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Bangkok Burma Consulate Visa section is up
to normal again.
Go there before 8.30 am, they open at 9,
but usually there are plenty of people
already waiting and they work extremely
slow. If you are lucky and pay the double
price you could get the visa the same day in
the afternoon. But this is not for sure.
If you are again lucky you
might get the visa the next day for Baht
1024,-. To get the Burma Visa after 2 days
(normal) it's Baht 8xx,-
You can get tourist visa and business
visa, for business visa you need a
invitation letter from a Burma company, the
prices range from about $ 25,- for a single entry
tourist visa to us$ 200,- for a multiple
entry business visa for a half year.
The usual way
for a Burma Visa goes like this
the visa application
form checking
takes from 5 to 20 minutes, elsewhere - e.g.
for a Thai visa in a Thai consulate- it
takes 1 minute. After the formal parameter
checking is done you pay the normal Burma
Visa fee or you can ask to get it quicker.
To get the
Burma Visa more quick a surcharge is
applied for you Burma Visa, the figures
are mentioned above.
The Burma Consulate
is at Pun
Road Bangkok, a side road of Silom Rd. use the
Plaza Hotel or Tower Hotel in Bangkok to
stay, that's just nearby, go there in the morning,
near the big Hindu Temple on Silom road - -the
photo left is from the Hindu Temple on the
corner of Silom Rd. and Pun Rd.
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fill out 2
forms, fix 2 passport photos onto and get the
passport with the visa back in the afternoon
(theoretically, it doesn't
work anymore) This would do it
just on time to go to the airport for the
Rangoon flight, for this fast procedure within
the same day there is a surcharge.
If you are too lazy or have a
hangover from last night ask the hotel to call a
service agency and they will do it for you.
If you want to go to southern
Burma only you could go to
Ranong Thailand,
take a longtail boat to
Kawthaung. In
Kawthaung they give you a 2 day visa for $ 10,-
you can stay a couple of days with this visa but
only around the Kawthaung area, with this visa
they stop you when you try to exit the Kawthaung
area into further up Burma.
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Well that's it until you will arrive at the all
new Rangoon International Airport.
In resent years some more airlines fly out of
Bangkok, Thai
International and Thai Air Asia, Thai Air Asia
has a very bad record in terms of delays-, don't
use them unless
you are a masochist. Thai International and Bangkok Air are good
but always on the upper price level. MAI which
translate to Burma Airways International
stopped business some month ago, but is on again
now -Feb 2008- now Air Bagan
took over their routes, for more check
Burma Airlines.
Arrival Rangoon Airport |
Arrival Rangoon Airport Aircraft
Parking |
Rangoon Airport Hall |
Rangoon Airport Departure Hall
Entrance |
Arrival and Departure at Rangoon
international airport/Departure
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When you arrive at
Rangoon Airport take your luggage - it takes a while - go
out through the green channel, the custom people
are very friendly - don't listen to anyone who
whisper all kind of nonsense and ask for a taxi,
just scream ..taxi shila.. immediately at least
5 guys will run towards you, tell them you want
to go to the Queens Park Hotel a budget hotel
(about $ 35,-) - or to Summit Parkview hotel
(about $ 45,-) , for
taxi fare not more
than kyats 5000,- . If you have some more to
spent go to the Kandawgyi Palace hotel -around $
80,- but this is the most beautiful and well
located hotel in Rangoon, its owned by the Bayoke
Hotel from Bangkok - you know the tallest tower
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The exchange rate is about US$ 1 = 1200 kyats -
Feb 2008-. Don't
change money at the airport counter, they cheat
you indirectly, since there exchange rate is
about half what you get down town e.g. in
Bogyoke Market.
In the Summit Parkview you can get a good room
for about US$ 45,- insist on this -they will
try to squeeze more- , if they
hesitate go to the Panorama Hotel.
And keep in mind two things, first if you ask
anything, everyone will tell you - yes- yes - but
yes in
Burma doesn't mean yes !! its just bla
bla to keep you happy. So if its something
important ask at least 3 different persons and
if they all say something different have it written down and signed.
One thing on departure,
if you bought anything
of value like jewelry, antiques - Burma is a
paradise for antique hunters - get a receipt
- no credit cards !!-
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this will prevent problems at exit.... comply
with the law like in any other country and you
wont experience any problems.
One remark at last... stay out of politics, if
you have a uncontrollable pressure to satisfy
your ego on political matters go to Washington
or Brussels and demonstrate against their human
rights violation - for a change - and leave the
Burma's alone.
On this planet there are at least 50 other
countries who have a lower human right standard
than Burma, but since those are friends of the
US or Europeans no one bothers them.
Have a look at our
golden triangle section
to get some knowledge what's on this.
Well, happy holiday
or vacation!
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