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		<title>Myanmar Stops Visa on Arrival</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ambrose Bittner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Myanmar has quit issuing visas-on-arrival in advance of it&#8217;s November elections. They had implemented the visa on arrival policy on May 1st of 2010, so to have it suspened just a few months later indcates that they are probably concerned about people taking advantage of it to enter the country in order to observe events [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Flight between Hanoi and Yangon</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 20:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ambrose Bittner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For tourists, Myanamar has mostly been accessible only by flying through Bangkok. However, Vietnam Airlines has started a new non-stop flight between Hanoi and Yangon. It will operate four days a week using Fokker 70 aircraft on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. An Airbus A320 is expected to replace the Fokker 70 in winter 2010-2011 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visas on Arrival Now Possible in Myanmar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 19:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ambrose Bittner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a very significant move to promote tourism, Myanmar (Burma) is now allowing visas-on-arrival at Yangon International Airport without requiring an advance application. Tourist visas granted on arrival will be valid for 28 days. The fee for the visa on arrival will be US$30, payable in cash.  Your name will be checked against a government list [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Myanmar&#8217;s Current Political Situation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ambrose Bittner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a good article in the New York Times that describes the current political situation in Myanmar. Change Comes to Myanmar, but Only on the Junta’s Terms By THE NEW YORK TIMES, Published: March 17, 2010 Many people have the perception that travel to Myanmar is still very restricted, but that&#8217;s not the case at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aung San Suu Kyi Drops Opposition to Tourism in Myanmar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ambrose Bittner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an article by Charlie Norton dated August 14, 2009 in the Daily Telegraph, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Myanmar opposition leader, has dropped her opposition to tourism in Myanmar.  Burma was renamed Myanmar by the ruling military dictatorship, but the new name has never been recognized by the United States and other Western countries. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Airline Luggage Restrictions in Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ambrose Bittner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the US-based airlines have begun charging for checked luggage, Asia-based airlines have not yet gone to the that extreme. However, the local airlines may have more restrictive luggage allowances for their domestic flights than the internationial flights you take to and from the US to get there. The most typical restriction on domestic flights in Asia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Myanmar Cyclone &#8211; Pandaw&#8217;s Extraordinary Efforts to Help</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ambrose Bittner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My company, Red Lantern Journeys, has been marginally affected by the Nargis Cyclone in Myanmar. American visits to Myanmar have been just a trickle anyway due to the recent crackdowns against monks protesting and the continuing house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi. Yet, I&#8217;m enraged by the willingness of the Myanmar dictatorship to let [...]]]></description>
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