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[ppcagou]

I dont understand on agoda park royal rate Is 233 USD per night
I look for an hotel in Rangoon around 60 USD per night

[KobeBeef]

Originally Posted by maxxartlover

At the hotel, the girl need to leave her identity card to the reception. This is normal, though I am surprised therefore no such thing as a discreet guest in your room. Later I understood, that before the girl leaves, the reception will call me to ask whether it is ok for "my friend" to leave. It is a precaution for you in case the girl wakes up and leave during the night and perhaps steal some stuff. Hahaha good of the hotel to take care of us while we fuck our self silly during the night.

In Philippines Dusit Thani Hotel also has this rule. I think is standard.

[rogerchong]

Originally Posted by ppcagou

I dont understand on agoda park royal rate Is 233 USD per night
I look for an hotel in Rangoon around 60 USD per night

Dear bro,

All hotel rates in Yangon go up already due to peak season and lot of tourists are going there. I stayed at trader for USD 250/night, kandawgyi palace hotel USD 330/night, Micasa hotel USD 220/night. For action, buying power is higher than selling; and went thru Sedona and park royal pubs, but let only 2 or 3 which is not my cup of Tea. So, no action..hehehe. Look for 3'star hotel for your price range..or wait for raining season when not much visitors go there..

[Pearl]

Originally Posted by ppcagou

I dont understand on agoda park royal rate Is 233 USD per night
I look for an hotel in Rangoon around 60 USD per night

When i started going Yangon, Stayed at same Parkroyal for 30 USD ( i had newer rooms too.)..

Jokes aside, at your budget, i can recommend Panda Hotel or slight more, stay at Central Hotel ( location is good and this hotel lobby has better currency exchange rate compared to other hotels).

[Pearl]

Originally Posted by rogerchong

Dear bro,

All hotel rates in Yangon go up already due to peak season and lot of tourists are going there. I stayed at trader for USD 250/night, kandawgyi palace hotel USD 330/night, Micasa hotel USD 220/night. For action, buying power is higher than selling; and went thru Sedona and park royal pubs, but let only 2 or 3 which is not my cup of Tea. So, no action..hehehe. Look for 3'star hotel for your price range..or wait for raining season when not much visitors go there..

There is NO off-peak and PEAK season now. Due to lack of rooms and booming tourism, it will be PEAK all year round.

U stayed at Kandawyi at USD330/nite? U staying their suite?

[rauldon]

Bro perl knows best

[sailsingapore]

Originally Posted by Pearl

There is NO off-peak and PEAK season now. Due to lack of rooms and booming tourism, it will be PEAK all year round.

U stayed at Kandawyi at USD330/nite? U staying their suite?

Hahaha !! Seems a very steep rate !!
In peak Dec 2012 I stayed at the Governors Residence for US$ 280 a nite incl b'fast & taxes

[Lee8888]

Can someone tell me how much does a round trip flight cost to Yangoon from Singapore?

Say by SQ or Silkair

Thanks so much.

[Pearl]

Originally Posted by sailsingapore

Hahaha !! Seems a very steep rate !!
In peak Dec 2012 I stayed at the Governors Residence for US$ 280 a nite incl b'fast & taxes

Im regular at Kandawyi

His reported rate is too high.. kekekeke

[sailsingapore]

Yangon will see a “major shortage” of hotel rooms for the next five to 10 years, as visitor arrivals outpace the supply of hotels, Andrew Langdon, Bangkok-based senior vice president at Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels, said in a telephone interview.

The average daily room rate surged more than 350 percent to $130 for four- and five-star hotels in 2012 from 2008, and will climb as much as 25 percent this year, he said.

The government is planning a new 200-acre hotel zone in Yangon to boost the supply of hotels as the nation prepares to host the 27th Southeast Asian Games in December, Xinhua news agency reported last month.

“Myanmar’s becoming the next hot place for the adventurous international guest,” Langdon said. “International hotel groups are just now going through the learning phase, learning about the market, its opportunities and risks.”

[forseka]

Many thanks for the advices of Senior Bro Pearl, SS & Rauldon....any bro will be in Yangon next week? mind if you allow xiaodi to tag along

[manz_tatz]

I'll be in Yangon on 17 Feb and 19 Feb. Anybody keen to meet up for coffee, PM me. Staying in Thamada hotel.

[sailsingapore]

Originally Posted by forseka

Many thanks for the advices of Senior Bro Pearl, SS & Rauldon....any bro will be in Yangon next week? mind if you allow xiaodi to tag along

Enjoy !! Make SURE you spend some extended time at the Shwedagon Pagoda : it will blow you away : it is incredibly beautiful

[newyorker88]

YANGON: Health experts warn that Myanmar is in danger of losing its battle with HIV.

Currently, the country can only afford to treat a third of its more than 120,000 HIV patients, with international help.

But with the future of foreign aid for the disease uncertain, the situation is looking grim.

There are 23 clinics for treating HIV patients, run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in several states and regions considered as AIDS hotspots.

With primary care facilities severely lacking in Myanmar - HIV clinics are at the forefront in treating patients. It is located close to the community and in most instances - the first to detect HIV infection.

MSF clinics only started providing free treatment in 2003.

They scaled up their efforts two years ago, after receiving aid from the Global Fund -- an international institution focused on disbursing resources to prevent and treat HIV and AIDS, as well as tuberculosis and malaria.

Dr Khin Nyein Chan, medical coordinator at MSF in Myanmar, said: "It is estimated that there are like 125,000 patients who are in need of treatment - HIV treatment. But at the end of 2012, around 50,000 patients are on the treatment, so leaving the gap of more than 50 per cent."

Lack of access to treatment is one reason for the premature deaths of the 20,000 people who die of AIDS in Myanmar annually.

Currently only one in three patients receives treatment, but even then, only after a long wait. There is not enough money to treat all patients.

The government has allocated only 4 per cent of the budget to the health sector.

With limited resources, MSF clinics can only provide the anti-retroviral therapy (ART) to patients who have already reached the critical stage of the illness, way below the World Health Organisation's treatment standard.

Dr Moe Nandar Aung, who works at a MSF clinic in Yangon, said: "Patients that come are in very severe (condition). So we have to treat every cause of their infections. But they respond very slowly.

A 34-year-old HIV patient said: "I went to many clinics patiently trying to get treatment. Finally I got it here. At that time, I was very thin and couldn't do anything. But after I started the treatment, I got better and was able to work."

She only found out she was infected with HIV after her husband passed away from the disease. Her 11-year-old son tested negative.

Dr Khin said: "In the past we mainly found the infection in the high-risk groups like the female sex workers, (homosexual) people and the IDUs (intravenous drug users). But now it is changed - more to the general population. We see in our clinic, we see most of the patients are from the general population."

Funding from the Global Fund is will only last till 2015. Experts warn the consequences might be devastating if no new source of funding is secured.

[levelcool]

thanks to all bros contribution on tis Yangon forum... I starting to like Yangon after heard from all bros especially bro pearl lol... I'm planing to make a trip to Yangon soon...