Inle Hotel ?

Hi mosegrisen and others

I wanted to stay at the Inle Princess and tharabar gate in Bagan, but am being told by several agents that they are booked out. The hotels that were offered were the Thiripyitsaya Sakura River View Hotel (River Front Suit) and tThande River Side Hotel (Deluxe Garden View Room.

In Inle Lake, there is the Inle Lake View

Resort with Junior Suit Room.

I have read people%26#39;s Tripadvior comments on these hotels .... and am not crazy about any of them.

Does anyone have any other suggestions? I want luxury hotels .... but I think I am up a creek.

Thanks

Bette

Inle Hotel ?

:I want luxury hotels .... but I think I am up a creek.';

in a barb wire canoo and no paddle:-) so sorry!

Guess your problem is that Myanmar is neigher for speed nor for comfort at the moment....

Not sure how to help you.... Perhaps just get the best rooms you can and enjoy the luxory and comfort somewhere else.. You are not going to find it in Bagan or Inle....

But frankly.. I have serious doubts about your travel agents... First about the paper ticket.. and now about hotels not being available.. are you certain that they actually know what they are doing?

Inle Hotel ?

Well, I am working with two different travel agents, and that%26#39;s what they are telling me........

On 3 visits to Bagan, the last this past Jan., I have been very satisfied with the Thiripyitsaya, particularly with the units facing the river. It doesn%26#39;t measure up to the Governor%26#39;s Residence in Yangon or the Inle Princess but otherwise it is a comfortable hotel with good service and attractive grounds.

Hi,

We stayed at the Inle Lake View hotel and found it great. Dinners were of very high quality.

I would definitly go back again.

Have a nice trip,

Have stayed a couple of times at the Thiripyisaya (once over New Year) and was more than happy , especially with the lay out , the pool and the view.

Hi Bette

Given the situation in Burma you may have changed your plans, but I have only just read your posting.

We stayed in the Paradise B Hotel on Lake Inle last year and can highly recommend.

We arranged our travel through Columbus Travels. Not sure if you can contact them now, but here are their details.

Columbus Travels

Yangon

columbus@mptmail.net.mm

www.travelmyanmar.com

or

Pacific Asia Travel Co

Bangkok

franco@pacificasiatravel.com

Most of the luxury hotels Myanmar are owned by friends/associates/relatives of the military junta that has just imprisoned 1,000 monks without trial.

If you want to sleep soundly, I%26#39;d reccomend that you stay in a small privately-owned guesthouse.

Hello,

Firstly I%26#39;d recommend you do NOT stay at the Thiripyitsaya Sakura River View Hotel in Bagan. I got food poisoning there, found the

staff rude and incompetent and the rooms to be in bad repair especially seeing it was the most expensive hotel we stayed at in Burma. We found it to be a real dissappointment %26amp; would not stay there again. We would definately choose the Bagan Hotel if we went back to Bagan. It was lovely, the food was good %26amp; the staff were really friendly and it had a great atmosphere about it.

We stayed the Inle Lake View Hotel and were very pleased with the room, the service in general and the food was amazing! We particuarly enjoyed the french pastries at breakfast, just delicious!

It was a very pretty, pleasant place and I would highly recommend it!

The most impressive hotel we stayed at in Burma was in Mandalay. We asked our travel agent in Rangoon to stay somewhere other than the large western hotels such as the Sedona. We asked him if we could stay in more of a boutique type of hotel in Mandalay and he suggested the Rupar Manadalar which is situated just out of the center of Mandaly. It was an amazing place and our stay there was definately one of the highlights of our trip. The rooms were gorgeous, the staff incredibly attentive, the food was the best in Burma by a long shot and they have a huge pool and a beautiful spa. This hotel only recently opened the hotel rooms to western tourists but they have been operating several restaurants for a number of years. We spent Christmas there and had a terrific time.

It was an amazing experience and I could not recommend it strongly enough!

Check out the website: www.RuparmandalarResort.com

Happy travels

Kat

Blink makes a very good point.

As much as I loved the luxury hotels in Burma I agree that most of these hotels are owned by friends/associates/family of the junta. We tried to stay at places that were independantly owned but the reality is that anyone owning a luxury (or regular) hotel in Burma would have to be highly connected %26amp; in good favor with the generals.

We were very torn whether we should travel in Burma at all but we decided to travel as mindfully as possible. We tried to give our business to family run restauarants and shops, hired local taxi drivers as guides, used a local travel agent, visited and made donations to nunneries and monastaries, completely avoided the sights where they used forced labour such as the Mandalay Palace.

But I don%26#39;t think you can travel in Burma and not give at least some of your money to the junta. Airlines, hotels, ferries, entrance fees to tourist sites etc can not be completely avoided.

Luxury hotels and the travel industry in general in Burma does employ a fair amount of regular Burmese people. Boycotting Burma and/or these hotels will hurt the people because they will lose their jobs if toursits don%26#39;t come. The Burmese people we met really wanted us there, they valued their jobs and really wanted to learn and have a chance at life. They do not want to be isolated.

Just some thoughts, Kat

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