Strand Yangon (Rangoon)

... is ready to be your choice. Top experiences: - the most impressive sight - hill tribes around Kalaw / Inle Lake - the most disappointing sight - Mandalay, too busy and commercial - the best surprise - Bago, boring centre but a lot of religious monuments around - the worst experience - 30mins moto drive in Inle Lake linking to the bus to Bagan, at 4am wearing a light jumper was an unpleasant mistake - favorite food - chapatti with mutton curry - favorite drink - ubiquitous Chinese tea

... adventure to Myanmar. The country is one of the worlds worst military junta's, but filled with some of the great sites in Asia. It also has some of Asia’s warmest, brightest and friendliest people, all kept firmly pressed down under the thumbs of the generals who run the country.

I have to tell you that the four of us have traveled together on other occasions including a bicycle trip around the Greek island of Crete and a bike tour through the Greek ...

... And sure this wealthy impression only survived the first few minutes after leaving. Ben and I went with a trout who took us to Motherland Inn 2 for free. On the way he also acted as a guide and we got our first insights into Yangon and Burmese school system. In the Hostel we got a cheap dorm and free welcome lemonade and breakfast. I've never been that pampered before. It seems to be correct, there are so few tourists in Burma that they do everything for them ...

... very poor and have little opportunity to accumulate greater wealth, since there is very little to go around. If widely cited statistics are to be believed, about half of the national GDP goes straight into the pockets of government officials, whose coffers include large amounts of public funds (most of which are culled from the sale of natural gas, timber, gems, and other resources of which Myanmar is chock full). This is one of the reasons that tourism has been ...

... sind nur moeglich mit einem professionellen Tourguide was auch wirklich notwendig ist. Andererseits waeren wir warscheinlich nie am Ziel angekommen:-). Fuer mich und auch fuer dave war dieser 3taegige Marsch der absolute Hoehepunkt unserer Reise. Unser Guide war 32 Jahre und hiess Michell. Ein guter Kerl. Er wusste ueber alles Bescheid und hat uns klasse mit den Bergleuten in Verbindung gebracht.Es war ein Erlebniss die arbeitenden Menschen in den Felder zu sehen und wie alles ...

... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_N argis) iski Burman etelaosiin (etenkin Ayerwady deltaan seka paakaupunki Yangooniin) taydella voimalla 2.5.08. aiheuttaen Burman historian pahimman luonnonkatastrofin viiteenkymmeneen vuoteen(Talla hetkella uhriluku on n. 80.000 henkea n. 56.000 ollessa viela kadoksissa.). Seurauksena oli luonnonkatastrofin lisaksi poliittinen selkkaus Burmaa johtavan sotilasjuntan kieltaytyessa aluksi ulkomaan ...

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Before leaving, we checked the government exchange counter. The official there said very clearly that they offered the "OFFICIAL EXCHANGE RATE" of 400khat to the US dollar. You could almost see him hold his nose as he said this! Just checking. I'd been monitoring an online publication by Burmese expatriates in Thailand (The Irrawaddy News) and they reported the real rate was hovering close to 1200. Oddly, one of the few online exchange ...