Our local guide was Naing Naing, surely the best guide I have ever come across. His knowledge of the country and Buddhism were first rate. He never needed to refer to any notes, and educated us all in the ways of the people.

It was really important to see this country nowe, as it is in a state of building for the future. Yangon in particular, is a vast, modern city for the 21st century. In the more rural areas, bamboo huts still abound, though brick structures are now being constructed. We were able to see how the country used to be, how it is now, and also how it will be in the near future. A visitor returning in 10 years time would not recognise it.

The tour party was hit by waves of illness, but the cause could not be pinpointed to a specific point. Some thought our lunch with the nuns might have been a reason, but I was ill on Day 8, and had no far eastern food.

Naing did an excellent job for me as I could not eat a lot of the food in the more local restaurants, and urged them to cook alternate dishes for me, such as omelette, fish

The sunsets on the boat and on the beach were very memorable, although the middle one that was on the temple was rather unnecessary.

A word of warning for those entering temples barefoot: though this is well known, there are patches of rough ground to walk across, which could be difficult for someone with soft feet, like myself. I had to turn down a couple of temple visits as a result. That bsaid, I think there were a couple of temple visits too many.

My favourite temple was the Temple of Harmony. We were lucky in catching families with their children beautifully dressed up to go there. Later, when visiting a bamboo village, we had the rare occasion of seeing an elephant decorated as part of the religious ceremony, along with the horses.

The add-on was a very arduous journey, lasting over six hours from Yangon, due to the heavy traffic in the big city. The beach resort was a real paradise, with golden sands, warm sunshine. An ideal way to chill out after a strenuous tour.

The flight back home was a night flight, which wasn't easy as I can't sleep on planes. Sensibly, I booked a day at the Heathrow Hilton before catching the train home.

A fantastic tour, carried out by a great TM and local guide. Be sure to see this wonderful country before the modern world takes it over.

Best Wishes, Graham

Thank you for taking the time to share your Just You experience with us. I'm delighted to hear that overall you enjoyed the tour.

Kindest regards,

Julia

I did this tour on the 13th February and I agree it is a country that you must see now. Thank you for writing your review of this amazing place.

Warm regards Julie

Strange that two consecutive tours suffered so much illness. Of the thirty on my tour over twenty were afflicted.  Alot of the included lunches and dinners were taken in local restaurants, perhaps JY need to check that standards there are acceptable.

Hi,

On the first tour in February last year, I don't think anybody was ill - maybe an upset tum for a day, but not a "bug". Maybe we used different restaurants than you did. I was surprised that someone mentioned it might have been the lunch with the nuns - if their very clean loos were anything to go by, their hygeniene was excellent!

Cheers,

Hils

Interestingly, I did not eat ANY far eastern food, yet still had bad stomach ache . Perhaps the omelette or fish that Naing asked the kitchens to make specially might have been a cause there?

Best Wishes, Graham

All the best,

Bob

I was on this trip with you! I didn't go down with the dreaded bug until late in the tour, so I think it was just something going round the group. Having now gone on perhaps 17 holidays with JY, I fully agree that Naing was the best guide ever. Highlight for me was the elephant-led Novation ceremony which we were incredible lucky to see.

I can thoroughly recommend this holiday, but be warned, there are a lot of temples!

David, I agree that there were too many temples. The one at sunset could have been cut out, I think/. It had rough ground to walk on with the stairway to the top, which could have been hazardous to my soft feet.

The elephant ceremony was stunning, as was so many of the sights. I felt very lucky in seeing what may be a vanishing world.

Despite these difficulties, it was a fabulous tour, and we were well looked after by Branwen and Naing.

Best Wishes, Graham

In my mind there can never be enough temples. To see one again at sunset would be the icing on the cake for me.

I have feet issues so I really look at what the tour has on offer, with regard to foot issues perhaps you in future will need to take your soft feet issues on board more.

Reading between the lines of the reviews on this tour, I really do not think it's the restaurants that have caused the tummy upsets, as I know for a fact there are some really nasty bugs going around, so I would think someone started it off from over here and it's gone through the tour tour group.

Cindy..

I was happy to go to all the temples, loved my trip to Burma.

Katy

Jaya

This was a tour that was a real exdperience for us all. There were just 19 of us, which was a good number. Our TM was Branwen. She had not been in Myanmar before, and was enjoying the exploration as much as we were.

Our local guide was Naing Naing, surely the best guide I have ever come across. His knowledge of the country and Buddhism were first rate. He never needed to refer to any notes, and educated us all in the ways of the people.

It was really important to see this country nowe, as it is in a state of building for the future. Yangon in particular, is a vast, modern city for the 21st century. In the more rural areas, bamboo huts still abound, though brick structures are now being constructed. We were able to see how the country used to be, how it is now, and also how it will be in the near future. A visitor returning in 10 years time would not recognise it.

The tour party was hit by waves of illness, but the cause could not be pinpointed to a specific point. Some thought our lunch with the nuns might have been a reason, but I was ill on Day 8, and had no far eastern food.

Naing did an excellent job for me as I could not eat a lot of the food in the more local restaurants, and urged them to cook alternate dishes for me, such as omelette, fish

The sunsets on the boat and on the beach were very memorable, although the middle one that was on the temple was rather unnecessary.

A word of warning for those entering temples barefoot: though this is well known, there are patches of rough ground to walk across, which could be difficult for someone with soft feet, like myself. I had to turn down a couple of temple visits as a result. That bsaid, I think there were a couple of temple visits too many.

My favourite temple was the Temple of Harmony. We were lucky in catching families with their children beautifully dressed up to go there. Later, when visiting a bamboo village, we had the rare occasion of seeing an elephant decorated as part of the religious ceremony, along with the horses.

The add-on was a very arduous journey, lasting over six hours from Yangon, due to the heavy traffic in the big city. The beach resort was a real paradise, with golden sands, warm sunshine. An ideal way to chill out after a strenuous tour.

The flight back home was a night flight, which wasn't easy as I can't sleep on planes. Sensibly, I booked a day at the Heathrow Hilton before catching the train home.

A fantastic tour, carried out by a great TM and local guide. Be sure to see this wonderful country before the modern world takes it over.

Best Wishes, Graham