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Pro
Great place to wander..Great food..Great people!
Con
Cockroaches, closing times
In a nutshell
Ensure that you give your money to the local people not the govenment.
60 Reviews This Pagoda complex is amazing. its huge, varied, stunning, and absorbing. This is apparently one of the most visited temple complex's in the world and I can sure see why. I spent 2 hours here and my mind was in overload. You need at least one whole day to see it all and explore thoroughly, but...
8 Reviews It´s the main bazaar of Yangon, located in Pabedan township. The market is housed in a beautiful colonial building built in 1926 and named after James George Scott (a British civilian who introduced the football in the country). The market has more than 2,000 shops (antiques, art galleries,...
21 Reviews This place is not to be missed. A lovely pagoda in the centre of downtown - a place of calm in the middle of hubbub. As an aside, when I paid my $2.00 US entry fee, they immediately ironed the bank notes :)
8 Reviews This interesting Pagoda is one of the three Yangon´s big three Payas. The pagoda was named in honor of the 1,000 generals who escorted the Buddha relics from India to Myanmar 2,000 years ago. Is said that the Paya housed eight strands of the Lord Buddha, before they were distributed to other pagodas...
4 Reviews Karaweik (the legendary birld-mount of Vishnu) is an attraction on its own in Kandawgyi lake. It is a huge reproduction of a royal barge that sits (it doesn't float) on the eastern edge of the lake. This structure is an upmarket functional restaurant holding dance performances in the evenings...
5 Reviews A picture of me with the Buddha statue in the back showing the scale and perspective of the statue. There are some beams with the name of donors and the amount of their contribution surrounding the statue.
4 Reviews The roads in Myanmar much better for the tourist destination now. Even monsoon time in Myanmar good enough to make a good trip. I would like to suggest you, you should better to visit Central Myanmar, Mandalay, Bagan and Shan state, Inlay Lake, you can spend the time and enjoy with local lovely...
3 Reviews The Strand Hotel is nothing short of a national landmark. It speaks of a time all but gone, and is the very height of colonial refinement. It is almost inevitably equated with the Raffles Hotel in Singapore, and it is very impressive inside and out following a multi million pound refurbishment a few...
3 Reviews I was impressed by the expansive acres of land that are transformed into public parks. Nevertheless none of them lies in the very centre of the town (which reflects in a chaotic atmosphere). From Shwedagon and onwards beautiful public parks are there for people to have their pic nics or have a...
11 Reviews and 191 Opinions Kandawgyi Palace hotel is located on the shore of Royal Lake. I hope these pics will help you to...
1 Review and 197 Opinions This is a really beautiful hotel fully renovated from an old teak mansion, set in its own gardens. ...
5 Reviews I think this is the only Hotel in Yangon currently offering a Dinner with Traditional Show. The usual fare is served buffet style but due to lack of dinner patrons ours was served on the table individually. The show showcased Burmese traditional dances and Chinese acrobats. Nice show with beatiful...
4 Reviews The Sabai Sabai restaurant is obviously a very popular restaurant judging by the number of people there when we dined there. Next to us was a table of 20 Bumese people. The food was good - a little more expensive than average for Myanmar/Burma. As an aside if you catch a taxi to the restaurant...
6 Reviews Taxis are very cheap and plenty in rangoon, quite scary at night since somehow the turn off the front lights god knows why. However it beats any alternative since renting a car is not possible (there is not rent a car agencies) the Bus are overcrowed and dangerous. The best bet is to find a taxi man...
5 Reviews At the new Mingaladon International Airport, near the cafe, a few computers are available for websurfing and checking your email. Like every where else in Burma, you need someone to guide you to the various websites bypassing the censorship.. and there is always someone sitting nearby who would get...
10 Reviews Bus 51 does not run to the Airport but has a stop (Sel Mine Gone) in about 700 meter distance, the rest you might have to walk. Leaves from Mahabandola Park street near Mahabandola Park, Sule Pagoda, 200 Kyat. For arriving (go out of the Airport and to the right until a big road wait there for the...
Circle Train, Rangoon / Yangon
3 Reviews The Circle Train is a great way to get close to the ordinary people of Yangon. It takes 3 hours to go around Yangon. We caught the train at the central depot. You have to pay for the ticket on the platform at a separate booth reserved for foreigners. They will identify you and call you in. You...
Bogyoke Aung San (Scott) Market.
1 Review This British built market is a huge maze of aisles, and stores clustered in "types", and houses the most comprehensive range of Myanma craft and souvenirs. It is very tourist oriented, and therefore not the cheapest source of items. However, the prices were very reasonable, and significantly cheaper...
1 Review This market is much cheaper than the Bogyoke Aung San Market, and the one most frequented by the locals. Whilst it does not have the same range of souvenir and tourist appealing merchandise, there are plenty of things of interest and allure for the ardent shopper! We were the only tourists in this...
2 Reviews YANGON(RANGOON) THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT..When travelling in Burma ..as US Dollars are the currency of choice...make sure firstly that you have enough for your trip. (cash). I carried with me about a hundred dollars in small denominations a couple of $20's, $10's, $5's and singles..when paying...
1 Review The footpaths in Yangon are highly irregular to say the least! There are a range of pavement styles, and few are without major subsidence, large cracks, uneven joins, and/or gaping big holes! Most of the holes will be full of litter and beetle nut spittle, and look fairly gross. Not to mention the...
1 Review Its easy to feel a bit dazed when you get through customs in a busy airport, especially when you are assailed by hopeful porters and taxi drivers. We accepted the services of a man, only to find that the deal included the driver and a potential "guide" - and the fare was US$12, rather than the...
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No longer capital but still Burma's centerpoint - I've been living here for a while now and i must admit it still isn't one of my favorite cities here in Burma but i'm getting quite used to it. Downtown is always nice for a bit of downtime if i want...
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Q: i understand now that obtaining a Myanmar entry visa requires not only a presentation of passport with six months validity from...
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Yangon - capital and great introduction to Myanmar
I've been lucky enough to have travelled round a fair bit of Southeast Asia, inluding some capital cities, and the thing that struck me about Yangon (Rangoon) is that it is very different. I know it...
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Yangon - City of Golden Pagodas
My first impression was that I was in Northern India! As I left the airport in my taxi my son and I where going to have a new experience. I noticed that the men were all wearing a long sarong type...
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Some of the Loveliest People in all of Asia
1 may 2011 I am writing this using wi fi from Cafe 365 right near Thamada Hotel where I am staying. the fact that wi fi is so freely available when it was just a fantasy few months ago, confirms what...
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Yangon - don`t worry anymore...
Shwe - it means "golden" in burmese , Dagon - the ancient name of Yangon , the capital of Myanmar , and it means roughly " The End of Strife - don`t be alarmed , don`t be upset , don`t be worry now "...
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