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Thai Online Digital Camera Stores

If you want to buy digital cameras, lens and accessories online in Thailand, or just want to check price and offer (which is a better option), here are a few digital camera stores online. All of them have many branches in Bangkok and all over Thailand, so you can simply go to one of their stores and buy your thing. Big Camera - This is one of the largest photographic, digital camera and camera accessories store chain in Thailand. Photo Hut - Another camera and accessories store chain. Fotofile - This store chain sells only professional digital cameras and accessories, as well as second hand film cameras.

Mindat

Here is a video I took in Mindat, a town in southern Chin State, Myanmar, Burma.

Hakha, the capital of Chin State, and the way to it.

Here is the video of Hakha, the Chin State capital, and the way to the city.

Web hosting services from Myanmar

www.idealmyanmar.com - A web hosting service from Myanmar but the servers are in US. www.soft-comm.com - A subsidary of KMD Computer. The site claimed it provides web hosting service but I cannot find the link. And the supposed links are not working (or they are not links actually). There are many areas which really look like links but they are not links! Quite confusing to navigate. Very badly designed site. Shame for KMD. www.navistarmm.com - The hosting service of my choice. We are using it for our site. Reasonably priced. Servers are in US. www.alpha.com.mm - Another web hosting and web design company from Myanmar. Unfortunately, they write their site in Myanmar and they don't mention what font they use. So I cannot give any comment on their service. Too bad. www.ihost-mm.net - Another reasonably priced Myanmar web hosting service. www.webifiers.net - Servers located in US. The price is a bit expensive. www.ehost-myanmar.com - They don't mention the price.

My Hospital in the Hills by Gordan S. Seagrave

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A few years ago, I received an old book from a friend of mine. The title of the book is “My Hospital in the Hills” and the author is Gordon S. Seagrave. Although it has been with me for nearly three years, it took many months to start reading the book, until a few months ago, when I started flipping the cover. And as soon as I started reading the first page, it took me through to the end of the book. Not only is the book interesting, it portrayed the social, economic, political and historical aspects of The Union of Burma during her early days of independence. Dr. Seagrave was a famous surgeon who opened his missionary hospital in Namkhan, a small town in northern Shan State . Here he established himself as an outstanding surgeon, known all over the world as “Burma Surgeon” His hospital doors were always opened to all those patients, rich or poor, who came from every corner of the country. He was a real life saver at a time where there were very few skilled surgeons in the early and t

Teashops in Myanmar

Teashops are important and integral part of life in Myanmar . As a foreigner who first arrives to Myanmar , you will be surprised to see so many teashops in Yangon and everywhere in Myanmar . They are everywhere in every street. And there are always customers in every teashop. Nowhere in South-East Asia would you find such a large number of teashop. When I was young, there were not as many teashops as now. And the attitude of our parents was that “sitting at a teashop” is a waste of time. We, me and my friends, were always told not to sit at a teashop. That was 15 years ago. Now, everything changed. We Myanmar people use the word “sit at a teashop” because we really sit at a teashop for a very long time, sometimes even hours, after ordering just a cup of tea. The teashop may sell a few snacks. And there is always free flow of plain green tea. You can order as much as plain tea as you like free of charge. So the main reason we sit at a teashop is just to sit, and chat. Well, there is m

For a really good movie in Bangkok, head to Lido

If you want to watch really good international movies in Bangkok , go to Lido House. Situated in Siam Square , which is the Heart and Soul of Bangkok, the old movie theatre shows many internationally acclaimed movies all over the world. The three theatres at Lido show international movies that the main stream cinemas usually don’t show. Some of the movies include those from Japan , Korea , Iran , Africa, and Eastern Europe as well as from US and other countries. The theatre is in the first floor (or second floor if take the ground floor as the first floor) in a building on the Sukhumvit Road , just near the Siam Sky train station.

A visit to a Pagoda

When visiting Myanmar , visiting a pagoda will be an integral part of your visit as there are hundreds of ancient pagodas in Myanmar , and the best way to observe Myanmar arts. Here are a few tips for you. Always wear proper clothes that are not revealing. Avoid wearing shorts, miniskirts, and sleeveless shirts/T-shirts. The clothes should cover your body properly. Always remove both your Shoes & Socks , not only your shoes. You should walk on the pagoda with your bare foot. And take them off as soon as you enter the compound of the pagoda, usually before the first step of the stair. When you sit, avoid pointing your feet towards the pagoda, or any Buddha’s statue. Avoid talking loudly on the pagoda. Don’t touch any Buddha’s statue, except when offering gold foil to the statue. Avoid pointing your finger towards any Buddha’s statue. It is considered rude. Always try to walk behind, not in front of, anybody sitting on the floor praying at the Lord Buddha. Don’t l

A visit to a Myanmar House

If you are a foreigner, especially outside of South East Asia region, here are a few guidelines for you to pay attention to when visiting a Burmese friend at his home. It is not necessary to call your host in advance before visiting him. However, it is a polite manner to let him know of your visit in advance. It is a custom to remove your shoes before entering a Burmese home. Most of the Burmese houses have wooden floor which is meticulously cleaned, swept and polished. Even if the floor is a concrete one, it is always polite to take off your shoes. It is not necessary to bring a present to your host. It is not a custom for the visitor to bring any present for the host in Myanmar . Be careful of the manner if there is a Buddha’s shrine in the living room. Avoid pointing your feet to the Lord Buddha as it is considered an insult in Myanmar .

Farewell to Canon A-75

I bought my first digital camera in August 2004 while I was in Thailand . It was Canon A-75, a 3 mega pixel camera. It cost around 12,000 baht at that time, which is quite expensive for today’s standard, but quite inexpensive at that time. (Digital cameras three years ago were still not cheap). Since then, it has been with me everywhere I travelled, taking thousands of photos of all those memorable moments. It was small but produced great pictures. (I mean good quality photos). It always felt ease in my hand with all the controls at comfortable places. Moreover, it used four AA size batteries so I could buy spare batteries anywhere if I ran out of power, which was a great comfort in a country like Myanmar where there is no regular electricity. It stayed with me for more than two years. However, since a few months ago, I started experiencing some problems with the camera. The LCD screen failed to turn on sometimes. When I asked a repair shop at Panthip Plaza , they said the CCD wa

Made in Myanmar

It was pretty boring. It was raining most of the day, and when it is not raining, it was cloudy. I was feeling quite lonely and bored. Suddenly, when I looked out of the window of my room, I saw some children playing with an interesting toy. It was a car! Well, not actually. It was a home made wooden cart with four wheels. However, in the imagination of these children, it was a real big car. They might be imagining that this was a really big truck. (For these children, trucks are the largest, grandest and smartest car on earth). The children took turn to ride the car while other children pushed the car. For them, it was really a great thing to do. They kept on doing the same thing again and again but never seemed to be tiring. This was truly a car made in Myanmar.

