Getting Around Yangon Division

Stay at the hotel near City center , Visit Sule Pagoda on foot . After that , take a taxi to Shwedagon Pagoda ,it will cost about 2000 Ks ( The entrance fee of Shwedagon Pagoda is 5 US$ ) , Visit the great Pagoda and see all Myanmar 10 traditional crafts . After go down from Shwedagon , take again to Chaukhtetkyi Pagoda ,the bigger reclined Buddha with 1000 or 1500 Ks . See the foot printing of Buddha .After that , take a taxi again to Botahtaung Pagoda , it will cost about 2500 ks . The entrance fee of Botahtaung Pagoda is 2 Us dollars per each . If you want to visit Museum have to pay 5 US Dollars for each . To National Museum from Botahtaung Pagoda ,It cost near 3000 Ks . and to Bogyoke Aung San Market ,it cost about 2500 Ks .So you can make Yangon sightseeing with only around 10000 Ks and Us 11 .
Have a good time in Myanmar !

To visit Around Yangon ( Yangon destinations ) , Wherever you are in Yangon , Take the bus to Sule bus-stop ( City center ) , Take the photos of Sule and City hall . Visit the Mahabandoola Park and see the Independence monument of Myanmar .
From Sule bus-Stop to take the ( 48 ) Special bus to go Botahtaung Pagoda ( Make Sure the way ) . See Botahtaung Pagoda and feel the beach of Yangon River and Take the photos and see the life of flowers vendors of Botahtaung .
In front of Botahtaung , take the bus no 48 which will go to Tarmwe ( Make sure the way of bus because even locals make mistake way .
Take off form bus when the bus is at Chaukhtakyi Pagoda . Visit Chaukhtakyi Pagoda and Take a rest on the platform of Pagoda .
Take the bus 235 BM Bus to Shwedagon pagoda and see the beautiful sunset of Shwedagon Pagoda .

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Decidimos hacer el viaje por Myanmar en coche y gracias a los consejos de Skorpios (otro miembro de VT ) nos pusimos en contacto con Thuang ( The boss )
Fue una decision muy acertada ya que con el hicimos el plan de viaje y nos permitio conocer ademas de todos los sitios obligados para los turistas otros que normalmente uno no tiene acceso porque no estan en los recorridos habituales
Conocer Myanmar por carretera es una de las mejores formas de conocer el pais

We decided to travel in Myanmar by car and thanks to the good advices of Skorpios ( another Vt member) we were in contact with Thuang ( The boss )
It was the right decision as we did with him the travel plan and we could visit besides all the "musts" for the travelers others that normally you do not have the chance to see them as they are not in the normal routes
To know Myanmar by road is one of the best ways to visit the country

I've taken the bus from the north bus station (north of the airport) and there are several agencies that have buses departing in the early afternoon. It's a grueling bus-ride so I'd recommend bringing some snacks eventhough you'll stop at some point for dinner. Don't drink too much water/beverages and use the facilities whether it's a bus stop or the side of the road whenever you can. I've been dropped off at Kalaw at 4am, 5am and 6am and it's another hour or so to Shwenyaung junction where you transfer to a songthaew or taxi down to the town of Nyaungshwe for Inle Lake.
I think you can still book the bus at the bus agencies near the Yangon train station and they may even include a free trip to the north bus station.

There are Sampans that leave from many of the docks going to the towns on the other side of the river at different intervals all through the day. They are very inexpensive to ride. I missed my opportunity to ride in one but I will do it if I ever make it back to Yangon for sure! You better make sure you know how to swim!! The river has quite a current to it and I didn't see any life saving equipment in the sampans that I looked into!!

Here you can see how the locals get around the immediate area with the small boats while the big new River Ship in the background awaits passengers to take them up country. For some reason we didn't make the time to take one of the cross-river boats to Dalah...I had thought about doing it but it never happened. I love to watch life as it happens on and around a big river like the Ayerwaddy!

If you want an interesting experience of a slower pace hire a Saiq-ka to drive you around. Many of these guys are willing to work by the hour or by the day. It will be best to negotiate before getting in though to avoid any problems when it comes time to pay. The Saiq-ka is made for the driver that rides the bike and then there is space for 2 passengers. The sit with their backs to each other. So if there are two of you it's hard to have a conversation without getting a stiff neck!! LOL These guys are found everywhere. They didn' t appear to be very pushy like in some countries where they hound you to death...sometimes they would just say ..."Saiq-ka sir"? as we passed.

Well to get around the city there appeared to be an extensive bus system...I didn't get the chance to give it a try...The couple of times that we were gonna try turned out to be misses. The buses were packed to capacity +20 LOL There was no way I could feel comfortable packing my son into one of those. If I was alone I'd be jumping on just for the fun of it!! LOL Not even knowing or caring where I was going! I do know that if you do learn the system it is a very,very cheap way to get around!! Just pennies!!