One of our visitors to our site asked whether it is easy to find a Muslim Halal food stall or restaurant in Myanmar. Although Myanmar is not a Muslim majority country, it is a multi cultural, multi religious country. Thus it is fairly easy, especially in large cities and towns, to find a Muslim Halal restaurant or food… Read [...]
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The largest supermarket chain in Yangon and… Read [...] Published on August 13th, 2009
| Last updated August 11th, 2009 | 241 page views so far | Travel to the east of Mandalay and you will reach Shan State. Shan State is a very large state in Myanmar, the largest actually. It is quite a hilly state with many beautiful places to visit. Great River Thanlwin (Salween) is flowing in the east part of Shan State, dividing it into east and west part. Not all areas of… Read [...] Published on July 31st, 2009
| Last updated August 26th, 2009 | 648 page views so far | A number of people have shown interest in travelling to Myanmar (Burma) by land. Many people have asked questions in comments about travelling by land, mainly driving their own car, to Myanmar. I will sum up these questions and will try to give detailed answers here. We want to travel to Burma (Myanmar) by road. Is it possible?It is… Read [...] Published on July 26th, 2009
| Last updated July 26th, 2009 | 1,435 page views so far | 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 100 kyats each. The grand prize is thirty million kyats while there are a number of first prizes, each awarding… Read [...] Published on July 13th, 2009
| Last updated July 12th, 2009 | 329 page views so far | 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 [...] Published on June 13th, 2009
| Last updated June 13th, 2009 | 635 page views so far | According to a news report from Xinhua News Agency, Myanmar (Burma) is planning to issue visa on arrival service to foreign visitors in order to promote the country’s tourism industry. Diamond Palace and Travel and Tour Co. Ltd has got permmission to apply online visa on arrival for its customers. According to the Foreign Office of Myanmar, it takes two… Read [...] Published on April 29th, 2009
| Last updated June 5th, 2009 | 66 page views so far | Mandalay is in the dry zone of Myanmar. Most of the time of the year, weather in Mandalay is hot, dry and dusty. The only exception is during cold seasons where the weather can be very cold at night time. Fortunately for tourists, the tourist season falls during the winter months of the city. Visitors to Mandalay during this time… Read [...] Tags: Guide, Information, Mandalay, Mandalay tour guide, Mandalay travel guide | Category: Places in Myanmar | One comment  Published on April 22nd, 2009
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| Last updated March 6th, 2009 | 1,893 page views so far | 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 used are one kyat, five kyat, ten kyat, 20 kyat, 50 kyat, 100 kyat, 200 kyat, 500 kyat and 1,000… Read [...] |
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If you are coming from neighboring countries of Myanmar, like Thailand, you would be really disappointed with the available supermarkets in Yangon (Rangoon). There are very few supermarkets in Yangon, compared to other Asian capitals. Moreover, most of these supermarkets in Myanmar quite small, and the available items are also very much limited.
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 they are connected by rail link, the condition of train services in Myanmar make it too difficult for most ordinary… 
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