Burmese Cricket

Looks like this is the Burmese version of English cricket. These are the children in Chin Hills playing a ball game which resembles cricket. (I am not sure as I don’t know how to play cricket). The ball is actually a roll of old cloths tied together with a string. I don’t know where they got the idea for this game. I’ve never seen any child in Yangon play such a game, and as a child, I have never played a game like this when I was young. Anyway, it is so cute to see these poor kids playing a ball game with home made materials like this.

PCO

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This is what a PCO looks like in Myanmar. PCO stands for Public Call Outlet, a public telephone. Unlike those from other countries, there are no public phones using coins or card. Instead, at a PCO, there are one or two ordinary fixed land line telephones with an attendance to mark time and charge the user. Although not as convenient and as private as true public telephone booths, it is a popular and widely used public communication system in a country where very few people have fixed land line phone or mobile phone. In small towns and villages, usually there are no automatic telephone exchanges. They have to rely on old and outdated manual telephone exchanges where the caller has to ask the operator to connect his or her call. To call other towns, that is, to make trunk calls, you have to book the call with the operator, or come to one of a few PCOs in the town. This is how I my family while I am in Chin State.

Start of Rainy Season in Chin Hills

In Myanmar, rainy season usually starts in June. In Chin Hills, it usually starts near the end of May. However, this year the rain starts even before May. It started raining at the end of April, one whole month ahead of usual time. It rained quite heavily during the whole month of May. It was still raining the whole month of June. Rainy season in Chin Hills is quite different from other places in Myanmar. During the rainy season, you rarely see the sun. Not because it is always raining. Although it rains almost everyday, the rain is not continuous. However, whether it rains or not, the sky is usually covered with could. Sunny days in Chin state, during the rainy season are quite a rarity. When it starts raining, the sky suddenly gets dark, the wind suddenly gets stronger, and cloud suddenly covers everything. In Chin Hills, the cloud not only hangs above the sky. It is everywhere. It is above, around you and below. Because the mountains are so high, some of the cloud hangs lower than t

I will be away for a while

Dear friends, I am sorry to tell you that I will be away from Yangon for a while, to a place where there is no internet. I won't be able to add new posts to this blog for a few weeks but will add new posts as soon as I can use the internet. Thank you for visiting my blog.

Guide to Myanmar Buddhist monastaries world wild

People at Burmese Classics compiled a very nice list of Myanmar Buddhist monastaries world wild. There are addresses and telephone numbers of Myanmar Buddhist monastaries in countries like USA, Australia, Japan, UK and many other world countries. It seems like a very complete list. Also, there is a section where you can listen to Burmese classic songs.

How to tell if a mirror is two way or not?

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Two way mirror is a mirror that is reflective on one side but is a see through on the other side, such as those that seen in the Hollywood detective movies. People from one side can see only their image while those from the other side can see those from the opposite side. It is commonly used in police stations or psychiatric institutions. However, people are worried they are used in some areas such as dressing rooms, work places or hotels. Here is how to know if the mirror is two way or not at Wiki How to .

Yangon Institute of Technology (YIT) Alumni Website

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There is now a website of the old engineering students from Yangon Institute of Technology YIT (formerly Rangoon Institute of Technology RIT ). There are interesting articles by formet students, news, bulletin board, guest book, and photos. You can see the website here at YIT . Technorati Tag : Myanmar Website , YIT , RIT ,

People Magazine

I recently come across an online Myanmar magazine. There is now an online version of "People " magazine on the internet. There are many topics such as news, entertainment, fashion, health, beauty, lifestyle, relationship, etc. However, when I tried to read these pages, the server only returned error message. I just hope this is just a temporary problem. The topics look interesting so you should check it out. Technorati Tag : Myanmar Magazine

Something about Internet Cafes in Myanmar

Well, a few weeks ago, I wrote about blooming of internet cafes in Yangon. Well, there are now many new internet cafes in Yangon, and it is easier for the users to use internet at cheaper price. However, the problme with all of them is that, as there are frequent electricity outbreaks, they have to use their own generators for most of the time. Some of the internet cafes cannot keep up with the fuel price so they have to close when the electricity is cut off. Today when I was using at one internet cafe, they said they were going to close the shop as the generator was very hot because it had been running non stop for nearly 6 hours. Another one near by was also closed. The one I am using now is also running with the generator. They said it is not very profitable so they had to raise the fee now.
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Here is a website for the old students of the famous BEHS (5) Botataung , better known as Botataung 5 , from Yangon, Myanmar. Although the school looks really pathetic compared to other schools, the school is very famous in Myanmar, producing hundreds of outstanding students. As I am one of the old students from this school, it feel so nice to see the website of the old students. The web site is at bo5.netfirms.com . The Blog is at bo5.blogspot.com .

Nakhon Pathom

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The following is from Au, my beloved wife who lives in Nakhon Pathom. If you want to visit a quiet charming town, why don't you come to Nakhon Pathom province. It is just a small town which is very near to Bangkok and takes only 50 minutes to arrive there. I am the one who lives in Nakhon Pathom and proudly presents my hometown. If you are bored at the traffic in Bangkok, please think of Nakhon Pathom as your choice. There, you will see a lot of interesting places which relate to Thai history and plenty of delicious foods that can make your stomach full. It is very easy to get there. You can take a bus No. 997, 83 from the Southern Bus Terminal , or if you like to travel by train, you can also take a train from any station in Bangkok. Above all, it is so convinient for you to drive a car. The road is very smooth. Here is one of the most enchanting tourist attractions in Nakhon Pathom. Phra Pathom Chedi, the largest pagoda in Thailand . Phra Pathom Chedi is the official provincial

Tips on Trip to Kanchanaburi, Thailand

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A few more tips about a trip to Kanchanaburi . The bus to Kanchanaburi leaves every hour starting from 4 am until late at night from Southern Bus Terminal near Pinklao . You can take a bus there or more convemiently, by a taxi. Ask for Kanchanaburi ticket box to a guard as the terminal is a little confusing. You don't need to book a ticket in advanced as it is very easy to get a ticket. It takes about two hours to Kanchanaburi. When you get there, you can hire a pick up near the bus station. You should visit the Hell Fire Pass Museum , and the Tiger Temple where they keep tigers and you can take photos with the tigers. Don't worry. They won't bite you. And from there, take a train back to Kanchanaburi. The train actually goes back to Bangkok, but the trip from Kanchanaburi to Bangkok is really boring. So take off at Kanchanaburi after taking photos at the Bridge over river Kwai . Oh, by the way, don't forget to visit the JEATH War Museum and Allied War Cemetry there

Getting Married in Thailand?

Are you getting married in Thailand? What should you do? What are the requirements? Who could help you? Find out all these here. I want to marry a Thai . What should I know. Here is an advice from Sunbelts Legal Advisors . If you think the procedures are too complicated, you can ask their help. Another handy advice for getting married in Thailand also comes from Octopus Travel site. They give you quite detailed information which is quite useful. If you want to know about Thai traditional customary marriage or wedding , here are the information you want, at TH for U . Details information provided. For those British citizens intending to get married in Thailand, the B ritish Embassy in Bangkok provides good detail on what you should do. Technorati Tag : Thailand , Thai Marriage , Thai Wedding

Buying Electronics and Computers online in Thailand

Well, it is really difficult to find the price of something online in Thailand. The vendors usually don't have online presence in Thailand. If they ever have a website, they are usually poorly designed and lack any online purchase function. But I recently found a website from Hardware House , a reputable Thai computer and accessories vendor. Although they don't sell things online, they have a list of their available products with price list. You can find many Hardware House vendor shops at Panthip Plaza in Bangkok.

