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7 Reviews 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...
6 Reviews MANDALAY . While travelling through Burma I weighed up the best means of transport to the various places that I wanted to visit. Because of the distances and decidedly slow trains and busses, I chose...
6 Reviews 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...
5 Reviews This is an embarassing thing to admit but I couldn't fit into the rickshaw seat. The driver tried a few different things and eventually I just decided to pedal myself. Same fare of course (500 kyat...
4 Reviews 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....
2 Reviews 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...
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hydronetta Says: 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...
Hewer Says: 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...
Hewer Says: 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...
SueRivet Says: 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...
lotharscheer Says: 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.
shintarojon Says:
no really good transportation,...
namhsan Says: no really good transportation, buses are very slow, planes expensive and trains are very limited and also slow and quite expensive
The easiest way to get about...
SueRivet Says: The easiest way to get about is to take the local bus, aka pickup. Twenty people fit into the vehicle.
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Hotel By The Red Canal, Mandalay
1 Review and 239 Opinions Great hotel, arguably our favorite in Myanmar. You can tell the owners put a lot of thought into...
1 Review and 102 Opinions Although Mandalay Hill Resort (the former Novotel until 2001) is a very large building, its interior...
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Reviews and photos of Mandalay attractions posted by real travelers and locals. The best tips for Mandalay sightseeing.
The easiest way to get about is to take the local bus, aka pickup. Twenty people fit into the vehicle.
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Q: Planning a trip to Burma and Thailand next Feb. Just starting to plan the lodging part. Are there any special ***** or notable...
A: Tom, there are not so many places near Mandalay that are "notable". Mandalay is a good base. The one place I would suggest is Hsipaw, a wonderful sleepy little town...
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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...
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Mandalay y las ciudades antiguas
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...
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Second city but not second best.
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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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...
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Sunset at U Bein Bridge, Amarapura, Mandalay (1)
I've got some interesting experiences in Mandalay. I'd love to share with you the 23 tips I've written, the 79 photos uploaded, and 2 travelogues I've created.
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