Published by Brett on November 27, 2002
under Thailand
Dates Traveled: Various times between September-December 2002; April-May 2003; Few days in December 2005
(I’d also traveled here in June 1999, but that trip is without details)
November, after returning from Myanmar
Again I flew Biman Bangladesh Airlines, so had an onscreen prayer to Allah, complete with views of mosques, before taking off. I also heard many sentences […]
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Published by Brett on November 17, 2002
under Myanmar (Burma)
Dates Traveled: October-November 2002
Yangon
I caught the short 1-hour flight to Yangon, Myanmar. After passing through customs one is required to exchange US$200 for 200 FEC’s - Foreign Exchange Certificates. Basically it’s the military government’s way of getting hard currency, though most travelers opt to exchange less money and pay an extra US$5 as a […]
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