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Remember to check the weather (wet season May - Oct) and think about malaria prevention. It's pretty severe there especially in the wet.

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We managed to book most our our flights well in advance, but where there were no seats available on the requested day had to wait for the...

Agents will keep hounding the airlines if bookings are hard to get, and will try multiple carriers (it looked like only Air Bagan and Air...

We had some trouble booking flights on exactly the days we wanted which was why we booked in advance, but that was the height of peak...

Santa Maria did request a deposit be wired to a nominated bank account as some hotels required advance payment, but this was only a small...

We just returned from a trip to Burma, and due to limited time, low water level and appalling roads flew as much as possible. We went...

Just returned from Myanmar and will write a report later. Some quick comments regarding money:...

Great post, thanks very much. How cold was it at Inle Lake? I'll be there in a couple of weeks time.

Another post mentioned that they caught a boat in January last year but had to take a bus for 2 hours due to water level. Someone else...

Thanks again for your excellent advice....

Unfortunately we cannot spend more time due to work commitments (being self employed has its drawbacks) or we'd do a lot more. I'm thinking...

Thanks for that Looney, I think we'll try to book most flights and some preferred accommodation in that case. The Embassy in Canberra told...

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I am also going in January. Will Inle Lake be rather cold at that time of year? It is the middle of winter and it's pretty high up.