I popped over to Rangoon the other day, so I thought I'd share some photos and colonial bigotry with you all.
I flew over with AirAsia. Their return flight was less than 5,000 THB.
Make sure you give yourself plenty of time to get a visa as the Burmese Embassy like to fek you about, especially if you're a nasty lawyer. If you're a journalist; forget it. Visa fees are 810 Baht for 3 days waiting or 1010 Baht if you want it the next day. Don't go there late in the morning and expect to walk away with your visa that day. It ain't going to happen, even if you are arrogant and Germanic.
The flight is an hour and a quarter and you soon arrive and the generic paid-for-by-Japan-SEAsian-airport-with-a-big-gaudy-bit-stuck-on-the-side-to-show-visitors-who-we-really-are.
I had a taxi waitng for me ($15US or about $8 if you get one from the airport) and I was whisked away to the Classique Inn (classiqueinn[at]mptmail.net.mm).
The inn is located on a little crescent that appears to have been washed away in last years floods. Luckily, my stay there was nice and dry, so I didn't need to bring my wellies. The Classique Inn charges $30 for one person or $35 for two in one of their very comfortable upstairs rooms.
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The bathroom looked really good, but the water in the shower was a tiny trickle and pretty much useless.
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Breakfast is served on the small outside patio and it is rather a good way to start the day.
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After breakfast, I got a taxi to take me downtown to see what the city of Rangoon offered the casual tourist. I made a point of not going to that big pagoda thingy, as I wanted to see something different.