4. NO> unsafe for travelers because of sometimes fighting
You can enter at Mae Sai/Tachilek ; travel to Kentung but than u need fly onwards to Mandalay or Yangon.
PS Dawei is NOT a beach town but is about 18 kms to the beach ( Maung Magan) small bungalows on the beach andone nice beach front aircon bungalow operation. it is really really nice, Nabule ( about a hour from Dawei) is fantastic but for now nowhere to stay and only one place to eat fried rice
3 pagoda pass is outside Kanchanaburi and thats an entry point, from there to Dawei is about 5 hours by shared taxi ( or more in rainy season)
not true at all, there have been 3-5 star hotels in Yangon, Mandalay, Bagan for decades and in the past there were always more rich tourists than backpacker sorts. I first went to Burma in 1988.Quote:
The Swedish backpacker said that since tourism is still new, maybe they don't have the concept of rich tourists yet, so no petty crimes (yet). That may change if they get more tourists.
Burmese are just more true Buddhist an stealing is not done, but has been increasing in the past few years cause of the drug problem.