Myanmar , the country of temnples and pagodas, has become more and more popular to the world. What to care about when having myanmar tours? These 8 things bellow will help you understand more to prepare for your trip.
1.When a man wants to get married
Mon ethnic live on Inle lake, among best places to see in Myanmar. They earn their living by fishing and live a normal life. But there is a very strange thing to note for men and women here when they get married.
Girls who are old enough to get married have to get to a special place, which is used for marrying. At this place, they have to wear special clothes, which allows a man to see a part of their chest. For what? That man can touch it only when he wants to marry the girl. It is such a very strange custom, only in Mon people in Myanmar. After choosing his partner, he can get married with the girl he wants.
If a man makes love with the girl but does not want to get married, he has to be punished. He has to prepare an amount of money as compensation. This means bad reputation for the girl. If you have a Vietnam Myanmar tour, you can see the difference for this.
2. Yangoon airport
Yangoon is very famous for its many great sites and dishes. That is why Yangoon airport was built.
One special thing is that although this airport is very big, it is invested to be 3 times bigger. Yangoon airport is used just about ¼ of its capacity. If you take a flight to Yangoon for your Yangoon sightseeing tours, it is easier to move.
Staff in Yagoon airport are very friendly and willing to help travellers. They can show you where to go in Yangoon and help you with your luggages and proceduces.
3. Traffic
Having a tour to Myanmar, you have to know which kinds of transportation are used. It is easy to get a motorbike to ride in Vietnam, but in Yangoon, Myanmar, you can not. To help the traffic at good pace, Myanmar government does not allow people to ride motorcycles in the city. You can not enjoy tours like Vietnam motorcycle tours.
But in Yangoon, you can take a taxi or tuk tuk to go around the city. There are many other ways to discover the beauty of this city. Taking a train is also a good idea. Trains in Myanmar are clean and you can see many local people with their normal life. Myanmar tour can help you get many fun experiences.
4. Time zone
Time zone in Myanmar is very featured. If in other countries, you can see the difference in their time zone for each unit, in Myanmar it is just 0,5.
Time zone of Myanmar is 6 +30. This means it is only 30 minutes faster than Vietnam. It is very convenient for you if you are traveling from Vietnam to Myanmar, because the change is not much.
5. Electricity
National power is not strong, almost all of hotels and shops here have their own generators. This is also the reason for their markets to close early. You can buy things after 9am until 4pm. 5Pm is not suited to buy things.
Now, with the development of tourism, Myanmar government has try much to improve it. You do not have to worry much for your Burma tours, discover things day time and then have deep sleep at night to look after your health for your next experience is not that bad.
6. Gender Equality
In Myanmar, women have to do all the houseworks, like in Vietnam. But because of gender prejudice, women can not even wash their clothes together with clothes of their husbands and sons. In the pagodas, they can not touch or shake hands with monks. But this does not mean that women are not respected. You have to show your good attitude towards them. myanmar people do not allow to huge or kiss women on the streets or at public places.
7. Death ceremony
If Vietnamese spend much time and money for their relative’s death ceremony, Myanmar do not emphasize on this as much. Because Myanmarese people think that when a somebody dies, he returns to his forever hometown. That is why there is no death ceremonies in Myanmar. Well, they only have an altar for their Buddha, but none for their ancients. It will be made clearer if you can visit a Myanmar house during your Myanmar tour.
8. No tickets for local people
In Burma, people come to visit pagodas and pray to their Buddha daily, if having to pay money to visit such famous pagodas like Sule and Shwedagon, why would they be willing to pay?
If you are a Burmese, you can visit anywhere you want. All landscapes of this country are free for local people. In this country, people are outgoing and gentle. They all help each other in their own ways. Myanmarese people are really kind and generous. You can even get free water on the way and along the street.
These 8 things above are our advice for your Myanmar tours, surely you can get great experience with this. Read this carefully, behave politely and be smart!
