One Week in Myanmar – Mandalay, Bagan, Inle Lake, Yangon | Myanmar Tours
Myanmar is big country rich in culture and it’s worth spending as much time here as you can, but if you only have a week to spare, I’ve put together a suggested itinerary for one week in Myanmar. This is just a guideline- ever traveller is different- but this is how I spent my 7 days in Myanmar.
Day 1 Mandalay
Day 2 Boat To Bagan
Day 3 Exploring The Temples Of Bagan
Day 4 Bus To Inle Lake
Day 5 Boat Trip On Inle Lake
Day 6 Bus To Yangon
Day 7 Depart Yangon
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Will Aung San Suu Kyi Save Myanmar?
Road to Mandalay (2012): An assessment of the rapid reforms in Myanmar
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Having long been closed off to the outside world, Burma is now lifting the curtain and making staggering democratic reforms. But will the regime really pass power to its people in the upcoming elections?
For years Burma has been ruled by a corrupt military junta that brutally suppressed all opposition, used forced labour and imprisoned thousands for their political views. But recently - and suddenly - things have changed. After elections that most observers regarded as a sham, the new government released Aung San Suu Kyi, suspended a hugely unpopular dam project with China, freed thousands of prisoners and signed peace pacts with a number of warring ethnic groups. Even Hillary Clinton dropped in for a visit. Ko Ko Hlaing, the President's Chief Advisor, admits the sins of the past and insists that Burma is now heading in a new direction. We need credibility and we need legitimacy and we need to make trust between the people and the government. It's still early days for the reform process and whether the regime actually passes power to the people will be the ultimate test. For tourism at least, the changes have already proved to be a huge draw. I wanted to be here right now to spend my tourism dollars in those changes and I also wanted to you know really see for myself what's going on.
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's the First Oversea Trip in Last 24 Years
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is greeted by a supporter upon her arrival at Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar, to leave for Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, May 29, 2012. It is her first trip out of Myanmar in 24 years.
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Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia - Thant Myint-U
The Paulson Institute hosts Thant Myint-U, member of the Myanmar National Economic and Social Advisory Council, Special Advisor to the Myanmar Peace Centre, and Chairman of the Yangon Heritage Trust, for a talk in its Contemporary China Speakers Series at the University of Chicago.
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On Board With President Obama - Rangoon, Burma
Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes speaks from the American Embassy in Rangoon, Burma, on President Obama's historic travel to that country. You can learn more about this trip and see additional photos at
Yangon, Myanmar - Monsoon
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Interview with Burmese Delegation in DC
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Burma's Economy -English Version
During the 1990's, the European Union and America imposed sanctions on Burma for its human rights abuses, but these sanctions may be lifted soon. Sanctions on Burma drove the country closer to its big superpower neighbor, China, and the Burmese government is looking forward to attract more foreign investors as analysts disclose the Burmese government's growing exhaustion of China taking advantage of its resources.
Lawyer U Ko Ni on Peace Conference
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Constitutional Talks by Lawyer U Ko Ni with Washington Community
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BURMA: EVIDENCE OF CONTINUING TERROR DESPITE ASEAN MEMBERSHIP
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New pictures from inside Burma show the military government has continued its reign of terror and violence against its people, despite the nation's recent entry into ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations).
Opposition groups based in Bangkok have released a video tape which show hundreds of refugees and destroyed villages.
They say the film was apparently taken in the days leading up to Burma's acceptance into the regional economic grouping, ASEAN.
Burma's exiled opposition say these villagers in the Burmese countryside have been given an ultimatum - move to government-controlled zones or die.
Carrying what little they can, some comply - but others hide out in the jungle.
They are Karen, the only major ethnic people still refusing to agree to a ceasefire with the military government in Rangoon - known as the State Law and Order Restoration Council, or SLORC.
The forced relocation is part of a SLORC strategy to keep resistance forces from living off the land.
10-thousand people are said to have fled their homes in June and July, just two weeks before the government was welcomed into ASEAN.
The pictures show a number of Karen villages allegedly razed by Burmese troops.
Rice stocks were also burnt.
Witnesses have reported rape, murder and men being forced at gunpoint to carry supplies or help build bases for the Burmese army.
They give similar accounts of their own treatment.
SOUNDBITE (Karen):
First the government ordered villagers nearby to move to their areas. Then they destroyed the villages - farms, homes, churches and food. Then they said the same to the mountain villages. That's why we've fled.
SUPER CAPTION: Saw El Mu, Karen refugee
Another man claims he was severely beaten and forced to be an army porter.
SOUNDBITE (Karen):
I carried rice and other heavy goods for about a week, but then I couldn't go on because my legs were so swollen and sore. They just left me behind, with nothing.
