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Flights
The main tourist centres are loccated at
a distance from Yangon, and it is convenient for visitors to
travel by domestic flights. Myanmar Airways, Air Mandalay and
Yangon Airways operate flights ot major tourist sites including
Mandalay, Bagan, Heho, Thandwe, Myitkyina, Tachileik and
Kawthaung.
Service
Yangon-Mandalay is tke main rail link
with four express trains running daily between Yangon and
Mandalay. Furnisked coaches (Cherry and Padauk) for a group of 4
or 8 persons are available. From Thazi on the Yangon-Mandalay
line, a branch line runs to Skwenyaung (the nearest station to
Inlay Lake) and to Taunggyi.
From Mandalay, there are rail services
to Pyin Oo Lwin, Lashio, Monywa and Bagan. There is also a rail
service from Yangon to Bagan which operate on alternate days.
Dagon-man 01-277503
Station Enquiry 01-274027
Malikha-Mandalar 02-21385
San Thaw Tar 01-221460
(GOODS TRAIN) 01-222700
Transport
Most tourist sies are also accessible by
road. There are 12 Highway Bus services running between Yangon
and Mandalay using air-conditioned coaches. Travelling time is
about 14 hours with brief stop- overs at Taungoo and Pyinmana.
Limousine taxis and mini-buses are
available in Yangon for sightseeing and up country tours.
Waterways
Myanmar has many rivers and a large
delta in which the Inland Water Transport operates a huge fleet
of double and triple-decker boats.There is a regular service
between Bhamaw and Mandalay and between Mandalay and Pyay(Prome)
via Bagan.
“The Road to Mandalay”, a
luxury boat operated by E & Q Services, sails from Mandalay
to Bagan during the open season. Irrawaddy Princess,a catamaran,
operates between Mandalay and Bagan and is also available for
charter to Bhamaw and Pyay (Prome). The north and western part of
tke country are very rugged and mountainous. Three parallel
chains of mountain ranges run from north to south.They begin from
the eastern extremity of the Himalaya to Hka-kabo Razi (5881
meters), the highest peak in South-East Asia. The
mountain chains separate the country into three river systems the
Ayeyarwaddy, Sittaung and Than-Lwin.
AIR FRANCE 252708/252676
AIR CHINA 246876/287121
AIR MANDALAY 530144/282561/526206/525488
FAX: 525937
ALL NIPPON AIRLINE 248901-3
BIMAN 275882/281141
EVA 298001 / 296835
INDIAN AIRLINES 281502 / 248175 / 248174
JAL AIRLINES 243030 FAX; 246859
KLM 274466
MALAYSIA AIRLINES 241007 EXT: 703/4 FAX:
241124
MYANMAR AIRWAYS 280710 / 284566
lNTERNATIONAL 277013 / 289772
MYANMA AIRWAYS 280710 / 284566
ROYAL BRUNEI AIRLINE 294826 / 274352
SILK AIR 284600 / 282653
THAI AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL 240148 /
285606 / 285608
YANGON AIRWAY 246057 / 246059
Services
ASAHI YOKO SUPER EXPRESS
YANGON .01.551787/548075
BAGAN EXPRESS
YANGON 01.641141
NYAUNGU33
KYAW EXPRESS
YANGON 01-242473
MANDALAY 02.27611
LEO EXPRESS
YANGON 01-252001/249512
MANDALAY 02-31885
SILVER CLOUD EXPRESS
YANGON 01-641830/287656
MANDALAY 02.26535
TRADE EXPRESS
YANGON 01-289291
TET NAY LIN EXPRESS
YANGON 01-641201/290678
MANDALAY 02-27391