Bus Yangon to Mawlamyine

I would take the 5pm bus if you can, arrive around 11pm, in bed by midnight is much better than arriving at 3am or 4am. If Hotel/guesthouse closed then knock them up, staff often sleep in reception area.

Thanks to all. The Aung Mingalar bus station issue is resolved. The two hotel recommendations where my two top choices.

One last question. While checking bus schedule, I notice that for this route, the same compagny offer regular journey for 6500 kyat and VIP for 10,500 kyat. The duration seem to be the same. What is the difference? The type of bus, spacing of seat, water, blanket, snack, etc.?

VIP bus is better quality, newer, more space only 3 seats across, blanket. Most buses give you water.

depends on the bus line.....not all VIP buses are 3 seats across (2+1)...some are 2+2...

If you want to go straight to Mawlamyine then why even fly to Yangon first...???...why not fly from Bangkok to Mae Sot, cross the border to Myawaddy then take a bus or share taxi to Mawlamyine. Could easily do that in 1 day.<

Rivaltribal, I might just take your recommendation. I checked the Thailand forum and effectivily the Mae Sot option might be a better one for me. I have also read account of the travel from the border to Mawlamyine, quite straightforward. I land in Bangkok at 18:00 and would then have the choice of a night bus or a next morning very cheap flight to Mae Sot. I would then arrive in Mawl much earlier than by going through RGN. Since I just got my visa at the Myanmar embassy in Canada, I think I can enter the country by air or land as oppose to an evisa? I just have to properly advise my airline that I will not do the BBK-RGN portion. I will also contact the embassy in Canada because since this year they now ask that we provide them with a copy of our flight in and out. I thaught that the country was getting less paranoid...

Charlot...with an embassy Visa in your passport you can enter at any of the 4 open land borders between Thailand and Myanmar, but note also, with E-visa you can now enter by 3 of the 4 land borders with Thailand....including the Mae Sot-Myawaddy one (since start of Sept).
So you have your Myanmar Visa in your passport.
You don't need to show any return ticket out of Myanmar when you get to border Immigration, the only problem you may have is when you first check in at your end, depending on the airline, if they ask to see a outbound ticket..?
Road travel onward from Myawaddy is easier than a year ago now there is a new road open and traffic both directions every day (previously it was alternating days)

Thanks. I do have an outbound plane ticket from RGN. I am therefore all set.

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