Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Tolerable maps are available at the YMCA and Xing Xian Hotel. Dollars can be changed
at the New Light Hotel (just north of the clock tower). There are a number of internet
cafes but connections are deadly slow.
Buddy Internet Cafe
(Butayone St; per hr K400;
8am-11pm)
Close to the main police sta-
tion and the most reliable connection.
Getting There & Away
At the time of writing, foreigners were only allowed to arrive and leave Myitkyina by
plane or train, or by private car with a guide.
Myitkyina's airport is a couple of miles from the town centre. A three-wheeler/motor-
bike taxi costs K3000/3500. On arrival at the airport, you'll be half-heartedly quizzed by
the immigration police.
The train station is close to the clock tower in the centre of town.
Boats leave from the Talawgyi Pier, a K5000 ride from town in a three-wheeler.
TRANSPORT TO/FROM MYITKYINA
DESTINATION
AIR
TRAIN
BUS
FAST BOAT
$115, daily,
1hr 10min
$10-45 depending on
class, 4 daily, 24hr
Mandalay
N/A N/A
K10,000, 1 daily
8.30am, 5hr
Sinbo
N/A
N/A
N/A
Naba (for Katha) N/A
$6-14, 4 daily, 12hr
N/A N/A
Shwebo
N/A
$11-29, 1 daily, 20hr
N/A N/A
$90, twice
weekly, 1hr
Bhamo
N/A
N/A N/A
Hopin (for
Indawgyi Lake)
N/A
$3-7, 3 daily, 5hr
N/A N/A
$180, daily,
2hr 40min
Yangon
N/A
N/A N/A
Putao (with per-
mits)
$90, 3 daily,
1hr
N/A
N/A N/A
Getting Around
