The last time me and my frens were there, both maxis and dig's int roaming no line there. So the only method of contacting was thru the Internet haha. Also, most locals in Myanmar dun hav phones, and it is too expensive for them. Dun think it will be easy to get sim card haha. But I am sure you can make int calls thru their public phones or at those 5 stars hotels although the prices can be steeeeep. Charges starts already when you start dialing regardless whether the other party you are trying to call has picked up the phone or not in some hotels.

ruby and jade

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Added on October 6, 2011, 10:12 am
totally agree

change with local or hotel

I tried to login to the evisa page, but seems like it's not open to the public yet (for admins only)? @@

Am doing an independent 2-week trip there in August, and I need to apply for a visa since am not in KL, and this evisa is really convenient to me... Just wondering when they will open its services...

Btw, where did you guys get your crisp, new US bills? Not many places offer them. And I do learn that we need to keep some smaller notes to pay for hotels, rides, entrance fees etc... And it's even harder to get clean bills of these denominations!

They only have crisp bills of larger denomination, i.e. USD 100, other than that, it's either folded, creased, or smth.

You're going there soon too?

I went for 16D15N. My itinerary was Yangon - Bagan & Mt Popa - Mandalay, Sagaing, & Amarapura - Hsipaw - Mandalay - Inle Lake - Yangon

Bus schedule depends... Night buses would save you on accommodation. Bus fares between cities are between 8,000 - 14,000 kyats.