Travel on Cycle Rickshaw at Myanmar

Myanmar (Burma)

The Golden Land  !

Myanmar Facts

Full country name: Union of Myanmar (Burma became Myanmar in 1989 after the State Law and Order Restoration Council decided that the old name implied the dominance of Burmese culture; the Burmese are just one of the many ethnic groups in the country)
Area: 671,000 sq km (416,020 sq mi)
Population: 46.8 million (growth rate 2.1%)
Capital city: Yangon (Rangoon) (pop 4 million)
People: 65% Burmese, 10% Shan, 7% Karen, 4% Rakhine and Chin, Kachin, Mon, Chinese, Indian and Assamese minorities
Language: Burmese, also Karen, Chin, Shan and Kachin dialects
Religion: 87% Theravada Buddhist, 5% Christian, 4% Muslim, 3% animist
Government: Military council 

 

Myanmar has suffered internal strife from a smorgasbord of dictators, rebels and guerrillas, and is now synonymous in the West with the suppression of democracy and the use of slave labour. The refusal by the country's junta to allow an elected government to take power and its imprisonment of pro-democracy leader (and subsequent Nobel Peace Prize winner) Aung San Suu Kyi earned it international condemnation. Myanmar is now cementing economic bonds with South-East Asian nations, who believe `constructive engagement' is a better form of diplomacy than sanctions. Meanwhile, ceasefire accords have been signed with nine groups of anti-government rebels, the Karen guerrillas have virtually been demolished and a pragmatic deal with drug lord Khun Sa appears to have quietened affairs in the no-go zone of the Golden Triangle. 

Myanmar is far from the easiest or most comfortable country in Asia to visit, but it has some magical sights, incredibly friendly people and offers a glimpse of a bizarre, inept Orwellian society that has withdrawn from contact with the late 20th century. Because of the government's clampdown on outside influences it is one of the least Western-influenced countries in the world. Many people mistake this for quaintness, but don't let this blind you to the political realities which created this situation.






The cycle rickshaw is a small-scale local means of transport in Myanmar; it is also known as trishaw. More than affordable.

 Trishas in Yangon 

 A busy commercial street in Sittwe, Myanmar (Burma). There are not too many cars outside of the capital Yangon. Sittwe was the epicenter of a series of riots in 2012 that drove over a million people from their homes and created the present Rohingya refugee crises in Southeast Asia

Trishaw (saik-kar in Burmese) is used in all around Burma (Myanmar). There are millions of trishaws in Burma (Myanmar). Many people use trishaws as a short trip transportation tool. Trishaw drivers are mostly man and it will cost more or less money depending on how far you are going from one place to another.

On a small commercial street in Sittwe, Myanmar (Burma). 
Sittwe is best known for being the epicenter of a series of ethnic riots in 2012 that drove over a million people from their homes.