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RE: Budget hotel Yangon suggestions with airport pick up
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Mainland, Jun 19, 2013
I used OCI website for a booking at the start of this year and they replied within a day or 2...h...

RE: Yangon to Mandalay Flight Last Minute
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Mainland, Jun 17, 2013
you could be pusing it to book a next day domestic ticket at that time of year....you wont get a...

RE: My Myanmar 28 day Itinery, please give feedback, thanks alot
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Mainland, Jun 16, 2013
feasible yes, but you are better off taking buses (or even 1 or 2 flights) for most routes...the ...

RE: Accomodation in Yangon and exchange of Thai Baht
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Mainland, Jun 16, 2013
accomm - this time of year you wont have a problem...

exchanging baht - about the only place y...

RE: Yangon 4 days
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Mainland, Jun 16, 2013
safe because they are Buddhist.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you gotta be kidding.......

try telling th...

RE: Indawgyi Lake permit - Flight from Mawlamyine (Moulmein)
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Mainland, Jun 15, 2013
1 - as above...no permit is, nor was before, required to visit Myitkyina....currently (as of earl...

RE: Online visa application
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Mainland, Jun 15, 2013
Rob...
1 - not easily, at the moment (tho things are changing fast)
2 -by rail...not at all
3-...

RE: Heho Airport
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Mainland, Jun 11, 2013
yes, there is a route from Heho to Thandwe...BUT...aparrently it is seasonal so depends when you ...

RE: Where to head after Mandalay, Burma?
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Mainland, Jun 7, 2013
your cheapest way to get to Laos would be to just fly Airasia back to Bangkok then into Laos from...

RE: Where to head after Mandalay, Burma?
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Mainland, Jun 5, 2013
no chance....as above, fly Mandalay to Kunming then down, or back to Bangkok then across..

RE: July costs estimate
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Mainland, Jun 5, 2013
#8...you must be kidding......have you even tried...There are ATMs in Mandalay definitely are lin...

RE: Heho airport to Nyaungshwe
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Mainland, Jun 4, 2013
taxis at the Heho airport usually ask 25,000 Kyat straight up now, but you can try and bargain do...

RE: Trekking in Kachin Region
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Mainland, Jun 4, 2013
you could try Snowland agency...I contacted them several years ago when I was thinking of heading...

RE: Is Laos Post Reliable?
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Mainland, Jun 4, 2013
was a few years ago, but on several trips I sent a bunch of packages back to OZ and all arrived s...

RE: Ngapali beach and Golden Rock Pagoda
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Mainland, Jun 4, 2013
re Q 1 - yes, there are flight/s for the route Heho to Thandwe...but none from from Bagan.

RE: Bagan to Mandalay Overnight Travel
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Mainland, Jun 4, 2013
#1 - go via Inle to get from Bagan to Mandalay....!!

RE: July costs estimate
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Mainland, Jun 4, 2013
re #5....ATMS are in many locations even back in Feb (Mandalay, Inle, etc)...the local bank fee i...

RE: Those Myanmar ATMs
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Mainland, Jun 4, 2013
both KBZ and CB ATMs definitely accept Visa

RE: Trekking in Kachin Region
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Mainland, Jun 2, 2013
Cam...the sort of thing you are talking about is more likely the very north, trekking from Putao ...

RE: Kengtung / Kyaingtong, Indawgyi lake and Bhamo
in Departure Lounge » Asia - South-East Asia Mainland, May 31, 2013
Rvd.....the trip from Kengtung to Taichileik is much like any other bus trip in Myanmar....nothin...