Guesthouse Yangon

... Suppe an der Strasse essen, dann ist Yangon abgehakt ... Zuerst einmal waren wir glücklich in einem sehr sauberen Guesthouse in Yangon ein Zimmer bekommen zu haben. Das Chan Myae Guesthouse ist freundlich, sauber und sehr hilfsbereit. Shawn aus Hispaw ...

Had a "thankfully" non eventful flight on Air Asia from Bangkok to  Yangon, Myanmar.  Had the guesthouse's driver pick me up at the airport.  Arrived around 8:30.  What a lovely surprise when I did arrive at the guesthouse.  The ...

... , he took me there and even called the reception to reserve a room (in fact it was the last available room).   Guesthouse Chan Myae Guesthouse, 256/276 Maha Bandoola Garden Street, was just around the corner. For US$9 a night - a windowless cell room ...

... nicht sofort erschlagen. Durch den fruehen Abflug aus Bangkok waren wir doch sehr erschoepft und sind erstmal in unserem Cherry Guesthouse ins Bett gefallen und haben 3 Std. lang einen tiefen Schlaf gefunden. Yangon ist dreckig, laut und schmuddelig. ...

... , typical had no place booked to stay in but had the name of a place so that was good enough and checked into the May Shan guesthouse beside the Sule Pagoda in the very centre of the city. Dumped my bag and off out for a walk around city, well to look for ...

... to get into Yangon city. To be honest, in this Yangon heat, I was slowly getting weary. Back at Chan Myae Guesthouse, I was quite happy with my US$12 room including air conditioning and attached bathroom. What a difference that US$3 make! ...

After 10 hour of flight transfers and surviving a night at Suvarnabhumi Airport we finally arrived to Yangon (Myanmar)! So here we are now! After checking two guesthouse we finally decided to stay in the Okinawa Gesthouse with clean and cosy rooms. We ...

... I was offered countless times for currency exchange from complete strangers and it ranged from 820-850 kyats. My central Yangon route was pretty haphazard, following any interesting features that caught my eye. Avoiding the oppressive sun, I tried ...

... ), and the 3 hours city loop train ride. Botataung Paya The visit to Botataung Paya was not a bad choice. The last of Yangon's big three pagodas, Botataung Paya  is said to house a strand of hair relic from Buddha himself. Unlike most stupas which ...

... to start by discovering the south but instead I will leave right away tomorrow so that I can be in Taunggyi by Nov. 1.  The guesthouse is booking my flight to Heho and reserving the taxi to the airport.  It will be another early flight.  I ...

... spoke pretty good English helping me out so he could use his English again. Seems they have changed the single 12:15 > 3:00 sleeper from Yangon to Mandalay to 2 sleepers 15:00 > 6:00 and 17:00 > 8:00. I'm on the 15:00 train tomorrow. The ...

[Blog by Curt] To get from the town of Bago to Yangon, our guesthouse recommended taking one of the many pickup trucks that ply this route. The main advange over a regular bus was that these pickups drop you off right in the center of Yangon, instead of ...

... originally scheduled, but still. When we landed, we tagged onto a group of people that was getting a free ride to Motherland Guesthouse 2. Even though the rooms there were a bit more expensive, the free transportation make more than up for it. The staff ...

... way you can carry that in your money belt! Monks and Temples Every morning when we have been enjoying our free breakfast at our guesthouse, we have noticed young monks coming to the guest house asking for food. The monks we've seen so far wears red ...

... ago except it was called a pakima for men and a pa-sin for women.  We stayed in Yangon for the first 2 days. After breakfast at the guesthouse we hopped on a bus to go to see Shewedagon Pagoda which is the city's beautiful golden temple. ...

... and large. The power is scarcely provided for people by the government, and as a result there were frequent blackouts. The guesthouse dealt with this by running a gigantic generator in the front, which they switched on and off with the power ...

... Rate von Dollar in Kyat hatten wir auf der vom LP empfohlenen Seite vorsichtshalber mal nachgeschlagen. 820 Kyat = 1 Dollar. Im Guesthouse konnten wir die ersten Dollar schonmal fuer 800 Kyat tauschen. 100 Dollarnoten bekommen die beste Rate. Mit den ...

... on my own, which is easy because at the corner of the street there are always some taxis waiting for customers. Before I leave the guesthouse I ask what the price will be and they tell me that it is 6000 Kyat. When I approach the corner of the street, a ...

... are taken over for sport and children's games. It is all very organised. There's a volley ball match going on outside our Guesthouse and further down the street a game of musical chairs for younger children. It's a bit hard to walk through the streets, ...

Friday 4th November 2011 - Yangon Having arrived in Yangon, a phone call to the guesthouse revealed that they'd never received my reservation, but told me to use their free airport service to take me to the guesthouse. Despite being full, they’d ...