Links
Here are some selected links to webpages with information about Myanmar. They have been useful for me for preparing my trips. If you think that a very important link is missing, please send me a message.
You may also be interested in some Frequently Asked Questions.
General Information and web directories
- BBC News: Country profile Burma
- U.S. Department of State - Iinformation about Burma
- CIA World Factbook - Burma
- Myanmar in the Wikipedia Enyclopedia
- Yahoo directory: Myanmar (Burma)
- Open directory project: Myanmar
Travel Information
- Chaskemp's 'Basics of Budget Travel in Southeast Asia'
- Myanmar Travel Information
- Myanmar Tourism Promotion Board
- Myanmar and Burma Travel and Tourism Information
- List of Myanmar embassies worldwide I
- List of Myanmar embassies worldwide II
- Website of the Embassy of Myanmar in Berlin, Germany
(Download of visa application forms here) - Information about Visa on arrival
- Foreign embassies in Myanmar
- National Parks in Myanmar
- Maps of Myanmar
- Maps of tourist destinations in Myanmar
- Lonely Planet - Myanmar Information
- Mawlamyine Tourist Information
- Festivals in Myanmar (Planet Myanmar)
- Current exchange rate for kyat (from irrawaddymedia.com)
- Current exchange rate for kyat (from irrawaddy.org)
- Current exchange rate for kyat (myanmar2day.com)
- Satellite image of SE-Asia
- Weatherbase for average temperature and rainfall
- 5 day weather forecast for Yangon
- More weather forecasts for Myanmar
- Weather records and averages for Myanmar
- Schedule of the 5-day rotating market
- How to travel by train in Myanmar
- Myanmar-Guide.de (in german)
- Myanmar Information of the German Foreign Office (in german)
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Domestic Airlines
International Airlines
- Myanmar Airways International
- Thai Airways
- Bangkok Airways
- Air Asia
- JetStar Asia
- SilkAir
- Qatar Airways
- Air China
- China Eastern Airlines
- Vietnam Airlines
- Indian Airlines
- Bangladesh Airlines
- Amadeus.net
- Index of low cost no frills airlines in Asia
- Adresses of airlines in Yangon
- International flights schedule
Travelogues and Photographs
- Burma Photo Gallery
- Tales of Asia - Myanmar
- Burma - Grace under Pressure
- Old Photographs from colonial Burma
- Stuart Clyne's excellent Myanmar photo gallery
- ZekeBauers photographs from myanmar
- Yuzo Uda's photographs from Burma
- Burma Pages - Backpacking in the Golden Land
- Photographs from Myanmar
- Photos at flickr.com tagged with 'Myanmar'
- Photos at flickr.com tagged with 'Burma'
Discussion Boards
- Lonely Planet - Thorntree South East Asia
The LP site is full of useful information but its search function is lousy.
You can use Google Site Search instead:
- Myanmar-Guide.de (in german)
- Tales of Asia Forum
Aid Projects
- Medecins sans Frontieres / Doctors without Borders
- UNICEF Myanmar
- Orphanages at Mine Thauk, Inle Lake
- Living Water Center
- ACT Youth Development Center
- The Rural Development Society in Kalaw
- Humanitarian Information Centre for Myanmar
- Förderverein Myanmar e.V.
- The Burma Project of Interplast Germany / Interplast International
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News and Politics
- Myanmar Full Coverage on Yahoo! News
- Mizzima.com
- The Irrawaddy
- Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's Pages
- Myanmarnews.net
- BurmaNet News
- Free Burma Coalition
- Burma’s Conflict in a Nutshell: Burma/Myanmar Backgrounder by the Free Burma Coalition
- The Burma Project
- Shanland.org
- Karen Human Rights Group
- Amnesty International - Reports on Myanmar
- Official announcements of The Government of Myanmar
- Myanmar Times
- Bagan.net