Uncyclopedia

Well, looks like another wikipedia, with user edited contents. Not really. This is actually a mock replica of famous online encyclopedia - wiki. All articles in this uncyclopedia are jokes. Although they are all false articles, these articles will surely make your dull day colorful. Technorati Tag : Uncyclopedia

New Myanmar Web Portal - Phoewa

Phoewa is a new Myanmar web portal. Still in beta stage, the web portal has some important features such as Myanmar news, International News, Forum, Books, entertainment, etc. As it is still in beta, some links are not working yet. Hope it will be up and running very soon.

Fire at MBK, Bangkok, Thailand

Yesterday afternoon around 5.30 PM, I went to MBK, a famous shopping complex in Bangkok near Siam Square. To my surprise, the center was closed! I first noticed the linking bridges connecting the National Stadium BTS sky train station and the MBK center was deserted. Usually, it was packed with people. Then I found out that the center was closed. We thought something happened at the center but there was no police, no ambulance, no fire fighter. Just closed. Then we found out about the fire. The fire started around noon at 7th floor in a Japanese restaurant. All the shoppers and vendors were safely evacuated and fire contained. Fortunately no one was injured. Labels: News , Bangkok , Thailand , MBK

Liquid ban on all flights from Thailand

Thailand will start enforcing new restrictions on liquids, aerosols and gels in hand carried luggage on all commercial flights departing from airports nationwide in the next few weeks, according to a report in Bangkok Post news paper. This is in accordance with the suggestions by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), following the discovery of a terrorist plot in Britain last year. South Korea and Hong Kong have already implimented such restrictions, while Singapore will start restrictions on May 8. The limit is on all liquids, aerosols and gels in containers more than the maximum capacity of 100 ml. Even if the containers are not full, they will not be permitted to carry in a hand luggage. This include those bought from airport duty free shops, including alcohols and perfumes. Liquids in containers less than a maximum capacity of 100 ml will still be permitted to hand carry.

Myanmar Visa on Arrival

Do you know that you can get Myanmar visa on arrival at the Yangon International Airport? Well, not actually true visa on arrival, but you can apply online for Myanmar visa and get your visa on arrival at the airport. There are travel agencies who will assist you in your visa application process. However, bear in mind that it will take 14 working days to process your visa application online! So if you are not far away from Myanmar Embassy, you better get your visa at the embassy as it will take only two to three working days at the Myanmar Embassy. But for those living in a country without nearby Myanmar Embassy, it is an another option. If you want to find out more about it you can google it. Technorati Tag : Visa , Myanmar , Burma

Stylish Ethnic Designs

Myanmar ethnic costumes and dresses are really beautiful. Now, we have a web site with NEW MODERN designs based on these beautiful ethnic costumes. Also from Service Plus Group (the group that launched Thingyan Blog ), the site features beautiful dresses based on ethnic costumes.

Myanmar Internet Seminar

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A blog on Myanmar Internet Seminar organized by Service Plus and Creative Web Studio is on the web now. With photos of the seminar the blog is quite creative and comical.

Blog Gout's Blog

This is a new blog I recently came across on blogger. Blog Gout's Blog. The blog is written in Myanmar and contain recent Myanmar Thingyan water festival photos. It looks like the blog has been around for quite a while. Technorati Tag : Blog , Myanmar , Burma

Down Them All Firefox Extension

I think, of all the firefox extensions out there, for me Down Them All download manager is the most useful one. There is a little bug in firefox where it hangs for a couple of seconds while you started downloading a file. With this download manager, you can avoid this problem. Moreover, you can pool your downloads and then download afterwards. You can decide how many simultaneous downloads you want too. Very convenient for a download junky like me. Technorati Tag : Firefox , Internet , Download Manager , Extension

Mini poll on your webpage

If you would like to have a mini poll on your web page or blog, there is a nice gadget for you, absolutely free of charge. You can choose between different skins and have your poll ready in a minute. You can view the results of your poll, and configure to show or hide your poll results to the visitors. You can also set up multiple polls on your website. And registration takes only a few seconds. Technorati Tag : Poll , Internet

Solar Powered Bikini

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Well, finally you can wear a solar powered bikini that can charge your batteries. It is equipped with small solar panels and can charge cell phones, iPods or MP3 players. It came equipped with a cooler so while you are sun bathing, you can chill your drinks. It produce an output voltage of 6.5 volts through a USB port. Technorati Tag : Technology , Solar Bikini

Bone stem cells turned into primitive sperm cells!

According to this New Scientist report, scientists at University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the UK had turned bone marrow stem cells into primitive sperm cells. They obtained bone marrow stem cells from four adult men who were about to undergo bone marrow transplantation and turned them in cells that are precursors of human sperm cells. So what does that mean? Scientist believe, although it is just the start, one day we might be able to turn them into functioning sperm cells, thus helping infertile couples having babies. They even think it might be possible for women to produce their own sperm cells, making it possible for lesbian couples to have children. However, the biggest obstacle is to turn these primitive sperm cells into real functioning cells, and that will take a long time to be successful. Technorati Tag : Health , Infertility

Do coffee and cigarettes protect against Parkinson's disease?

Oh my God! Finally I think I found a reason to start smoking. According to this news report from New Scientist, drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes might protect an individual from getting Parkinson's disease, a disease of older people with loss of memory and coordination. A team of researchers did a study comparing the Parkinson's patients and their non Parkinson closed relatives on their habit on smoking and coffee drinking. They found that the patients are more likely to be non smokers and drink less coffee than their non-diseased siblings. So next time your mother or your girlfriend asks you to quit smoking, you have a reason to tell them why you should smoke. But wait a minute, there are concrete evidences that smoking has a strong relation, a very strong one, with various kinds of diseases, including heart disease, peripheral vascular diseases and lung cancer. So you either have Parkinson or heart attack. It is your choice. Technorati Tag : Health , Parkinson , Smoki

Yaw Region – A Place famous for witchcraft

Yaw region, a region comprises of Gantgaw, Hteeling and Saw Townships, is a region traditionally renown for, or more correctly, notorious for witchcraft. Many Burmese believe that people in Yaw region are masters of witchcraft very well, and they are afraid of the Yaw people. However, I believe these are all false rumors, or rural myth. The region is situated between the two mountain ranges – Chin Hills in the west and Ponetaung Hills in the east. Because of a lot of rivers and streams flowing in these regions, farms here are generally quite fertile and productive, and the people are quite well off. The roads to this region are quite rough. Most are just dirt roads. You also have to pass the Pongtaung and Pongnya ranges on these dirt roads, making the trip quite dangerous. You can take a bus from Mandalay to Gantgaw, the region's capital. The trip will take the whole day. On your way you will pass Bahin village where many fossils were found. There are actually not much to see in Ga

