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Eastern Hotel Yangon (Rangoon)

194/196 Bo Myat Tun Street, Pazundaung Township Yangon (Rangoon), 20220, Myanmar

Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelEastern Hotel Yangon (Rangoon)

Yangon, Myanmar

A travel blog entry by bowtie

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First thing this morning was to go in search of a decent hotel room which I found at the Eastern Hotel. Price here is also 15$ incl breakfast. I spent the day organizing the last part of my trip in Myanmar. I reserved my seat on the bus to the "Golden Rock" Kyaiktiyo for day after tomorrow and meanwhile I will now discover more of Yangon.

Yangon, Myanmar

A travel blog entry by bowtie

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I met a lovely French Lady at breakfast today. She was leaving for Moulmein (Mawlamyine). We spent the day together just walking around Yangon and ended up at a very good Teahouse where we had tea and snacks for lunch and then had a good coffee and desert close to the room.

Rangoon (one of those exotic travel names)

A travel blog entry by mo_mike

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Mo's Entry

It's hot! I don't want to go outside without my umbrella. First impressions of Yangon are of crumbling buildings, chewed up rough sidewalks. Almost everyone is wearing Longyis, a sewn piece of cloth folded and tucked around the waist. The men wear them with a large knot to the front. I tried very hard to get Mike to buy one but …

Burma Roads

A travel blog entry by valetroy

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There is only one rule – the Indian rule – smaller gives way to bigger. The order goes - pedestrians, bullock carts (huge but soooo slow they travel on the verge), bicycles, trishaws (push bikes with sidecars), horse buggies, stretch lawnmowers, stretch lawnmower lorries, motor bikes, cars, various pickups/minivans/small public buses, …

Rural life

A travel blog entry by valetroy

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Just a few snapshots of the life most Burmese lead. Rural life seems stuck somewhere between 1850 and 1950.
There is very little litter, I guess because most people are too poor to generate much rubbish and the pigs eat what there is. Despite the eccentric driving conditions we never saw any road kill - even a sleeping dog in the centre of a …

This hotel was formerly known as: Eastern