Going to be going to Myanmar (Burma) this summer with the family (Me, wife, 7-year-old daughter).
Anyone have any experience with the trains there? I know Burma's trains are notoriously unreliable but guidebooks, online forums, and Seat61.com seem to suggest that the overnight Yangon-Mandalay train is pretty reliable and runs closer to on time than other trains.
Want to hear from anyone who may have taken it. Looking for what kind of sleeper you got, how you bought tickets (supposedly they only go on sale three days in advance), and the overall experience.
When we took the overnight train in Vietnam a couple of years ago employees kept trying to scam more money out of us by asking if we wanted to "buy" the 4th berth in our compartment so that we would not have anyone else join us. When they finally got an offer for a good price we eventually did, and really only because Vietnam has pretty much no rules against smoking anywhere and I'd heard from other travelers that they'd get a couple of people who would sit there in the compartment puffing away.
So also wondering if that kind of thing also happens in Myanmar. (And if people smoke on the train)
Anyone have any experience with the trains there? I know Burma's trains are notoriously unreliable but guidebooks, online forums, and Seat61.com seem to suggest that the overnight Yangon-Mandalay train is pretty reliable and runs closer to on time than other trains.
Want to hear from anyone who may have taken it. Looking for what kind of sleeper you got, how you bought tickets (supposedly they only go on sale three days in advance), and the overall experience.
When we took the overnight train in Vietnam a couple of years ago employees kept trying to scam more money out of us by asking if we wanted to "buy" the 4th berth in our compartment so that we would not have anyone else join us. When they finally got an offer for a good price we eventually did, and really only because Vietnam has pretty much no rules against smoking anywhere and I'd heard from other travelers that they'd get a couple of people who would sit there in the compartment puffing away.
So also wondering if that kind of thing also happens in Myanmar. (And if people smoke on the train)