Object Dock

IF your are fascinated by the task pane in Mac OS X, there is an alternative for Windows users. The Object Dock is a Mac like panel where you can dock shortcuts as well as gadgets. You can also configure the Object Dock to show running windows on the Dock bar. It can be used as a substitute for Quick Launch as well as task bar, though not as informative as the task bar. There are a number of useful gadgets for the Object Dock, such as a clock or start menu gadgets. You can download the Dock and the gadgets free at www.stardock.com . Technorati Tag : Computer , Object Dock

Silent Ring Tone

Do you know that some of the ring tones cannot be heard by some older people? Because older people have impaired hearing in the high frequency range, they cannot hear high frequency ring tones while teenagers have no difficulty hearing them. The frequency of the ring tone is said to be around 17 kilohertz. A British security firm first created this high frequency sound and named it the Mosquito. The purpose of the Mosquito device is to produce sounds at a very high frequency, so as to make those teenagers who hang around in stores go away. The Mosquito sound was reinvented as a ring tone, and it eventually became popular among teenagers. They use it to communicate with each other during school classes. Because teachers cannot hear the ring tone, they can send SMS to each other during classes. Technorati Tag : Mobile , Phone

New Myanmar Photos on El-Branden Brazil's Blog

Here are new recent photos of Myanmar on El-Branden Brazil's Blog. He just come back from Myanmar a few weeks ago and took many more beautiful photos of Myanmar. You can see them at El-Branden Brazil's Blog . Technorati Tag : Myanmar , Burma

Sweet Smelling Police

According to a BBC news report, police in an Indian State of Gujarat will be wearing sweet smelling uniforms soon. The state officials announced the plan to dress up the police officers with uniforms that smell sweet. They will have three choices of smell – rose, jasmine and citrus. It is part of a plan to make police officers more public friendly. The state officials believe that sweet smell will make the officers feel good and friendly. The uniforms will be made of a new kind of synthetic fabric that not only smell sweet but also grows in the dark. That will make police officers easy to find in the dark.

Thingyan (or) Water Festival Blogs on Blogger.com

There are now two Thingyan (or) Water Festival blogs recently posted on the blogger. One is the thingyan.blogspot.com whose official name is "Who is where during Thingyan". As its name says, the site is about where will the celebrities be during Thingyan. Another one is thin-gyan.blogspot.com created by Service Plus. This blog is more informative with more than 20 members writing various articles. You can also send your article to them or ask to be a blog member. Technorati Tag : Thingyan , Myanmar , Burma

I couldn't update my blog for a while

Being away this time, I couldn't update my blog for a while. As I have to go back to faraway area without internet connection. Yeah! Life is like this. By the way, I could put some more articles in my new style blog this time in town. So the visitors can see different interesting articles, photos, videos, links during my absence. But I will be back again within one month. See you.

Watch Music Videos on You Tube Free

Do you know that you can watch a lot of music videos on You Tube? US, western, Korean, Chinese, Asian, as well as many Burmese (Myanmar) MTVs are there. Have you ever tried it before? Just search by the name of the singer, or simply type MTV or MV into the search box. You will be amazed at how many free music videos are there in You Tube. Here is one of my favourite: Sexy Back by Justin Timberlake

Myanmar has first Birdflu Outbreak in a year

According to a Reuters News report, Myanmar has a new outbreak of bird flu in Yangon. U Than Hla of the Ministry of Livestock Breeding & Fisheries told Reuters that fowl on four farms on the northern outskirts of Yangon were tested positive for the virus. The outbreak on the largest of the farms prompted the culling of all 1,500 chickens and ducks on it, he said. Reuters News report stated: "The owner of the farm informed us immediately and we carried out necessary tests. The results of the laboratory tests showed it was H5N1. Arrangements are under way to have the specimen tested at the reference laboratories abroad," Than Hla said. "It is in a residential area and we are taking all possible measures to control the situation and to monitor the spread," he said, adding that so far there had been no trace of the virus spreading to humans. I don't know whether it is true or not but people are avoiding chicken in Yangon. Everybody already know about it and tell

Fads in the town - Internet Cyber Culture in Myanmar

There are now many new internet cafes opened recently in Yangon as well as in Mandalay. When I first used internet three years ago, it used to cost 1500 to 2000 kyats an hour, and all I got was a very slow internet connection, sometimes as low as 0.5 kbps! And I had to took a bus about half an hour to get to the nearest internet cafe. Now, I just walked to the internet cafe near my house, and I get a decent connection speed at a price as low as 300 kyats. Most of the internet cafes in Yangon charges 400 kyats an hour. I can even download and upload video files from the internet cafes. In Mandalay too, the price is more or less the same with many youngstars using the internet for many long hours. However, the trend is only in Yangon and Mandalay. In most other cities, the price charged by the internet cafes are still high, as high as 1500 kyats in Kalay and 2000 kyats in Hakha. And the connection speed is not as fast as in Yangon and Mandalay. Another thing is that, although many young

Myanmar Wedding

A Burmese (Myanmar) website dedicated to those who are going to get married has been launched. The site contains information on wedding venues, planners, suggestions. There is also a news section for the wedding of celebrities. Well wishers can also wish for the wedding of their friends and family members.

Chin National Day

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Chin National Day 2007 was held at U Wumthu Maung Stadium in Hakha, Chin State, on 20th of February, 2007. The origin of Chin National Day or Chin State Day dated back to 1948. On 20 February 1948, a people's assembly was held in Falam, and decided unanimously to reject feudalism and in support of the Union. Since then, February 20 was marked as Chin Day, and ceremonies were held every year. This year's ceremony was 59th. Starting from 19 February, show rooms and shops were open in U Wumthu Maung Stadium. Chin traditional wrestling competition was also held. At night, Chin fashion show and Chin traditional dances were held in the stadium. On 20 February, winners were given awards, and groups from Hakha and Falam performed traditional dances. After that, "Khaung Kauk Pwe" was held. In ancient time, the saw bwa or local lord chose a girl as her minor wife. The wife to be was accompanied to the saw bwa with a ceremonary. That ceremony was named "Khaung Kauk Pwe&quo

Chin National Day (2)

