"Another pearl of Asia" Burma by 1W1V
Burma Travel Guide: 3,746 reviews and 10,036 photos
I went to Myanmar (Burma) in Dec 03/Jan 04. I spent moreless 3 weeks there and I must admit that I enjoyed every single minute of my trip.
Being a backpacker in Myanmar is still nicely rough, not like Thailand !
Long haul buses are not that comfortable and most of the trips are 12 H +.
For the second time in my life, I met a fellow Belgian traveller and we decided to team-up (also with a Canadian guy). We had really good fun !
Most of the picture have been shooted by Cedric the Belgian.
My routing was :
Bkk-Yangoon (Plane)
Yangoon-Inle Lake (bus)
Inleh Lake - Mandalay (bus)
Mandalay - Bagan (boat)
Bagan - Yangoo (bus)
But my existential questions with VT are :
1/ Why Myanmar is called Burma ?
2/ Why Yangoon is called Rangoon ?
If you know the answer, thanks for letting me know !
From left to right :
Cedric the Belgian
the Unknown Danish
the happy bride and groom
your servant
Robert the Canadian
- Pros:breathtaking, not too touristic, cheap, friendly people, .......
- Cons:junta, not always in comfort
- In a nutshell:Go before it's too late !!!
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Great pictures - way to go!
Marvelous pictures ! :) I see you just started the page so I guess I will need to do some more check up later.