
"What a pain in the ass. First we had to head to the border town of Ranong, which is a complete dump to do our visa run. We left Koh Tao at 10.15am and got the ferry over to Chumpon ..."
A travel blog entry from Myanmar by
widdecj

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What country is this anyways?
Feb 26, 2006
(1 photo)
"Ok here's a tip, dont try to start a travelogue after being awake for 28 hours, a little hungover and slightly drunk. I had to delete what little i'd started simply due to its ramb ..."
A travel blog entry from Kaw Thaung by
dangerchristoph

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15 Minutes in Burma
Jan 17, 2006
"We were here to refresh our visas, a common thing for visitors to Thailand. For more details check out the previous entry. ..."
A travel blog entry from Victory Point by
doodlebugs

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Entering Burma
Aug 24, 2006
(2 photos)
"Go to the Summary Page ___________________________ After a night in Chaing Mai that went well into the morning hours, I skipped the 6am bus and took the 9.30 instead. I slept most ..."
A travel blog entry from Tachileik by
peacefrog

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Visarun to Mae Sai
Nov 6, 2006
(4 photos)
"To get a new visa with enough validity, we had to jump into a minibus and drive up to the Myanmar border. Sylv was enjoying herself in Chiang Mai. ..."
A travel blog entry from Mae Sai by
dreamteam

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grr... visas....
Nov 22, 2006
(3 photos)
"so having not got a 60 day visa before leaving the uk, we took a day trip up to the burmese border for me to nip over. bit of a hassle but an ok day. picked up in a mini bus at 7.3 ..."
A travel blog entry from Golden triangle by
thekatemate

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WOW!!!
Feb 17, 2007
(21 photos)
"Continuing from my Tachileik entry, Dane and I caught the 1PM bus to Kyiang Tong, which thankfully was only about a 4 hour ride that twisted and turned through the mountains. Our L ..."
A travel blog entry from Kyiang Tong by
jknoff22

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Entering Myanmar
Jan 31, 2005
(5 photos)
"Into the Silent State Team Rob & Anjali must now fly Bangkok Airlines to Yangon, the capital of the repressive military dictatorship of Myanmar, aka Rangoon, Burma in British colon ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon (Rangoon) by
robanjali

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Border Adventures
Feb 17, 2007
(12 photos)
"This weekend marked our first journey into the strange and mysterious neighbor of Thailand known as Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. News and reports of the inner workings of the ..."
A travel blog entry from Tachilek by
bandersnatch07

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Bagan
Mar 3, 2006
"Ok, so we've been too busy travelling and just a little bit lazy! We went here honest, but more on this later... ..."
A travel blog entry from Bagan by
mfinney

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Yangon
Oct 31, 2005
"Date: October 31st, 2005 Highlights: Shewdedagon Pagoda, Scott Market and Myanmar Traditional Massage To my surprise, I was very impressed with the city of Yangon. With a populatio ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon by
erikzak

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Drop in Burma
Jan 26, 2007
(24 photos)
"Kurzes Intro: Myanmar ist seit ca 60 Jahren unter der eisernen Faust eines Militaerregime mit der zweitgroessten Armee SE-Asiens. Trotz int. Wirtschaftsembargo kann sich das Regim ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangoon by
beachbum78

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Are you SURE youre not Japanese?
Apr 5, 2005
(15 photos)
"In an unabashed effort to one-up my brother's list of countries visited, I have made a point of travelling to areas that rate high on the canadian foreign service's 'do not go list ..."
A travel blog entry from Mandalay by
bowersan

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Myanmar (Burma).....almost!
Sep 3, 2005
(2 photos)
"This entry is cheating a bit, we didn't actually cross into Burma....but we walked up to the border and had a jolly good look at it. You can go over for the day, but we didn't real ..."
A travel blog entry from Mai Sai by
duncanemma

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Burma
Oct 7, 2006
(11 photos)
"Burma.... who would have thought that this would be my favorite country thus far. A little background: essentially Myanmar as it is now called is a military oppressed country where ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon by
conman

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Getting acquainted with Myanmar
Nov 10, 2006
"We've made it to Yagon, the capital of Myanmar, and already are amazed with the people here! We're in a city of millions, yet, everywhere we go people smile and say hello. The warm ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon by
kskye1

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Myanmar
Mar 28, 2008
(37 photos)
"With my Myanmar visa, fresh, crisp $100 bills, a 5 year old used Lonely Planet Myanmar and absolutely no plan, I stepped off the plane today into Yangon. This is the first co ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon by
jkirby

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Message for Stacey Moss!!!!
Aug 5, 2006
"Stace, there is a flight from bangkok to Chang Rai in the north of thailand at 20.05 on the 21st. It's cheap, about 20 quid or something. Book it, book it now! Thats Chang Rai, NOT ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon by
jon_darby

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walk's 1st t-shirt award goes to...
Feb 20, 2005
"mr vijay a temple. i was walking around and decided to take a breather. saw a man selling betel nut (people here chew betel nut a lot, the roads are filled with red sputum), and i ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon by
walk

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Feeding the hippos in Rangoon Burma
Mar 14, 2006
(25 photos)
"Ahhhh yes ill never forget my days in Rangoon feeding the hippos. HAHAHA hey Ags I can really say that one and it'll be true! Well my adventure in Yangon Myanmar formally known as ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon by
giofunny

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Mingalaba from Myanmar!
Mar 11, 2007
"Mingalaba! For those of you who have not visited Myanmar-it is an all around greeting that can be used any time of day. We have just returned to Yangoon after travelling all around ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangoon by
slpjpl

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And then there were four...
Oct 28, 2006
(18 photos)
"Happy Birthday Mum! The big four frenzy is how the lonely planet named the suggested itinerary and that was what a great way to start it off with the driver of our hotel pick-up dr ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon by
rofo

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Rannong and then across the boarder
Nov 25, 2005
"Rannong was literally just a stop so Lyd and i could get on a long tail boat across the river from Thailand to (Myanmar or Bhurma). The whole thing was a bit dodgy, i was a day ove ..."
A travel blog entry from Rannong by
stubo

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Burma (Myanmar)
Mar 17, 2008
(35 photos)
"Well, we both would say that the week in Burma (Myanmar) was by far the most interesting and transformative part of our trip. We were so moved by the people and the landscape ..."
A travel blog entry from Yagon by
fleischmann

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Voyage dans le temps
Mar 1, 2005
(3 photos)
"Bon ok je ne suis plus en Birmanie, ou Myanmar plutot, mais tant pis on va faire comme si! Les connexions internet la bas sont tres difficiles avoir alors j'ai laisse tombe apres a ..."
A travel blog entry from Yangon by
tiphaine

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Burma Visa Run
Jul 18, 2006
"My first two months of my visa where up and so it was time to nip over to the neighboring country of Burma |