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You can get good walking maps at the station. They cover each quarter of the city. You can see a bit of information on what seems to be...

I can recommend East Hotel. It is very central to everything ( opposite Traders Hotel) quite new, great staff and around $47US a night....

Firstly I agree that you are unlikely to do all that travel, eat and get accommodation for $500 a week! New Zealand is not a cheap country...

Agree with the two posts above. If you want to travel around the country....fly in.

I was going to suggest a car and driver....but not with a 2 and 3 year old.There are some long and not so comfortable trips. I agree that...

Panda Hotel was on the outskirts so a little closer to the airport than central city. It was quite good. We had one night there.

Your hot air balloon ride is $290 US so that leaves you with $1200.

There were hotels up there....seemed to have a lot of groups staying in them. Not sure about being able to get unbooked accommodation.

We were pretty disappointed with Golden Rock after the LP rave. Personally I don't see it possible in a day from Yangon, unless it was a...

If you are just doing the usual circle route and going for the 1st time, Myanmar still has a lot to offer though you do need to book ahead...

We have just returned from Myanmar and Laos. I would say Myanmar is more interesting and as you have limited time suggest Lake Inle, Bagan...

We stayed at Shwe Hin Tha Hotel at the end of February 2012 and enjoyed the meals at the hotel restaurant on the beachfront. Went one night...

As said above....you should fly in and out. You cannot drive in Myanmar. You can hire a car and driver which worked well for us. Having...

Yes, $30 with breakfast is about right. We were there late Jan and Feb 2012 and paid around that...sometimes a little less, sometimes a...

We left Yangon on February 29th 2012 and changed kyat back to US before we went through immigration with no problems.