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With a bustling modern city, emerging beach destinations and more temples than tourists, Myanmar's rich and thrilling culture - of dozens of languages and peoples - is naturally a drawcard. But going to Myanmar is more complicated than just buying a ticket. Since 1988, Myanmar (formerly Burma) has been under the military rule of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) - formerly known as Slorc - an abominable military junta. Prospective travellers should monitor events here and weigh up the arguments in support of, and in opposition to, travel.


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Inle Lake

Wed, 20 May 2009 | By ryanandjo | Views [174]

Day 21 - Inle Lake We started early so we could fit in a whole day trip on the lake, sharing a boat with some Swedish friends from our guest house. The longboat took us down the 3 mile canal to get to the entrance to the lake ... Read more >

Tags: inle lake, yangon

Kalaw

Mon, 11 May 2009 | By ryanandjo | Views [193] | Comments [1]

Day 17 - Kalaw Having seen all that we wanted to see but by no means all the sites in Bagan, we decided that with our new found passion for early mornings we would catch the 3.30am bus to Kalaw. Ok, it was the only bus and we had no other options ... Read more >

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Bagan

Fri, 8 May 2009 | By ryanandjo | Views [148]

Day 12 - Mandalay to Bagan We decided on Bagan (formally Pagan) as our next destination, which is high on the list of architectural wonders of South East Asia. In the morning we awoke to find 5 other travellers making the same trip, and we would ... Read more >

Tags: bagan

Pyin U Lwin and the Moustache Brothers

Sun, 3 May 2009 | By ryanandjo | Views [205]

Day 7 - Mandalay to Pyin U Lwin After another sleepless night, with no electricity to work the air con and the hotel generator giving up the ghost so not even the fan worked to move the hot air around, we decided to leave the heat of Mandalay a ... Read more >

Tags: pyin u lwin, mandalay, moustache brothers

Birma - info praktyczne

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 | By magda | Views [129]

Dojazd Najprościej z Bangkoku Air Asia. Wiza Do załatwienia bez żadnego problemu w ambasadzie w Bangkoku. Koszt to 810 bahtów. Wniosek składa się pierwszego dnia rano, odbiór trzeciego dnia po południu. Wniosek wizowy można spokojnie wypełnić ... Read more >

Bagan

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 | By magda | Views [77]

Dostanie się w Hsipaw do Bagan wymaga przesiadki w Mandalay. Tam z Hsipaw dojechać można pociągiem lub autobusem. Ten pierwszy potrzebuje na przejechanie trasy 13 godzin, drugi – 7. Wybór wydaje się prosty, ale w rzeczywistości nic nie jest proste.... Read more >

Mandalay

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 | By ryanandjo | Views [308] | Comments [3]

The road to Mandalay is lined with bamboo huts, children bathing and playing in ponds, ox carts and loose cattle meandering down the road, men playing Chinlon (a version of keepy uppy with a cane rattan ball), all very idyllic. Then we hit a junction.... Read more >

Tags: mandalay

Yangon

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 | By ryanandjo | Views [244] | Comments [3]

To begin our blog of our trip to Burma, our decision to go there was based on some conditions we set ourselves. We decided to go there only as responsible travellers not package tourists. We intended to stay in small family run guest houses only ... Read more >

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Hsipaw

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 | By magda | Views [78]

Z Pyin U Lwin do Hsipaw postanowiliśmy pojechać pociągiem. Wyłącznie dla sportu, bo autobusem dojechalibyśmy w 4godziny, a pociągowi przejechanie tej samej trasy zabrało godzin aż 7. Pociąg – wbrew wielu relacjom z podróży po Birmie jakie wcześniej ... Read more >

Burma

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 | By andylillicrap | Views [81]

I've decided not to post my writing on Burma on the web for a range of reasons, but will happily send a copy if you're interested. Email me at andylillicrap@hotmail.com be warned - it's 19 pages......

Okolice Mandalay

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 | By magda | Views [68]

Z Carlą i Maximo spotkaliśmy się z samego rana. Dołączyła do nas jeszcze francuzka mieszkająca w Luxemburgu. Objazd okolic Mandalay odbywać się miał lokalną taksówką, czyli malutką niebieską Mazdą – modelu nie udało nam się ustalić – przerobioną ... Read more >

Mandalay

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 | By magda | Views [61]

Po trzech dniach relaksu w sielskiej-wiejskiej scenerii jeziora Inle ruszyliśmy do Mandalay. Jeśli droga z Yangon nad jezioro była drogą przez mękę, to na opis drogi z jeziora do Mandalay trudno znaleźć słowa. Podróż nie była jakoś bardzo długa (9 ... Read more >

Jezioro Inle

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 | By magda | Views [62]

Chłód zaskoczył nas. Spodziewaliśmy się, że będzie mniej upalnie niż w Yangon, ale do głowy nam nie przyszło, że ranki będą ąż tak zimne. Po prawie 30-stopniowych upałach w Tajlandii i w Yangon, poranne temperatury poniżej 20 stopni przyniosły nam ... Read more >

Nareszcie Birma

Sun, 5 Apr 2009 | By magda | Views [67]

Jutro rano lecimy do Birmy, co niezwykle nas ekscytuje. Birma to kraj niezwykle wolnego internetu, wiec relacje prawdopodobnie nie beda czeste. Z gory prosimy o cierpliwosc. Obiecujemy dlugie i szczegolowe relacje.

Do You Read This?

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 | By david_s | Views [135] | Comments [7]

i'm often curious who actually reads my blog? i know for sure my mom and landon's mom do..... is that it?! leave a comment if you read this because it's a hassle to keep up to date with it and i'll continue if there is positive feedback....

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