Dear friends of the Golden Land! Since October 8, 2022, a new regulation regarding entry into Myanmar has come into force. The previously mandatory PCR test before entry (which was not be older than three days) has been abolished! However, a test is still ...

Arriving in MandalayI arrived back in MDL yesterday after a 5-week-trip to Germany. No problems when I left Berlin on the 4. of July and entered Thailand the next day. But yesterday MAI (Myanmar Airways Int'l) asked for proof of vaccinations and an insura ...

Dear All! Here`s some good news! Starting from 1. July Thailand has eased the regulations for tourists who want to enter the country. Starting from 1. July the Thai Pass is obsolete, a certificate of  vaccination will do. Myanmar, too, has eased the ...

Dear readers, here is another article on the situation in Myanmar/Burma. It is concerned with the extent to which the policies of the National Unity Government (NUG) have been successful. Or not. FRONTIER MYANMAR is a Yangon-based newspaper critical of th ...

Hi friends, here are two interesting articles on the civil war in Myanmar that shed another light on the conflict: file:///C:/Users/User/Desktop/Economist%20PDF.pdf AND https://www.economist.com/asia/2022/05/19/burmese-civilians-are-caught-between-the-jun ...

Hi friends, and here's even more good news from Myanmar: several airlines will resume their services to Myanmar next month! And it's not propaganda: I'm going to BKK next week with Thai Smile! I sincerely hope that the prices will be back to normal soo ...

Dear friends.in the last three years we have only heard bad news from beautiful Burma: Covid epidemic, military coup, thousands of victims ... Sad story! But now the tide is turning! The government has decided  to issue tourist visas star ...

Hello from Burma, A few months ago my new website www.oldburmahand.com went online. There you can find plenty of information about Myanmar/Burma. It goes way beyond what you can find in guidebooks etc. Owing to the fact that I’ve been living here for ...

The all-purpose engine – a banger near Pindaya Until this very day Myanmar is a poor country. But need is the mother of invention! Ever since I came here for the first time more than forty years ago, I have admired her p ...

A surprising discovery in Maymyo Since I moved to Maymyo (Pyin Oo Lwin) a year ago, I have been fascinated by the religious diversity in this town: Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, Christians of all shades have built their houses of prayer here. Not to forget ...