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Frankie, thanks for letting me participate in your experiences. I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Take care.
Let me know when you start again. I was longing every day for your adventures. Thank you and god bless you.
Things could very well change. They have been eliminating some visa requirements for nearby countries, since many of those travelers are apparently untroubled by the Rohingya crisis. Perhaps that will extend to "Western" countries as well, you never know. There are a lot of empty hotel rooms in Myanmar this year.
5 years agoThank you for this, Andrea. Fortunately things do happen very quickly here in SEA. Why not the Myanmar visa regulations within the next 4 months?
5 years agoThank you again for your kind words, Bruce. Re: the overstay fee: Pay crap with crao they say in New Zealand....
5 years agoHa, Bruce this was my problem too. You have got to be very careful with your first choice because realistically I can´t manage to eat all that much in these humid conditiona.
5 years agoIt is indeed, Andrea. I have always favoured the Indian Nasi Kandar´s but the choice (and flavour) here can hardly be beaten
5 years agoThank you Frankie for again entertaining and informing all of us. I really appreciate that you mention hotel names and more or less rate them and also tell us how much they cost. It is very useful information which, if we are ever ride in that area, we will certainly refer to.
Your photos are great too - again informative but also artistic.
As for the naughty stamp in your passport for overstaying in Myanmar.....I don't think they do that anymore. We got one ten years ago and I am honored that it is archived forever in my old passport. I always save my old, tattered, dirty, US dollar bills that I've received in change during my stay in Myanmar just for that overstay fee. I tell the officials that is all the US dollars I have left from my stay - take it or leave it.
I wonder how many times I could go back for more in one sitting without exploding.
5 years agoFrankie, you can overstay your visa in Myanmar with little drama. Pay the overstay fee ($3-5? Per day) when you leave. We met people who overstayed by 17 days! We always seem to overstay by at least a couple of days. They may take you to a separate room and put a “naughty stamp” in your passport but that certainly did not prevent us from being able to return to Myanmar. I say, go for it. Plus: they need the Western tourists this year, I’m pretty sure they will not hassle you about it.
5 years agoIs this what heaven looks like?
5 years agoGood friends know about each others priorities in life....
5 years agoWe were wondering what you're going to eat in AS. Haha our prediction was true 100%.
5 years agoI guess you are right, Steve. Not being a parent myself I could only judge by the enthusiasm of digging that spade into the innocent sand
5 years agoProbably the parents since you have the fun of the activity and also watching your child having fun.
5 years ago
Thank you very much for this wonderful message, Helmut. I wish to return those good wishes for Christmas and New Year to you and your family. You will be the first one to know when I am back on the road! Your friend Frankie
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