Hello expats and locals,
I'm planning a trip to Myanmar as I've heard that the best time to visit Myanmar is Oct to Mar.
As a Vietnamese passport holder, I have 14 days free visa to Myanmar and the air ticket of Vietjet Air Ho Chi Minh city - Yangon round trip is just less than 100 USD.
I don't know that much about Myanmar.
I have a Myanmarese ex-officemate when I lived in the Philippines and was about to visit him.
But he lives in Myitkyina which I checked one way air ticket is around 300 USD,
so I probably I want to save this money for something else.
I was about to book a flight to Bangkok, Thailand, then ride a bus from Bangkok to Yangon,
but the bus ride cost around 1500 bath, so I think now I just fly directly to Yangon.
I would like to know something about Myanmar.
1. As on the map, Myanmar has land border with China, India, Bangladesh, Thailand and Laos.
But currently, Myanmar is accessible by land from Thailand only, right?
2. Did the Asean highway finish? so the vehicles don't need to care about even days or odd days?
3. For expat-blog in other countries, I saw other destinations/smaller forum, like Vietnam, there are 17 destinations (Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh city, Da Nang, ...) but in Myanmar, only one. So expats only live in Yangon, other regions have very few?
4. When I travel, I usually request a stay with a host on Couchsurfing, and I usually got accepted.
I do want to see tourist spots, but I want to experience more local life/real life/real atmosphere there.
I've read that in Myanmar, tourists usually visit: Bagan, Mandalay, Inle ...
I'm planning to get into a bus to go somewhere outside of Yangon, as I've read the buses in Myanmar are very nice.
Are there anything out of tourism which are interesting?
I'm willing to work in a farm (or something like that), live with local or expats who living there.
I'm appreciate your own experiences, feelings and recommendations, any lead.
Thank you!