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ခ်င္းအမ်ိဳးသားေန႔ (၂) - ေခါင္ေကာက္ပြဲ ဦးစြာ ပထမ အေကာက္ခံ အမ်ိဳးသမီးပ်ိဳကို ေဝါနဲ႔ထမ္းၿပီး အခမ္းအနားနဲ႔ ကြင္းဆီ သယ္ေဆာင္လာ ၾကပါတယ္။ ေသနတ္မ်ားလဲ ပစ္ေဖါက္ ၾကပါတယ္။ ဒီ့ေနာက္ မိန္းမပ်ိဳကို ေဝါနဲ႔ မလွမ္းမကမ္းမွာ ေနရာခ်ေပး ပါတယ္။ မိန္းမပ်ိဳဟာ အခမ္းအနား အတြင္း ေျမမထိ ရပါဘူး။ ဒါ့ေၾကာင့္ မိန္းမပ်ိဳ ေလွ်ာက္မယ့္ လမ္းတစ္ေလွ်ာက္ ေကာ္ေဇာခင္း ထားပါတယ္။ မဂၤလာ အခ်ိန္ က်ေရာက္တဲ့ အခါ ေသနတ္မ်ား ပစ္ေဖါက္ၿပီး ေဝါဆီကို အခမ္းအနားနဲ႔ ေခၚေဆာင္ လာၾကပါတယ္။ ဒီ့ေနာက္ ေဝါကို ထမ္းၿပီး ဝိုင္ပတ္ ကခုန္ၾကပါတယ္။ မိန္းမပ်ိဳ ကလဲ တီးလံုး စည္းခ်က္ နဲ႔အညီ ကရပါတယ္။ ပိုက္ဆံမ်ားလဲ ႀကဲခ်ပါတယ္။ အခ်ိန္ အေတာ္ၾကာ ကခုန္ၿပီး အခမ္းအနား ၿပီးဆံုးပါတယ္။ ဒီခ်င္းအမ်ိဳးသားေန႔ အခမ္းအနားကို လာၾကတဲ့ လူႀကီး လူငယ္ အားလံုးလိုလို ခ်င္းရိုးရာ အဆင္နဲ႔ ယက္လုပ္ထားတဲ့ ဝတ္စံုမ်ားကို ဝတ္ဆင္ လာၾကပါတယ္။ ခ်င္းရိုးရာ ဝတ္စံုေတြက အေရာင္ အေသြး စံုလင္ၿပီး အလြန္ လွပပါတယ္။ လွပတဲ့ ခ်င္းလွပ်ိဳျဖဴ ေတြနဲ႔ ခ်င္းဝတ္စံု ေတြက အလြန္ပဲ လိုက္ဖက္ လွပါတယ္။ ညဖက္မွာေတာ့ ကေလးက တီးဝိုင္းနဲ႔ ေဖ်ာ္ေျဖပါတယ္။ ဒီခ်င္း အမ်ိဳးသားေန႔ ပြဲကို ဟားခါး တစ္ၿမိဳ႕လံုး လူႀကီးလူငယ္မက်န္ ပါဝင္ဆင္ႏြဲ ၾ

Chin National Day (1)

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ခ်င္းအမ်ိဳးသားေန႔ (၁) ၂၀၀၇ ခ်င္းအမ်ိဳးသားေန႔ အခမ္း အနားကို ဟားခါးၿမိဳ႕ ဦးဝမၼသူးေမာင္း အားကစားကြင္းမွာ စည္ကား သိုက္ၿမိဳက္စြာ က်င္းပ ခဲ့ပါတယ္။ ၁၉၄၈ ေဖေဖၚဝါရီ ၂၀ ရက္ေန႔ ဖလမ္းၿမိဳ႕ ခ်င္းလူထု အစည္း အေဝးက ပေဒသရာဇ္ စနစ္ကို ဆန္႔က်င္ေၾကာင္းနဲ႔ ျပည္ေထာင္စုကို ေထာက္ခံေၾကာင္း ဆံုးျဖတ္ခဲ့ရာက အစျပဳၿပီး ခ်င္းအမ်ိဳးသား ေန႔ကို နွစ္စဥ္ က်င္းပလာ ခဲ့ပါတယ္။ အခု ၂၀၀၇ မွာ (၅၉) နွစ္ ျပည့္ပါၿပီ။ ေဖေဖၚဝါရီ (၁၉) က စၿပီး ဦးဝမၼသူးေမာင္း အားကစား ကြင္းအတြင္း ဌာနဆိုင္ရာ ျပခန္းေတြ၊ ေစ်းဆိုင္ေတြ ဖြင့္လွစ္ ေရာင္းခ် ပါတယ္။ ခ်င္းရိုးရာ နပမ္းပြဲလဲ က်င္းပပါတယ္။ ညဖက္မွာ ရိုးရာ အကနဲ႔ ခ်င္းရိုးရာ ဝတ္စား ဆင္ယင္မႈ ျပပြဲလဲ ျပဳလုပ္ပါတယ္။ ၂၀ ရက္ေန႔ မနက္မွာေတာ့ရိုးရာ အကေတြနဲ႔ ေဖ်ာ္ေျဖၿပီး ဆုရရွိ သူမ်ားကို ဆုခ်ီးျမင့္ပါတယ္။ ဒီ့ေနာက္ ေခါင္ေကာက္ပြဲကို ဆက္လက္ ျပဳလုပ္ပါတယ္။ ေရွးေခတ္ကေတာ့ အုပ္ခ်ဳပ္သူ ေစာ္ဘြားက ေတာ္ေကာက္တဲ့ အမ်ိဳး သမီးပ်ိဳကို အခမ္း အနားနဲ႔ သိမ္းပိုက္တဲ့ ပြဲျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ အခုေတာ့ ယခင္ ေစာ္ဘြား အႏြယ္ဝင္ တစ္ဦးက အခမ္းအနား သေဘာ က်င္းပတာ ျဖစ္ပါတယ္ Technorati Tag : Chin Hills , Chin State , Myanmar , Burma , Hakha , Chin National

Falam

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Falam is the capital of Falam District, Northern Chin State. There are two districts in Chin State, Falam in the north and Mindat in the south. Falam, Tiddim, Tunzan and Htantalan constitute Falam District. Before 1965, Falam was the capital of Chin State. However, in 1965 the then Chin State Administration (Chin Uzi) decided to move the capital from Falam to Hakha which is in the center of the state and has potential to expand. Ironically in fact, the Chin State Administration was not moved from Falam, but from Kalay which was in Sagaing State, to Hakha. Although Falam was no longer the capital, it nevertheless retains part of its former glory. There are some two and three storied brick buildings in Falam, and a large and grand Baptist church in the center of the town. Falam was built on the slope of a mountain range, in multiple steps. The town is quite clean and tidy. Girls from Falam are famous to be the most beautiful in the whole Chin State. Almost all the people from Falam are

