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Forum: Far East and Asia

Feb 25th 2016, 10:32 pm

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An eight day tour around Myanmar

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It can be done in comfort I am sure. Certainly there are some very upmarket hotels on the main circuit if you don't mind paying upwards of $200 a night. The vehicle provided by our tour operator was...

Forum: Far East and Asia

Feb 24th 2016, 4:04 am

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An eight day tour around Myanmar

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Yes definitely horses for courses. Depending on how much leisure time you allowed yourself I would think being there (or anywhere else for that matter) for business would be much less pleasurable...

Forum: Far East and Asia

Feb 23rd 2016, 3:11 am

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An eight day tour around Myanmar

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MANDALAY

Despite being Myanmar’s third largest city, bustling and frenetic, Mandalay is still manages to hold on to an olde worlde charm which displays a relaxed attitude to life. The airport is...

Forum: Far East and Asia

Feb 21st 2016, 8:21 am

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An eight day tour around Myanmar

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re: An eight day tour around Myanmar

Thanks IVV,
I will summarise when I get round to writing up Mandalay, but yes it was quite a full package with lots of walking and climbing. Glad to be back in Penang with my feet up but a...

Forum: Far East and Asia

Feb 21st 2016, 3:17 am

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An eight day tour around Myanmar

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BAGAN

Leaving Yangon for the airport the taxi will pass many attractive colonial homes that are still well maintained and lived in. When you get to the airport you will probably get dropped off...

Forum: Far East and Asia

Feb 20th 2016, 6:01 am

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An eight day tour around Myanmar

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YANGON

The first thing that hits you as you leave Yangon International Airport is the traffic jams. This is soon replaced by the second thing to hit you, which goes some way to explain the traffic...

Forum: Far East and Asia

Feb 20th 2016, 3:29 am

Replies: 22

An eight day tour around Myanmar

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Posted By NeonHippy

An eight day tour around Myanmar

Myanmar was until quite recently closed to most travellers and has only recently started to open up to the mass tourist market. The country has seen little development in several decades and still...

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