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Why are you going to Pathein? You can get from Yangon to Ngwesaung in one day. But you can't get from Ngwesaung to Mandalay in none day so...

Everyone in Burma has a registered "domicile", the place they normally stay. For foreigners, that's their hotel or guesthouse - the...

"Now that the wedding's over, and as a new member of the family, is there just one piece of advice that might be essential to my future?"...

Henning's right, two different cities. Best way to get to either is to go to the bus station in Phuket and catch the Temporal Displacement...

'If you want to find out where the action is, just follow the coppers after they knock off work' Might be true the whole world over :)

Thank you kind sir, nice and informative, not to say entertaining, post. Now I want someone to do the same for Phnom Penh.

After that long flight from the US, a rest day in PP might be a good idea. Getting buses to SV will be enough hassle, so save it for the...

If you want to get to know Burma, as opposed to see it, you need to make contact with Burmese people. Since you don't already know anyone...

#17 - no he's not.

So it's Cambodia or nothing....

Just had a look at the celta course in Phuket - it's $2400! Bit steep. But probably worth it if you're serious about using teaching as your...

#Onyerbike - what a great post. It should go in the stickies.

He shouldn't have any trouble picking up a teaching job. Why anyone would want to do it is another question.

Agree with montyman, you should get a qualification - if you don't your pay will be a joke....

40 thousand dongs is a lot of dongs. Must take a long time to collect them all.