SUPER CAPTION: Maw Ni, Karen refugee
Large numbers made it into Thailand, to join the estimated 80-thousand other Karen refugees in a string of border camps.
An exiled opposition group, based in Bangkok released the video as well as a dossier detailing alleged human rights abuses by the SLORC.
The SLORC is an army junta which took power nine years ago after violently suppressing pro-democracy demonstrations.
They allowed elections in 1990 but then refused to stand down when they were defeated at the polls.
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Ambassador Derek Mitchell: Reviewing Myanmar's Role in the Region
SEAM talks with Ambassador Derek Mitchell, CEO of Shwe Strategies LLC, and a Senior Advisor to both the Albright Stonebridge Group and the U.S. Institute of Peace. Ambassador Michell became the first U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma) in 22 years on July 12, 2012, and departed in March 2016. In 2011, Ambassador Mitchell was appointed the U.S. Department of State's first Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma, with the rank of ambassador.
We discussed with him about Myanmar's role in the region as it develops politically and economically.
Travel Vlog 10- First impression of Myanmar(Burma) whiling riding around in a Giant Swan!
Kaleigh and I talk about our first impressions of Yangon, Myanmar while riding around in a giant swan boat!
Derek Mitchell on Myanmar, Obama's Pacific Pivot and US Role in Asia
Amb. Derek Mitchell, former US ambassador to Myanmar and current senior advisor at the US Institute of Peace and the Albright Stonebridge Group, discusses renewed relations between Washington and Naypyidaw, the Obama administration's Pacific pivot and US relations in Asia with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Mitchell is also a senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, where the interview was taped.
On Board With President Obama - Rangoon, Burma
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MoeMoe's Apparently Burmese Dinner @ Inle Myanmar
MoeMoe may be Burmese, but she's Singaporean. Confused? What about the part where she speak with an American accent? As a person who has lived in various parts of the world, it is hard to locate her identity, though she feels most at home in Singapore. Together with her friend Yan, they kindly show me a slice of Burmese culture through the staple foods they have back home.
Sikh hospitality in the hills Will's photos around Kalaw, Myanmar (tour guide in kalaw myanmar)
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Myanmar: UN's Ban Hails Suu Kyi's Flexibility
UN chief Ban Ki-moon praised Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for her political compromise Tuesday, as he wrapped up a trip intended to encourage reform in the country. (May 1)
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Accelerated Nation: Myanmar in an Age of Reform, a Conversation with Dr. Thant Myint-U
In this video Dr. Thant Myint-U, Special Advisor to the Myanmar Peace Center and Chairman of the Yangon Heritage Trust, joins UNU Rector David M. Malone to discuss the past and the future of Myanmar.
Although many observers have considered Myanmar to be a socio-politically static nation, Dr. Myint-U refutes this assumption, pointing towards the prior decades’ moves towards establishing the current framework of constitutional reform. With the retirement of autocratic rule in Myanmar, the resulting political shake-up displayed just how far back the country had fallen economically, which led to “a desire to catch up” and “provided the intellectual environment for a lot of the changes we see today”. Initial steps have already been taken, as Myanmar emancipates from economic dependency on certain countries, particularly China, and strives to solve domestic infrastructure problems such as the lack of electricity.
On the topic of peace and security, Dr. Myint-U points to Myanmar’s history of civil war since independence in 1948 and highlights the “incredibly complicated” peace process in Myanmar. But he spotlights an imminent nationwide ceasefire and its potential to create a “watershed moment” initiating substantial social, political and economic reform.
Addressing headline violence towards Muslim populations close to the Bangladesh border, and the tensions between the Muslim minority and the Rahkine Buddhist minority in the center of the country, Dr. Myint-U raises three points. First, the history of violence between the two communities dates back to the Second World War and is rooted in longstanding ethnic conflict. Second, there is the possibility of local political manipulation, which benefits from a history of prejudice, despite a long history of friendship on both sides. Third, are the remnants of a long Buddhist tradition that feels that Buddhism is under threat and must be protected. Even though this history of violence may indicate serious problems in the country, Dr. Myint-U remains convinced that Myanmar can progress from the past.
With new economic liberalization and growth, Myanmar’s urban and social infrastructure is undergoing rapid transformation. As chairman of the Yangon Heritage Trust, and as a result of his work preserving the beautiful buildings of Yangon, Dr. Myint-U closes the interview by stressing a few important points about the city’s inevitable urbanization: The acute need for sound urban planning goals and governance, and the importance of appreciating the city’s rich cosmopolitan history and its proud, multifaith and multicultural heritage.
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