Archive for the ‘Burma’ Category
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017
Reprinted from the Pandaw Blog
'The Chindwin is the loveliest of rivers...' so wrote my late friend Alister McCrae of his 1930s trip up the great tributary as a young assistant of the Irrawaddy Flotilla*. And so it remains. I have been up a few rivers in my time and the ...
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2017
Step back in time and be mesmerized by spirituality and pace of life of modern day Burma. From temple hopping, exploring the countryside, and discovering the coastline, touring Burma by bike is one of the best ways to experience this truly unique destination.
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14 Day, 13 Night Burma Adventure. Guaranteed departures ...
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Saturday, August 6th, 2016
In need of a getaway? We have an exciting and varied selection of tours that are guaranteed to depart. Get rolling and join a group today!
AUGUST
Bicycling Bangkok to Phuket
Ride along the Gulf of Thailand and see some of the best coastal scenery in Thailand! Rest in resorts, eat fabulous seafood, go ...
Posted in Adventure Travel, Bali, Burma, Cambodia, Culture & History, Cycling, Indonesia, Late availability, Malaysia, mountain biking, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, sports, Thailand, Vietnam | No Comments »
Thursday, April 14th, 2016
A 6.9 magnitude tremor hit northern Burma (Myanmar) last night at around 8.25pm, local time. The epicentre was apparently around 74km south-east of Mawlaik and shook buildings in Mandalay, Yangon and as far away as Guwahati in India.
Panic ensued in Yangon but to date there are no reports of injuries.
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Saturday, April 9th, 2016
Looking for a great mountain bike trip over the next few months? Check out some of these late availability trips below. C is for classic tour, M for mountain bike and R of road bike tour
CAMBODIA
May 10 - May 12: Angkor Explorer (C)
Jul 4 - Jul 10: Cambodia Heritage ...
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2016
Looking for a last minute cycle tour that departs within the next few months? We have an exciting and varied selection of tours that are guaranteed to depart now. Get rolling and join a group TODAY!
Road Bike Tours
Feb 14 - Feb 24: Cycling Chiang Mai to Bangkok
Mar 13 - Mar 22: Bicycling Bangkok ...
Posted in Adventure Travel, Borneo, Burma, Cambodia, Cycling, Laos, Last Minute, Late availability, Malaysia, mountain biking, Myanmar, Philippines, Symbiosis Custom Travel, Thailand, Vietnam | No Comments »
Friday, November 13th, 2015
BURMA
Dec 20 – Jan 2: Cycling the Burma Road (C)
Dec 20 - Jan 2: Burma Adventure (C)
Dec 31 - Jan 6: Burma Heritage by Bicycle (C)
Jan 11 - Jan 17: Burma Heritage by Bicycle (C)
Jan 10 - Jan 23: Biking from Bangkok to Yangon (C)
Jan 17 - Jan 30: Burma Adventure (C)
Feb 8 - Feb 14 : Burma Heritage by Bicycle (C)
Feb 14 - ...
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Monday, November 24th, 2014
To those of you in the UK, please watch this - Pailinesque travelogue with lots of useful, insightful knowledge about the wonderful Mekong River and the dangers it faces from over exploitation. Watch on iPlayer
Posted in Adventure Travel, Birding, Burma, Cambodia, Community Based Tourism, Conservation, Culture & History, Development, Ecotourism, Laos, Responsible tourism, River Cruises, River Cruising, Travel & Tourism, Vietnam, Wildlife | No Comments »
Monday, November 17th, 2014
Check out dates for next year's great bike rides all around South East Asia. Go to the Home page, above, select a country of interest at the top of the page, then click "sports & adventure" and "mountain bike tours". More to come too!
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Thursday, August 14th, 2014
Burma’s Ministry of Immigration and Population this week began a trial period for an online tourism visa application system that is due to be fully implemented next month.
During the trial run, applicants are required to fill out an online visa form, verify that all the information entered is correct and ...
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Friday, April 18th, 2014
Symbiosis Custom Travel is pleased to be able to offer discount prices on these luxury river cruises along Myanmar’s (Burma’s) great waterways this summer.
Pyay (Prome) to Kalay, 14 nights on the Irrawaddy and Chindwin rivers
Vessel: RV Katha Pandaw
Departs: August 16th, 2014
Offer: 20% off
Price: starting at USD 3,508 ...
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Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
The 27th Sea Games will be held in Myanmar (Burma) in 4 locations: Nyapitaw, Yangon, Mandalay and Ngwe Saung Beach between 11 and 22 December, 2013.
All hotels in these cities have received an order from the government to "block rooms", without mentioning the exact number of rooms. Hotels ...
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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
April 30, 2012 by TTRweekly Staff
Filed under Myanmar, News
YANGON 30 April 2012: Business visas on arrivals will be introduced by Myanmar, 1 June, Union Minister for Immigration and Manpower, U Khin Yee, reported in a briefing to local press, yesterday, held at the Ministry of Industry in the capital, ...
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Monday, January 2nd, 2012
Posted in Adventure Travel, Bali, Borneo, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Symbiosis Custom Travel, Symbiosis-Travel, Thailand, Timor, Vietnam | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
A wildly-coloured gecko, a fish that looks like a gherkin, and a monkey with an Elvis-like hairstyle are among the more than 200 new species discovered in the Greater Mekong region last year.
The area's diversity is so astonishing that a new species is found every two days, but regional cooperation ...
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