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This is the biggest city in the
country with over 4 million inhabitants and
a great landmark, the Shwedagon pagoda, travel almost always
starts there. There are
plenty of other attraction,
its a truly old fashioned Asian metropolis
the visitor can feel colonial times almost
at every second step, now how to travel
there?
airlines are always Air Asia
and Myanmar
International
Airlines and the
Today's
ticket
prices are
usually
around Baht
4xxx,- for a
return
ticket from
Bangkok up
to about
Baht 9xxx,-
the most expensive
are Bangkok Air and
Thai International.
But it still needs a visa, the best and
fastest place to get this is the Bangkok embassy
they issue visas within a day.
The city is not only interesting during the
day, there is also a substantial nightlife if
there is a single traveler he can meet for
sure interesting people in the bars and
nightclubs. Flights
are plenty and yours will probably be
from
Bangkok or Singapore
Changi Airport.
There are also other flights from
Kuala Lumpur,
several cities in
China and
from the Indian subcontinent.
A new international arrival and
departure terminal has
been
built recently which looks good and
works excellent. The domestic area
is still the same, from there the
state owned Myanma
Airlines and privately owned Yangon Air, Air
Mandalay and Bagan Air are operating.
Cheap
trips are available from Bangkok by Air Asia
From the airport you can easily reach the city
center using the airport taxis waiting outside.
You need to negotiate the price, there are
also limousine counters inside the building,
their cars are substantial more expensive to
go to down town or elsewhere. Traveling
downtown in a good taxi or limousines, is
around $ 10,-. A cheaper taxi ride to down
town is about $ 5,- for the trip, but this
cheap taxies
usually are really rotten, just moving junk
and no air-condition.
For
another flight to elsewhere in
the country check with a travel agent. Air transportation
has
been increased in the last few
years quite a lot after
Chinese airlines started
with flights.
The big hurdle
is still the visa problem also it's is
issued very quick in Bangkok it wont help
much since it always needs a stopover and
many don't want this. From countries where
there is no Burma embassy it's also very
cumbersome. It is a real puzzle why the
government is not able to solve this
problem, maybe the way Cambodia is doing it.
and accommodations listing:
Grand MeeYaHta Hotel & Apartment - high end
Summit Parkview Hotel - medium range - (beds
are totally worn out and over used)
Savoy Hotel
- high end
Governors residence
- high end
Trader Hotel
- high end
Thamada hotel
- low end
City Star Hotel -
low end
Queens Park Hotel
- low end, but reasonable and cheap.
Central hotel and Asia Plaza Hotel
- medium range and they tripled the prices
in 2012. Some of this hotel people are
running wild.
A good low
budget hotel alternative
would be to try one of the
small family run hotels
which are everywhere in the
city and particular in the
area north of the
Shwedagon Pagoda around the
Sakura Hotel and Apartments
which itself is a high end
accommodation, flights to
Yangon are available to let
you experience a great
Myanmar vacation.
Shwedagon pagoda is the Landmark of
Yangon city.
If
you are out for a adventure hotel
accommodation you
could try the Asia Plaza Hotel in
downtown, they have a low price, the rooms
are ok and quite spacious, even a bathtub is
there and hot water works.
It's
a good
location and the best nightclub in town with
plenty of
Myanmar
Model Girls
working
there, they do fashion show and more, this
place has moved to a new location at the
Asia
Entertainment City
close to Kandawgyi Lake.
is the first step to
understand the city. The
legend is with the Shwedagon
Pagoda, but there are many
more.
The Shwedagon is the top, a prime
pilgrim destination in the
Buddhist world, in
particular Buddhists from
Korea, Japan and China are
on a pilgrim tour to
Myanmar, most come in via
Bangkok to Yangon.
If you
make
a visit to the Shwedagon do
it in the late afternoon, at
least after 3 pm, because at
that time there are already
some shadows along the
building of the pagoda
platform.
Visiting
Yangon pagodas
are highlight of any travel to Myanmar,
there are plenty and the biggest and most
spectacular pagoda is the Shwedagon.
This
is
not only one
Buddhist temple
or pagoda, there are dozens
of shrines and small
pagodas at the platform. since the sun heats
up the marble slabs to a
extreme temperature, you
cant walk there between 10am
and about 3pm.
Yangon traffic is
rather unconventional,
although it is very chaotic as in almost
every Asian city I have never a major road
accident in more than 20 years since the
people are very careful, when I am in
Thailand I see a major road accident every
day, that's real, no yoke.
But
the drivers are very
disciplined compared
to the chaos in
Thailand, I am
living partly in
Thailand and Myanmar
since around 25
years (2012) and I
see a bad accident
every second day
when I am in
Thailand, in the
same timeframe I
haven't seen even
one accident in
Myanmar which is
rather strange but
the truth.
Yangon shopping
from a travelers point of view means Bogyoke market.
What would Yangon travel be without visiting
Bogyoke market, Bogyoke Aung San Market in
the city center is the premier bazaar and
probably in whole Myanmar. The right place
for the special
Myanmar souvenir
you better bring back home from your Myanmar
trip, read more. Jewelry shops
offer famous
Myanmar ruby
and other jewelry, the little problem is,
style is rather old. You can find
pearls shops,
plenty of
jade shops offering beautiful
jade items,
like jade bangles and jade rings. Puppets or
Marionettes are very popular with tourists,
also all kind of wood carved items.
is the place for shopping in the city. This
is an old fashion bazaar with all the goods
which are attractive to foreigners and
tourists who want to shop for some country
specific items and souvenirs. There are
plenty of jade shops, ruby stores, Myanmar
jewelry shops. Woodcarvings, tapestries,
puppets or marionettes, clothing, antiques,
Buddha Statues.
Some of the most attractive
items are jade jewelry, some are amazingly
low priced, but are genuine jadeite. This is
one of the very last genuine oriental
bazaar, all other old markets elsewhere in
the region were pulled down and changed to
some faceless shopping malls.
Bogyoke Aung San Market
At Yangon city street markets
are around everywhere
also very close to several Yangon
hotels, its like the
street markets in
Bangkok, men's carrying fruits, chetty or cigars seller are around they
usually also sell betel and cosmetic items.
Women selling lemonade by simple pouring the
liquid over some pieces
of
ice into a cup. Many people have
Indian roots, a legacy of
British colonial times are very
busy on the roads.
Myanmar golf
is also a British legacy. Actually downtown
are several quarters where
mostly Indian people are living.
A other quarter,
not far off to the west along
the main city roads is Yangon
Chinatown.
Yangon
Chinatown
has one strange
feature, its the only Chinatown
in Asia where there are no
Chinese letters visible.
Compared to other similar places
such as
Kuala Lumpur Chinatown
or
Penang Georgetown Chinatown
etc. its real unusual.
A Yangon
Market
is almost behind ever "second"
corner, selling fresh
vegetables, fruits and local
fast food. The markets are
usually full with all kind of
local fruits such as apples,
oranges and much more. This is
very different to other south
east Asian countries because
Myanmar is one of the very few
countries in the region who has
large parts of lands at a higher
altitude, this is mainly Shan
State and Kachin State.
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