Falam

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ဖလမ္းၿမိဳ႕ ဖလမ္းဟာ ခ်င္းျပည္နယ္ ေျမာက္ပိုင္း ဖလမ္းခရိုင္ရဲ့ ၿမိဳ႕ေတာ္ ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ ခ်င္းျပည္နယ္မွာ ေျမာက္ပိုင္း ဖလမ္းခရိုင္နဲ႔ ေတာင္ပိုင္း မင္းတပ္ခရိုင္ ဆိုၿပီး ခရိုင္နွစ္ခု ရွိပါတယ္။ ဖလမ္း ခရိုင္မွာ ဖလမ္း၊ တီးတိန္၊ တြန္းဇံ နဲ႔ ထန္တလန္ ၿမိဳ႕မ်ား ပါဝင္ပါတယ္။ ၁၉၆၅ မတိုင္မီ အထိ ဖလမ္းဟာ ခ်င္းျပည္နယ္ရဲ့ ၿမိဳ႕ေတာ္ ျဖစ္ခဲ့ပါတယ္။ ၁၉၆၅ မွာေတာ့ ဟားခါးကို ၿမိဳ႕ေတာ္ေျပာင္းေရႊ႕ခဲ့ ၾကပါတယ္။ အရင္ကေတာ့ ဖလမ္္းဟာ အလြန္ စည္ကားခဲ့ပါတယ္။ အခုေတာ့ ဟားခါးက ပိုၿပီး စည္ကား သြားပါၿပီ။ ဖလမ္းမွာ ၂ ထပ္၊ ၃ ထပ္ တိုက္ေတြ အေတာ္မ်ားမ်ား ေတြ႕ရပါတယ္။ ထုထည္ ႀကီးႀကီးနဲ႔ အခိုင္အခန္႔ ေဆာက္လုပ္ ထားတာပါ။ အရင္ ၿမိဳ႕ေတာ္ ျဖစ္ခဲ့စဥ္က ေဆာက္လုပ္ ခဲ့တာပါ။ အခုေတာ့ ေတာ္ေတာ္ေလး ေဟာင္းႏြမ္း ေနပါၿပီ။ ခန္႔ညားမႈ ကေတာ့ က်န္ပါေသးတယ္။ ဖလမ္းၿမိဳ႕ဟာ ေတာင္ေဆာင္းမွာ အထပ္ထပ္၊ အဆင့္ဆင့္ တည္ေဆာက္ ထားတာပါ။ အေတာ္ေလး လွပါတယ္။ ဖလမ္း သူေတြဟာ ခ်င္းျပည္နယ္ တစ္ခုလံုးမွာ အလွဆံုးလို႔ ေက်ာ္ၾကားပါတယ္။ သက္မြန္ျမင့္ဟာ ဖလမ္းသူပါ။ ၿမိဳ႕လယ္မွာ ႀကီးမား ခန္႔ျငားတဲ့ ခရစ္ယာန္ ဘုရားရွိခိုး ေက်ာင္းႀကီး ရွိပါတယ္။ ဖလမ္းက အထြက္မွာေတာ့ ေတာင္တန္း သာသနာျပဳ ဆရာေတာ္ ဦးဥတၱမသာရ သီတ

Kalay Falam Hakha Road

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Buses leave Kalay to Hakha everyday from Tarhan Bus Terminal. There are two bus lines, Chin Taung Tan and Shwe Chindit. One bus each leaves from each line everyday except Sunday. The buses leave the terminal at 5.00 AM in the morning. I took Chin Taung Tan bus on early morning. The bus left the station at 5.15 AM but because it picked up passengers from the town, it was already 6:00 when the bus left Kalay. As soon as the bus left Kalay, the road suddenly went up and started to climb up the mountain. About 15 minutes after leaving Kalay, we stopped at on place on the road on the slope of a mountain, and prayed Lord for protection of the passengers. They prayed in Chin Language. It is customary, whenever somebody leaves for a trip, those left at home pray for the safety of the one. This is a very beautiful custom of Chin people. The road is quite wide and good, with good hard ground. At 8:00 AM we reached Thai Ngin village, 32 miles away from Kalay, where the road to Tiddim started. At

Kalay Falam Hakha Road (2)

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ကေလး - ဖလမ္း - ဟားခါးလမ္း (၂) ဖလမ္းၿမိဳ႕ဟာ သန္႔ရွင္းၿပီး ေသသပ္ လွပတဲ့ ေတာင္ေပၚ ၿမိဳ႕ေလးတစ္ၿမိဳ႕ ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ လူေနမႈ စနစ္လဲ ျမင့္ပါတယ္။ ဖလမ္း ၿမိဳ႕လယ္ လမ္းတစ္ေလွ်ာက္ ၂ ထပ္၊ ၃ ထပ္ အေဆာက္ အဦေတြ ေဆာက္လုပ္ထားၿပီး ႀကီးမား ခန္႔ညားတဲ့ ခရစ္ယာန္ ဘုရားေက်ာင္းႀကီး ရွိပါတယ္။ ၿမိဳ႕ကို ေတာင္ေစာင္းမွာ အဆင့္ဆင့္၊ အထပ္ထပ္ တည္ထားတဲ့ အတြက္ အလြန္ လွပါတယ္။ ဖလမ္း သူေတြဟာ ခ်င္းျပည္နယ္မွာ အလွဆံုးလို႕ ေက်ာ္ၾကား ပါတယ္။ ဖလမ္းမွာ ခရီးသည္ေတြ အမ်ား အျပား ကားေပၚ တက္လာ ၾကတဲ့အတြက္ ကားတစ္စီးလံုး ျပည့္က်ပ္ သြားပါတယ္။ ကားအမိုး ေပၚမွာလဲ လူအျပည့္ ျဖစ္သြားပါၿပီ။ ဖလမ္းက အထြက္ (၁၂:၄၅) ရွိပါၿပီ။ ဖလမ္း မေရာက္မီ လမ္းအေတာ္ ဆိုးပါတယ္။ ဖလမ္း အနီးမွာ အလြန္ လွပတဲ့ ေလွခါးထစ္ ေတာင္ယာ စို္က္ခင္းေတြ အေျမာက္ အမ်ား ေတြ႕ရပါတယ္။ ရြာေတြရဲ့ လူေနမႈ အဆင့္ အတန္းလဲ ျမင့္မားပံု ရပါတယ္။ ဖလမ္း - ဟားခါး လမ္းပိုင္းမွာ ဖလမ္းဖက္ ျခမ္းပဲ လမ္းေကာင္းၿပီး၊ ဟားခါးဖက္ ျခမ္းက လမ္းအေတာ္ ဆိုးပါတယ္။ အခ်ိဳ႕ အပိုင္းေတြက ျပဳျပင္ဆဲပါ။ ဟားခါးေရာက္ေတာ့ ညေန (၄:၃၀) ရွိပါၿပီ။ Technorati Tag : Chin Hills , Chin State , Myanmar , Burma , Hakha ,

Kalay Falam Hakha Road (1)

