Lonely Planet Myanmar Visa

Founder of Lonely Planet urges Myanmar youth to travel

You tell me about your first trip to Myanmar. All we could get back then was a seven-day visas. They wouldn't let us go to many places.

It was a horrible move. We' re on the wrongs. During this period Bagan had many small guesthouses in the centre of the old town. All of them were moved from the centre of Bagan to the new area.

Rangoon belatedly and everything was shut down. It was rented to go to Rangoon, Prome, Bagan, Mandalay, Maymyo[now Pyin Oo Lwin] and Inle Lake.

The only places we could go were Mandalay, Bagan and Yangon.