Global Tour|I am in Myanmar - Mandalay
Before you came, you thought you were walking on Mandalay Street, but you were aware that a car suddenly appeared on the road and kidnapped you into the park.
When you come, you find that no one on the street pays attention to you......
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Multi-ethnic and mountainous national conditions
Before I knew it, I had been in Myanmar for two weeks.
I'm constantly asked,
"Myanmar is so chaotic and dare to come and play?"
"Isn't there a civil war in Myanmar?"
"Coming to Myanmar is not afraid of being scolded?"
"Myanmar is full of scams, be careful when walking on the road, don't get kidnapped." ……
In short, all kinds of negative information, all kinds of negative news, all kinds of negative links, endlessly.
It's been two weeks since I was in Myanmar, and today I would like to focus on answering my personal feelings in Myanmar, whether Myanmar is dangerous or not?
First of all, Myanmar is now in a state of civil war, and that's right.
However, before I came to Myanmar, I consulted with Mr. Hua, and Mr. Hua told me that "civil war" is the norm in this country. In Myanmar, there is no such thing as a "deterioration of the situation", only "a lot of trouble and a lot of trouble".
Myanmar has been conscious of independence for many years due to its special population structure and mountainous terrain. There are many ethnic groups and warlords, and the Burmese are only 67% of the population, and they only control the plains in the middle, and the mountainous areas are all divided by warlords of other ethnic groups, and the country has never been integrated.
The special national conditions have made it difficult for Myanmar to completely "reunify". The local Chinese joked that the 135 ethnic groups in Myanmar have 136 armies, because now the Burmese themselves have split into an opposition.
Through the "fierce and tiring trouble", we can basically feel that the "civil war" in Myanmar has been going on in waves and has never stopped.
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The big cities I went to were all the basic plate of the military government
The main locations of my trip were the big cities: Yangon, Mandalay, Naypyidaw, and Bagan, all of which are located on the central plains of Myanmar, which are part of the Burmese population and the base of the military junta.
The separatist forces in Myanmar are concentrated in the southeast, northwest, and corners of the Burmese territory, so there is no problem in the big cities.
Of course, there is also a crisis of turbulent underwater, because now the main Burmese ethnic group has been divided into two branches, the military junta and the opposition, and one of the radical factions of the opposition NLD forces is now showing that it is becoming more and more uncontrollable, and Aung San has said that he cannot persuade him, and occasionally carries out some attacks and so on.
However, in any case, there is no safety from the high probability, but if you insist on whether there is a risk, there must be a risk, just like taking a plane There is a small probability of crashing, and the probability is within an acceptable range.
On TV, this army is working again, and how well that army is fighting with the junta, but the three major cities in Myanmar are calm and do not feel like war. (Except for some intersections where military personnel are stationed)
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Actually, it's very enjoyable
In the first two sections, I talked about the security situation in Myanmar from a very macro perspective. Next, I would like to talk about my personal experience in Myanmar.
First of all, it's very cool, but it's too hot (March ~ April is the summer in Myanmar, the hottest) and it's the dry season, so you don't want to go out until noon.
Usually I go out in the morning and late afternoon and rest in my room for a few hours at noon.
In addition to the sultry weather is a bit disappointing, the locals are generally warm and mild, the service industry is very good, the things are generally delicious (the stalls are not clean), and the prices are very low (but they will raise the price with foreigners), so your travel experience in Myanmar is pleasant and the people are good.
There are a lot of attractions, especially the Buddhist temple is gorgeous, and it just so happened that I caught up with their Songkran Festival, a large number of folk festivals and cultural activities for lunch, which is more lively than usual.
In terms of law and order, I am mainly active in the city center, and there are very few thefts and robberies (it is said that there are occasional industrial areas where Chinese are concentrated).
And then there's a big city like Yangon, where everyone basically goes home after 10 a.m., because it's curfew after 1 a.m., and ordinary people go on the street and soldiers have the right to shoot you with one shot......
(That's all for the precautions).
I haven't encountered fraud either, it's completely different from what I imagined in my mind, because scams are basically piled up in the park, and you can hardly touch them at ordinary times, and you may occasionally eat in a Chinese restaurant, but people don't have the word "fraud" written directly on their faces, so there is no way to confirm it.
Before you came, you thought you were walking on Mandalay Street, but you were aware that a car suddenly appeared on the road and kidnapped you into the park.
When you come, you find that no one on the street pays attention to you......
【Summary】
If you want me to give me experience, let me summarize:
1. When you come to Myanmar, go to a few big cities (Yangon, Mandalay, Bagan), do not go to the high-risk areas of wire fraud (Myawadi, Kokang, etc.), and do not go to the few MZ areas that are not controlled by the central government of the Burmese ethnic group (Rakhine State, Kachin State, etc.).
2. Pay attention to heatstroke, try not to go out at noon, go back to the hotel before 10 o'clock in the evening, why is it a little later There is nothing on the road, and there is no place to go shopping.
3. If you ask for a bribe when you enter the country, don't give money.