Travel to Myanmar

My husband and I are planning a trip to Myanmar in November we are old hands at travelling to Asia but it is our first trip to Myanmar. We will enter the country from Thailand does anyone have any suggestions on what Airline to use or not use I hear the Government Airline is a bit suspect. What is the approximate return costs of flights from Thailand, can we fly out of Chang Mai or does it have to be from Bangkok and any other travel tips of interest the usual do%26#39;s and dont%26#39;s would be a great help. We hope to have one week in Yangon and one week in Mandaly before returning to Thailand for our trip home to Australia.

Travel to Myanmar

My wife and I just returned from a week in Myanmar. We flew Thai Airways from Bangkok to Yangon. It costs a bit more (around $230 round trip), but is a safe, comfortable, reliable airline. Although Yangon is an interesting city, I would strongly recommend spending some of your time in other areas such as Bagan and Inle Lake. Both were beautiful and worth visiting. Air travel within the country is safe and easy and allows you to fit in more adventures. I can provide more info, pictures, guide advice if you like.

Travel to Myanmar

If you%26#39;re travelling from Bangkok, there are flights on Thai, Bangkok Air and Myanmar Air. Bangkok Air is about US$200 round trip including tax. From Chiang Mai, only Air Mandalay flies . . . sporadically. If you need help with your trip -- we are a UK owned travel agency in Bangkok with very good Burma connections and would be happy to assist.

Hello .......... Greetings from Myanmar !

I live in Yangon . Most of my friends come to see me in yangon from bangkok by Bangkok Airways. They said the airline price is fair %26amp; their services are confortable.

Yes, you can come from bangkok to yangon ........ and go to mandalay %26amp; then fly to chaing mai.

Yangon %26amp; Mandalay are the main tourist attraction in myanmar, also Bagan %26amp; Inle Lake.

If I have a chance, welcome to meet you in yangon.

Regards/ whitelotus

We are travelling to Bangkok from UK in February 2006 and from there with Thai Airways to Yangon, we are spending 8 days in Burma and will fly to Mandalay. We are using a company called Audley Travel and their Burma specialist is Kate Dicks, try them they will help you, they have been brilliant in organising our trip for us as we are also visiting Kuala Lumpur. Hope you have a good time. JW

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I am planning on traveling to Myanmar this fall and have lots of questions about logistics...

Hi,

You might want to consider going to Bagan and the Inle Lake as well. A week in Yangon is quite long, unless you plan to get out of the city.....

Dear dragon,

To enter Myanmar , Thai airways TG 303/305 is convenient for the clients. For Yangon - Chang Mai, there is only two times in a week Yangon - Chang Mai by air mandalay flight owned by private company. The flight charge about US$75 for Ygn - Chang Mai. Do you have any agents in Myanmar? If you have no agents, please contact to me.

Best regards,

wintours

I hope it%26#39;s NOT a late information for you as I came here in the trip advisor once a while.

Flight connection: Yes, you have now way but Bangkok and Chaing Mai from Thailand to Myanmar. There are Thai Airways (TG), Bangkok Airways (PG) new airline renowed for its services, Phuket Airline (which is recognized as not a good one but cheap) and Myanmar Airways International (MAI). Try to browse and surf around in the web or pls reply to me for further information.

County Access: You can also access Myanmar by border-cross from Mai Sai (Thai Land) to Tacheleik (Myanmar). The only thing you have to do is just get Myanmar Visa which is valid for 27 days. You can then across Tacheleik border. Tips: Don%26#39;t spend much time there, take a taxi to Kyaing Tong (Keng Tung) taking about 3 hours nice drive. You can spend about at least 2/3 days there and fly to Yangon or Mandalay or Heho (INLE LAKE) by Air Bagan / Air Mandalay or Yangon Airways; all private airlines in Myanmar. You will need advanced booking for that by the way.

You can spend about at least 3 days in Yangon (IN/OUT/SIGHTSEEING) and for the rest of days you can roam around Yangon such as Bago and Kyaiktiyo (Golden Rock) which is also worth visiting and adventure sort.

Mandalay can be done in the same way. There are also some interesting day return places from Mandalay such as Pyin Oo Lwin (May Myo), Mo Nyin Than Boddhay. It means that you can spend days as long as you can find your interest.

An modle of Myanmar program standardized for 14 days can be learned @ URL tour.peacehousetravel.com/colourful.html .

Truly,

the Adroit River

Hi

I am going to Burma too and have booked a flight through an agency in Bangkok info@viengtravel.com a guy called Mats .I go into Burma 20 November and stay 20 days.I have studied the guide book and spoken to people and decided only a few things to actually see in Yangon and see and buy things in the market which is supposed to be the best in the counrty? Will go to Bago,Kyaikhtiyo(1 night)Mandalay(3 days),Bagan(3 days)Mount Popa(1 day)Inle lake(4-5 days)as I like wildlife,local markets,nature and will chill there!and then back to Yangon for last minute shopping.It would be very sad to miss the other places by spending so much time in the 2 cities.Since you do not have so much time you can fly or take some overnight train say from yangon to Mandalay .Roads are bad and overland transport -bus very slow-better to not do too many of those unless it is a very scenic road like from Thazi to Inle Lake.My email is a.killwick@cts.uk.com if you want to contact me

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