We paid about US$25 per day for the services of 2 guys and this old Corolla. Neither had any training, but were excellent guides in and around Mandalay. They tried really hard to provide us with all... more
I took a couple of different airlines flying to and from Mandalay during the past two trips and they were all decent. The service was good but one airplane seemed a bit on the older side. What I... more
The cheapest way to get around Mandalay is by Taxi bus, basically you just flag down the driver and climb aboard. You should check with the driver first to make sure he is headed in your direction.... more
You need to try this at least once.
Trishaw travel in Mandalay is great. More than affordable, but with one drawback.
Many (or most) of the trishaw drivers are limited in their education and cannot... more
Getting to Mingun is an easy process. There is a jetty at the river banks from where daily boats depart for Mingun at 9 am. You can buy your tickets (paid in kyats) at a non-signed booking office... more
This is a very blurry picture I know but I thought it was pretty evocative and gave an impression of Maymyo/Pyin O Lwin being stuck in the 50s.
It is called a garry. My mother remembers using these... more
Sein Myanmar run a shared taxi service to and from Mandalay AirportCost is 4000 Kyat.They have a desk at the airport and your hotel can ring and book they for... more
If you want to make it to Amarapura, Inwa and further on to Sagaing, then private transoprtation is your best bet. In fact we hired the wagon car we used the... more
It's easy to find your way around in Mandalay. All the main streets are numbered. 1st street up to 45th street run east-west and streets 46 to 90 run... more
One of the best things about riding in open vehicle like this is seeing the countryside. It didn't work so well here. A lot of the taxis and taxi buses in... more
Foreign independent travel (FIT) has been legitimate in Myanmar for some years now. I visited there in May-June this year. It's no trouble to visit the main... more
At 9 pm departs a train to Bagan arriving in the early morning, upperclass US $ 10, comfortable seats, ordinary class wooden seats, but very bumpy tracks. more
Fue la antigua capital de Myanmar antes de que los Ingleses se la llevaran a Rangoon , ahora Yangon. Por cierto hay un proyecto de cambiar la capital , en el 2007, a un lugar nuevo en el centro de...
Mandalay is a relatively young city, the last capital of Myanmar and still regarded as the most "Burmese" of the countries cities. King Mindon (AD1853-1878) originally named Mandalay Yadanapon, which...
After our 18 hour bus ride from Yangon and finding a hotel we started our exploration of Mandalay. Just hearing the word Mandalay conjured up all kinds of exotic images in my mind. I didn't know what...
There are some places whose names are just magical, names heard in childhood of exotic places that conjure up images of worlds barely conceivable to the young mind. Amongst these for me Kathmandu,...
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