Best way for independent tour

I am looking for suggestions for Dec. trip to Myanmar and Laos. Looking for someone in the country to help with booking,driver and guides. Hoping that Tombonyc will let me know his contact person. Any other ideas will be great.

Best way for independent tour

Hi hope10 we are also very interested in looking information to do an independent tour across the country for about 15-18 days. we also are looking for someone who can help us with driver and guides.

We will be searching information for this so if we find it we will send it to you. We hope we can get in touch about this info.

Best way for independent tour

please write sales@lodgingmyanmar.com, there he is, Sai Kyaw Min. He will reply you shortly from Yangon for all you need....

Keep up with good starts.

Adroit_River

Hi, you can contact tintin@tourmandalay.net.

He gave us a price quotation and some extra tips as well for our December trip. We compared several offers and Tour Mandalay seemed to give the best value for money.

Hi - for Myanmar just get a flight from BKK to Yangon (Bangkok Air often cheap) or Chaig Mai to Mandalay (Air Mandalay) and when you get there sort out your own travel arrangements. You can book your own interal flights easily, or, if you want a driver, your airport taxi will probably offer or your guest house will sort you out. in a couple of weeks you should do the main sites Yangon, Bagan, Mandalay, Inle Lake, maybe Pyin U Lwin. For Laos you can fly direct from BKK to Vientiane or Luang Prabag, get the boat from Chiang Kong to Luang Prabang (not recommended - very hot and long) or maybe the best option get the overnight train from BKK to Udon Thani and get a tuktuk to the border. To do a circular route of the main sites in both countries you could go: train from BKK to Vientiane, bus from Vientiane to Luang Prabang (via Vang Vieng if you like for gorgeous mountain scenery), fly from Luang Prabang to Chaing Mai, fly from Chaing Mai to Mandalay, driver from Mandalay to Bagan, fly from Bagan to Inle Lake, fly from Inle Lake to Yangon, fly from Yangon to BKK.

Hi - for Myanmar just get a flight from BKK to Yangon (Bangkok Air often cheap) or Chaig Mai to Mandalay (Air Mandalay) and when you get there sort out your own travel arrangements. You can book your own interal flights easily, or, if you want a driver, your airport taxi will probably offer or your guest house will sort you out. in a couple of weeks you should do the main sites Yangon, Bagan, Mandalay, Inle Lake, maybe Pyin U Lwin. For Laos you can fly direct from BKK to Vientiane or Luang Prabag, get the boat from Chiang Kong to Luang Prabang (not recommended - very hot and long) or maybe the best option get the overnight train from BKK to Udon Thani and get a tuktuk to the border. To do a circular route of the main sites in both countries you could go: train from BKK to Vientiane, bus from Vientiane to Luang Prabang (via Vang Vieng if you like for gorgeous mountain scenery), fly from Luang Prabang to Chaing Mai, fly from Chaing Mai to Mandalay, driver from Mandalay to Bagan, fly from Bagan to Inle Lake, fly from Inle Lake to Yangon, fly from Yangon to BKK.

much more fun and adeventurous and flexible to sort it out yourself.

When I was there I used www.rubyland.com.mm. I also used a guide in Mandalay, Sai Moon Sein PH: 02-80351 , email: tunec@mptmail.net.mm (use his name in the subject or title.

For Inle Lake, Novelty Tours, Konge, ph (081) 29232. He is located on Main Road, no 10, Nyaung Shwe - near the market. You can make airline reservations over the internet and upon arrival pay for them (cash). You can use Rubyland, Mr. U Aye Kyaw, and his son Pye Phyo Kyaw - very good English speakers and lots of experience in the business. Like a dumb American, I drifted into their place (I found it listed in a LP guide) about 4 or 5 pm on a Friday - and Myanmar is not a 24/7 country. So everyone jumped on the project and had me transportation, rooms, guides etc by 9:00 pm. However - if you will go straight to the guides the money helps them more and they are the most needy. Twice during the trip I had glitches and they were there to %26#39;fix%26#39; it. However, I met people who had traveled totally independently and it worked for them. One, they had more time in country than I, I believe Rubyland will do as little or as much as you want of the trip.