We at Myanmar Today run a small poll a few months ago to our visitors asking about their idea of travelling or visiting to Myanmar (Burma). Under all those bad news coverage about Myanmar, and call for travel ban to…
Information
Information about Myanmar
Myanmar lottery
• 13 Comments
There are a number of lotteries in Myanmar (Burma), both legal and illegal ones. The legal lottery in Myanmar is the famous, nearly century old Aung-bar-lay Government lottery. The Aung-bar-lay lottery is open once every month. Tickets are priced at…
Mandalay Map
• 0 Comments
The following is a map of Mandalay. It was originally produced by Myanmar Travel Information website, and reproduced here for the sole purpose of promoting tourism in Myanmar. The large Mandalay map can be downloaded at Myanmar Travel Information website.
Vote!
• 1 Comment
Dear valued visitors, We at Myanmar Today are always striving to provide information about Myanmar which you would like to know. We would like to know which places in Myanmar are your favorite places, or which places you would love…
Visitor Survey
• 0 Comments
We would like to hear from you Myanmar2day team would like to know about your idea on Myanmar. We will be running visitor polls about Myanmar and Myanmar2day website so that we could improve our site design, content and scope.…
Yangon (Rangoon) International Airport
• 12 Comments
I still remember the first time I brought my girlfriend to Burma. As soon as she saw the Rangoon International Airport, she suddenly exclaimed “Oh, it is a temple in the airport”. It makes the Burmese passengers sitting in front…
Road Transport in Myanmar (Burma) – Highway
• 53 Comments
Introduction Like most other countries in the world, road transportation is the most important communication in Myanmar. Most towns and cities are accessible only by land route. Only a few towns and cities are connected by railway lines. Even if…
Living in Yangon (Rangoon) as an expatriate
• 251 Comments
This post is last updated on 10 May 2013. Jeff B left a guest book entry in our guest book asking about living in Yangon (Rangoon) as a foreigner. We believe this is a question many foreigners coming and living…
Myanmar currency – kyat and pya
• 13 Comments
Myanmar currency is based on kyat and pya. The basic unit is kyat, with one kyat divided into 100 pyas. There are a number of different Myanmar currency notes and coins circulating in Myanmar. Myanmar kyat currency notes currently in…
Small friendly guest house in Bagan
• 3 Comments
While I was living in Chin Hills, I used to travel a lot to Southern Chin towns of Mindat and Kanpetlet quite often. Many a time, I traveled to Chin Hills from Yangon through Bagan. On my way back to…