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ကေလး - ဖလမ္း - ဟားခါးလမ္း (၁) ကေလးကေန ဖလမ္းကို ျဖတ္ၿပီး ဟားခါးကို မွန္လံုကားေတြ ေန႔စဥ္ (တနဂၤေႏြ မွအပ) ေျပးဆြဲပါတယ္။ တစ္ပတ္ (၆) ရက္ပါ။ ခ်င္းေတာင္တန္း လိုင္းနဲ႔ ေရႊျခေသၤ့ လိုင္းဆိုၿပီး နွစ္လိုင္း ရွိပါတယ္။ ေန႔စဥ္ တစ္စီးစီ ထြက္ပါတယ္။ ဟားခါးကလဲ တစ္စီးစီ ထြက္ပါတယ္။ ကေလးက မနက္ (၅) နာရီ ကားေတြ စထြက္ပါတယ္။ ကေလးၿမိဳ႕တြင္း လူတင္ ေနတာေၾကာင့္ ကေလးက ထြက္တဲ့ အခ်ိန္မွာ မနက္ (၆) နာရီ ရွိပါၿပီ။ ကေလးၿမိဳ႕က စထြက္ထြက္ခ်င္း ခ်င္းျပည္နယ္ထဲ ေရာက္ပါတယ္။ ၁၀ မိနစ္ခန္႔ သြားၿပီးေတာ့ ေတာင္ခါးပန္း တစ္ခုနားက အထိမ္း အမွတ္ ေက်ာက္တိုင္မွာ ကားရပ္ၿပီး ခရစ္ယာန္ ဘာသာ ထံုးစံအတိုင္း ဆုေတာင္း ၾကပါတယ္။ ခ်င္းလိုပါ။ ခ်င္းျပည္နယ္မွာ မိသားစု ဝင္ေတြ၊ အႀကီးအကဲေတြ ခရီးထြက္ တဲ့အခါ လမ္းခရီးမွာ ေဘးကင္းေစဖို႔ မိသားစု ဝင္ေတြ၊ လက္ေအာက္ ငယ္သားေတြက ဒီလိုပဲ ဆုေတာင္းေပး ၾကပါတယ္။ အင္မတန္ ခ်စ္စရာ ေကာင္းတဲ့ ဓေလ့ တစ္ခုပါ။ လမ္းက ကတၱရာ ခင္းလမ္း ျဖစ္ၿပီး ေကာင္းပါတယ္။ ေျမသားမာၿပီး က်င္း၊ ခ်ိဳင့္ နဲပါတယ္။ မနက္ (၈)နာရီမွာ ၃၂ မိုင္က သိုင္းငင္းရြာ ကို ေရာက္ပါတယ္။ ဒီေနရာမွာ တီးတိန္ လမ္းခြဲ ရွိပါတယ္။ ကေလးက တီးတိန္ သြားမယ့္ လူေတြက ညာဖက္ လမ္းခြဲ အတို္င္း သြား

Chin National Day 2007, Hakha

Another one from Chin National Day 2007, Hakha, Chin State, Myanmar. Technorati Tag : Chin Hills , Chin State , Myanmar , Burma , Hakha , Chin National Day

Chin National Day 2007

This is another video of Chin National Day Hakha 2007. Technorati Tag : Chin Hills , Chin State , Myanmar , Burma , Hakha , Chin National Day

Kalay Tamu Highway

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ကေလး - တမူး ကားလမ္း ကေလး - တမူး ကားေတြ ကေလး ၿမိဳ႕တြင္း ကားေလးဝင္း ကေန ေန႔စဥ္ ထြက္ပါတယ္။ Van (Town Ace) နဲ႔ မွန္လံု ကားေတြ ေျပးဆြဲပါတယ္။ ကားႀကီးေတြလဲ ေျပးဆြဲေပမယ့္ ကုန္အဓိက တင္တဲ့ အတြက္ လူစီးလို႔ အဆင္ မေျပပါဘူး။ Van ကား ၂၅၀၀ က်ပ္၊ မွန္လံု ၂၀၀၀ က်ပ္ ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ ကေလးက ေန႔စဥ္ နံနက္ ၇ နာရီ နဲ႔ ေန႔လယ္ ၂ နာရီ ထြက္ၿပီး၊ တမူးကေန နံနက္ ၉ နာရီနဲ႔ ေန႔လယ္ ၂ နာရီ ထြက္ပါတယ္။ ကေလးက ကားမထြက္မီ မွတ္ပံုတင္ ေတြကို ကားေမာင္းသူထံ အပ္နွံ ရပါတယ္။ ကေလး အထြက္ စစ္ေဆးျခင္း မရွိပါ။ ကားလမ္းမွာ အထူးပင္ ေကာင္းမြန္ပါတယ္။ အိႏၵိယ အကူအညီနဲ႔ ေဖါက္လုပ္ ထားတာလို႔ သိရပါတယ္။ အခ်ိဳ႕ ေနရာေတြမွာ က်င္း၊ ခ်ိဳင္႔ အနည္းငယ္ ရွိသည္မွ အပ ေတာ္ေတာ္ ေကာင္းပါတယ္။ နွစ္လမ္းေမာင္း ျဖစ္ၿပီး လမ္းညႊန္ ဆိုင္ဘုတ္မ်ား ျပည့္စံုစြာ ရွိပါတယ္။ ကေလးက မိုင္ (၆၀) ခန္႔မွာ ခန္းပတ္ ၿမီဳ႕နယ္ခြဲကို ေရာက္ရွိပါတယ္။ ခန္းပတ္မွာ ကားေတြ ခဏ ရပ္နားၿပီး convoy ဖြဲ႕၍ ရဲ၊ တပ္ အေစာင့္ အေရွာက္နဲ႔ သြားရပါတယ္။ ခန္ပတ္မွ တမူး အထိ မိုင္ (၃၀) ခန္႔မွာ အိႏၵိယ နယ္စပ္မ်ဥ္း တေလွ်ာက္ ေဖာက္လုပ္ ထားတာ ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ တဖက္နိုင္ငံမွာ မဏိပူရ ခြဲထြက္ေရး သူပုန္ေတြ လႈပ္ရွား ေနတဲ့ အတြက္ အေစာင့္ လိုက

Kalay Tamu Highway

Buses to Tamu leave every day from the bus terminal in Kalay. Buses leave at 9:00 AM and 2:00 PM everyday. The vans (Town Ace) cost 2,500 kyats a person while the minibuses cost 2,000 kyats. There are big buses too but they mainly carry goods and not very convenient for people to travel. Buses from Tamu leave at 9:00 AM and 2:00 PM everyday. Passengers have to hand over their ID cards to the driver before start of the trip. There is no search on leaving Kalay. The road is very nice except for a few bumps and holes. The road is two lanes, complete with traffic signs. Indian government built the road for the Myanmar government. About 60 miles away from Kalay, we reach Khan Pat , a sub township in Tamu District. The cars were stopped, and at 9:00 AM all the cars are allowed to go in convoy with the police and army security. There are insurgents on Indian side, and the road is just a few kilometers away from the body. However, there is nothing to worry on Myanmar side. There is no search i

Morai and Nan Pha Long Market

About 10 minutes away from Tamu by bus is Morai, a town from India, and Nan Pha Long Market and village, in Myanmar. It cost only 200 kyats per person for a bus ride. There are many Indians from Morai coming to shop at Nan Pha Long Market. Marchandises on sale include those from China, Thailand, as well as foods and produsts from Myanmar. People from Tamu also come and buy Indian products too. There is no fence between Morai and Myanmar side although there is a border check point. People could pass the border freely without restriction, and people from India could visit as far as Tamu. Burmese citizens are not allowed to visit Morai but, because there is no fence, people from Tamu and Nan Pha Long simply go to Morai without any restriction. However, I was advised not to wander around in Morai as there are insurgents in Manipur. Occasional gun fights do happen in Morai. On Myanmar side, there is only peace. Inhabitants of Tamu usually refrain from talking about the Maniput insurgents as

