Ok great.I guess i will go myself to the embassy to make.Im going alone.No tour guide.Besides pagoda what else i go visit.Is the train ride good?The one they say sorrounds Yangon in few hours.

If u have time, u may opt to visit places like Bagan, Inle Lake or Mandalay which is located far away from Yangon.
I did took a train to Bago which is a 2 hour journey from Yangon at the cost of $2. but still Pagodas are the only attraction there.
Perhaps U may oso take a ferry ride to Dala township & a take a bus or bike to visit Twante.

Ya, you might opt to visit Bagan, Inle Lake & Mandalay. Take flight if you can, as they are quite far from Yangon, estimated 7-8 hours drive.
Besides pagodas, not much to see in Yangon (and also Bago), imo.
Yes, you need to apply visa in Myanmar embassy, remember to bring passport size photos (white background).

Can Apply Visa Online?

where to change clean,crisp,new USD? i heard the myanmar ppl so fussy about USD! what the heck is wrong with them. money is still money what

U are right. The tour guide which I engaged even returned me bck USD 100 stating that the money is forge..
So you better ensure that your money are not bend or Scratch .

When you change at moneychanger just ask for new ones. The ppl in Burma are fussy because of many fake notes. Everywhere you travel nowadays ppl always careful if they receive USD notes. Same with big Indian rupee notes.

need some advice here. to cover yangon, bagan, mandalay, inle lake, hsipaw, how many days of traveling do i need? probably shan state too..

Any recommend accommodation?>

anyone going bagan end of 2014 or end of 2015 ?

Bump- Anyone been there recently? Can give a rough idea on the costs of accommodation and and food expenses Yangon and Bagan in general.

Also on the safety of single travellers. Planning to go for 10/11days end October.

eVisa application

http://evisa.moip.gov.mm/

Fill in the secure online eVisa form
Confirm and pay
Get approval letter within 5 days
Get visa stamped upon arrival

I'm going in mid Nov. First time.

I guess many Malaysian tourists will bypass Yangon
After all, Mandalay, Bagan and Inle Lake are all near Naypyidaw.

If anyone going to Myanmar and interested in changing some MMK, please PM & let me know. I have relatives who just came back from Yangon, inadvertently brought back about a million MMK not knowing that money changers in Malaysia do not accept Myanmar Kyats. If you're interested, exchange can be done according to the street price.

If you do not know yet, usually travellers to Myanmar bring USD along and change for MMK over there. If you change for MMK with me, I'll give you direct rate from MYR -> MMK. That way you will probably save some money that you might lose going MYR -> USD -> MMK. And yes, the rates that I will follow is the Myanmar market/street rate. Just wanna get change them back to RM as we are not planning on going back there anytime soon.

It is better to bring 100USD note to change at Myanmar because 100 USD note will have better rate compare to 10USD and so on.

Advisable to change at airport since the rate is quite good there compare to Yangon area.

Hotel- if compare the same range or rate it is much more pricier in YANGON compare to KL.

Taxi- Plenty in yangon and negotiable but their traffic is bad.

I'll be going to Yangon during the full moon in Oct, which is 25-28 Oct 2015 for a 4D3N trip.
I am looking for a 4-5 star hotel nearby the famous pagoda as my purpose is to go to there during night time for the festival.
Any recommendations?
Anyone been in Yangon during their full moon festival? Any advise?
TQVM.

hello all sifus!

about money.....do u guys bring MYR or SGD to change at their money changer?

Bcos I just check with the hotel staff from the hotel which I booked,they told me that most of their money changer preferred USD,EURO or SGD only.

can anyone here clarify this? anyone here manage to change kyat at their money changer by using MYR?

Thank you

Bring USD and make sure it is fresh clean note. The moneychanger will reject old usd notes. You can change at the airport. Rate is quite good. Didn't try sgd.

Sharing some photos taken when i was there few months back.