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Road Transport in Myanmar (Burma) – Highway

Published on April 22nd, 2009 | Last updated August 26th, 2009 | 2,030 page views so far | Email This Post Print This Post

Introduction

Like most other countries in the world, 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… Read [...]


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Bagan by bus from Yangon (Rangoon) – Part 2

Published on March 6th, 2009 | Last updated March 8th, 2009 | 1,303 page views so far | Email This Post Print This Post

The Yangon – will first drive along Yangon-Pyay (Prome) , which is quite a good compared to other roads in Myanmar. There are very few… Read [...]


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Bagan by bus from Yangon (Rangoon) – Part 1

Published on March 5th, 2009 | Last updated March 8th, 2009 | 1,695 page views so far | Email This Post Print This Post

Cheapest way to travel to (Pagan) is by . However, it is not the most convenient way of travel in Myanmar. The roads are usually rough and bumpy in Myanmar, and buses are usually old, dirty and crowded. But for those who are… Read [...]


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Myanmar (Burma) highway express buses

Published on March 3rd, 2009 | Last updated July 2nd, 2009 | 860 page views so far | Email This Post Print This Post

Like most countries in the world, highway buses form the most important part of public in Myanmar. Most towns and cities in Myanmar can only be reached by land . Even to major cities like Yangon and Mandalay, buses are the cheapest and… Read [...]


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Stilwell Road: Burma’s Stilwell Road Revive

Published on January 31st, 2009 | Last updated March 15th, 2009 | 494 page views so far | Email This Post Print This Post

“It was a some said couldn’t be built. Most of the men ordered to make it happen were African American soldiers sorted into Army units by the color of their skin.

As World War II raged, they labored day and night in the jungles of Burma, sometimes… Read [...]


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Kalay Falam Hakha Road

Published on January 25th, 2009 | Last updated March 17th, 2009 | 967 page views so far | Email This Post Print This Post

Buses leave Kalay to Hakha everyday from Tarhan Terminal. There are two lines, Chin Taung Tan and Shwe Chindit. One each leaves from each line everyday… Read [...]


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How to go to Mindat in Chin State

Published on December 30th, 2008 | Last updated March 12th, 2009 | 606 page views so far | Email This Post Print This Post

Bus to MindatIf you are interested in going to , here is a . You cannot go there direct from Yangon. First, go to Pakokku, a big city on the west bank of Irrawaddy (Ayarwaddy). To go to Pakokku, you have two options. One is the… Read [...]


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Bus to Mandalay

Published on December 16th, 2008 | Last updated March 8th, 2009 | 786 page views so far | Email This Post Print This Post

If you are planning to go to Mandalay directly from Yangon, you have three options. The most comfortable, convenient and expensive one is to take a flight. The price (for two way ticket) is more expensive than a two way ticket between Bangkok and Yangon. The second, less expensive one is to use the Read [...]


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