Morai and Nan Pha Long Market

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နန္႔ဖာလံု ေစ်းနွင့္ မိုေရးၿမိဳ႕ တမူးကေန လိုင္းကား (သို႔) ဆိုင္ကယ္ သံုးဘီး စီးသြားရင္ အိႏၵိယ နိုင္ငံ မိုေရးၿမီဳ႕နဲ႔ ကပ္လ်က္က နန္႔ဖာလံု ေစ်းကို ေရာက္ပါတယ္။ တစ္ေယာက္ ၂၀၀ က်ပ္ က်ပါတယ္။ ၁၀ မိနစ္ ေလာက္ပဲ ၾကာပါတယ္။ နန္႔ဖာလံု ရြာမွာ ရွိလို႔ ေခၚတာပါ။ ျမန္မာ နိုင္ငံသား ကသည္း လူမ်ိဳးေတြ ေနထိုင္တဲ့ ရြာႀကီး ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ တစ္ဖက္နိုင္ငံ မိုေရးၿမိဳ႕နဲ႔ ကပ္လ်က္ရွိၿပီး မိုေရး ၿမိဳ႕သူ၊ ၿမိဳ႕သားေတြ ေစ်းလာဝယ္ ေနၾကတာ ေတြ႕ရပါတယ္။ အိႏၵိယ နိုင္ငံသား အမ်ား အျပား ေစ်းလာ ဝယ္ၾကလို႔ အလြန္ပဲ စည္ကားလွ ပါတယ္။ တမူး ၿမိဳ႕သူ၊ ၿမိဳ႕သားေတြလဲ အိႏၵိယ နိုင္ငံထြက္ ကုန္ပစၥည္း ေတြကို လာဝယ္ ၾကပါတယ္။ ကုန္ပစၥည္း ေတြက စံုလွပါတယ္။ အိႏၵိယ၊ ထိုင္း၊ တ႐ုတ္ ကုန္ပစၥည္း ေတြအျပင္ ျမန္မာ နိုင္ငံထြက္ အစားအေသာက္၊ အခ်ဥ္ထုပ္၊ ယိုစံု၊ ဆပ္ျပာနဲ႔ အျခား လူသံုး ကုန္ပစၥည္း ေတြ ေရာင္းခ် ၾကပါတယ္။ မိုေရးကေန ေစ်းထဲကို လြတ္လပ္စြာ ဝင္ထြက္ သြားလာ နိုင္ၾကပါတယ္။ နန္႔ဖာလံု ရြာနဲ႔ တမူးၿမိဳ႕ အထိ လာေရာက္ လည္ပတ္နို္င္ ၾကပါတယ္။ မိုေရးနဲ႔ ျမန္မာျပည္ ၾကားမွာ ၿခံစည္းရိုး မရွိေတာ့ အတား အဆီး မရွိ ဝင္ထြက္ သြားလာ နို္င္ၾကပါတယ္။ ျမန္မာ နိုင္ငံသားေတြ မိုေရး ၿမိဳ႕ထဲကို သြားေရာက္

Internet Cafe in Hakha

There is now one internet cafe opened in Hakha, Chin State. The internet cafe opened at Shine Store is situated near the Clock Tower in downtown Hakha. The connection speed is painfully slow, and cost you 2,000 kyats an hour. Well, at least you are connected.

Internet Cafe in Hakha

ဟားခါးက Internet Cafe ဟားခါး ၿမိဳ႕ေပၚမွာလဲ IP Star နဲ႔ အင္တာနက္ ကေဖး တစ္ခု ဖြင့္ထားပါတယ္။ Shine စတိုးမွာပါ။ ၿမိဳ႕လယ္ လမ္းဆံု နာရီစင္ အနီးမွာ ရွိပါတယ္။ ကြန္ျပဴတာ ၆ လံုးေလာက္ ရွိပါတယ္။ ေစ်းက တစ္နာရီ ၂၀၀၀ က်ပ္က်ပါတယ္။ Connection speed ကေတာ့ ေတာ္ေတာ္ေလး ေနွးပါတယ္။ Gmail နဲ႔ gtalk သံုးနိုင္ပါတယ္။ ကေလးေလာက္ေတာ့ သံုးသူ မမ်ားပါဘူး။

Internet Cafe in Kalay Myo

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You can also use internet in Kalay. There are now two internet cafes opened in Kalay. Moon Star Internet Cafe near Highway Bus Terminal is quite convenient and friendly to use. The connection speed is quite slow though, and it cost 1,500 kyat per hour, very expensive compared to Yangon and Mandalay. But still, there are many users there. Another one is in downtown Kalay but I haven't been there.

Internet Cafe in Kalay Myo

ကေလးၿမိဳ႕က Internet Cafe ကေလးၿမိဳ႕မွာ Internet အသံုးျပဳနိုင္ပါတယ္။ လက္ရွိ Internet Cafe နွစ္ခုရွိပါတယ္။ ကေလး ကားႀကီးဝင္း အနီးက Moon Star Internet Cafe မွာ ကြန္ျပဴတာ ၁၀ လံုးေလာက္ ရွိၿပီး အသံုးျပဳရတာလဲ အဆင္ေျပပါတယ္။ ေစ်းကေတာ့ တစ္နာရီ ၁၅၀၀ က်ပ္ဆိုေတာ့ အေတာ္ ႀကီးပါတယ္။ မီးမလာေတာ့ မီးစက္နဲ႔ သံုးရလို႔ပါ။ G-mail သံုးနိုင္ပါတယ္။ G-talk အတြက္ေတာ့ တစ္နာရီ ၂၀၀၀ က်ပ္ က်ပါတယ္။ Connection Speed ကေတာ့ ေတာ္ေတာ္ ေနွးပါတယ္။ ဒါေပမယ့္ သံုးတဲ့ သူေတြေတာ့ အေတာ္မ်ားပါတယ္။ ေနာက္တစ္ခုက ကေလး ၿမိဳ႕လယ္မွာပါ။ မသံုးဖူးပါဘူး။ ေစ်းက အတူတူ ပါပဲ။

Tamu, Kabaw Valley

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Tamu is a town in Kabaw Valley. It is situated just a few miles away from India border. Although not as large as Kalay, it is still a large town, with many good houses and buildings. There are many two to three storied buildings in Tamu, and many rich people live in Tamu. Roads are also wide and clean and the buildings look modern too. Many of the inhabitants in Tamu are Chin and Burmese with many rich Gurkha, and some Shan and Kachin too. There are about 4 or 5 guest houses in Tamu. All of them are quite clean and tidy, with good access to restaurants. Food is not expensive in Tamu, and there are a lot of good restaurants and tea shops in Tamu. My favourite is the "Chit Tee" Restaurant in downtown Tamu. You can ask any one "Chit Tee" and they will show you the direction. In the morning you can have a very nice Puri and Tosai there. There are many large and grand Christian Churches in Tamu, and some Hindu temples too. There are buses in the town as well as tri cycle