Has anyone taken boats in southern Myanmar

[phuketrichard]

I want take a boat from

Dawei- Myeik

Myeik- Kawthoung / Ranong

any idea how frequent they run in Dec? costs?

[RichCor]

Go-Myanmar.com has a lot of information on destinations and travel options (Air, Bus, Train, Water).

Use the OVERVIEW | ACCOMMODATION | GETTING THERE | GETTING AWAY buttons under the area title to see info on your travel options.

[phuketrichard]

yes, i know that site, but i want a personal ,

" I have been"

All sites & books usual show info that is anywhere from 6 months to 2 years out of date

[Too]

Min Ga Lar Ba,

I just read in a travel journal that a guy travelled Myanmar more than

a year ago, entering the country via Myawaddy from Mae Sot and

exiting from Kaw Thaung to Ranong.

He paid US$60 (40,000K or US$31 for the locals) for a boat, which

left Dawei a little past 4am and got to Kaw Thaung at 4pm.

You should update the info, though you can have a general idea of

it.

[phuketrichard]

Why would anyone want go all the way from dawei to Kwathoung in one day,

Myeik is a great little town in the mddle

PLUS u leave ur hotel in Dawei at 12:30 am!!

If anyone is interested in a brief write up i did, check it out here,

Flew into Yangon (Rangon) and spent a few days exploring the city and taking in the Shwedagon & Sule Paya's (pagodas) in town, the local markets, Bogyoke market and China town before heading south

Yangon -Kyaithkya (Golden Rock)
3 hours bus ride and than a Fantastic 45 minute ride in an open top truck to the top to view the Golden rock. A site not to be missed and one of the holiest spots for Burmese in all of Myanmar, the ride to the top was worth the trip.

Kyaithkya- Hpa-an;
Was told to be in front of the hotel at 10 am for the bus to pick me up, BUT as usual, the hotel got it wrong and ended up taking a 30 minute ride on the back of a motorcycle to the next town to catch the Local bus to Hpa-An. Rented a motorcycle and headed out into the countryside to visit the local caves and a small Pagoda built in the center of a lake. Amazing

Mawlamyine-Ye;
6 hour train ride thru the countryside, really nice small town stayed at the American run ( with his Burmese wife) Starlight gh sitting above the lake.. Ye gets very few tourists as most by pass it in their hurry to get to Dawei, but it is worth the nights stop. Funny thou as his gh was 32,000 kyat for an air con room. More than the average I have paid elsewhere

Ye- Dawei;
5 hours on a local bus thru the mountains over some pretty tough roads. Great early morning seafood market on the river and some very friendly vendors. Rented a bike and headed to the beaches. Maung-magan is the closest beach, about 20 kms from town, but than headed north further thru small villages on dirt roads for another hour and arriving at Nabule, miles and miles of white sand beach, crystal clear water and not a bungalow, restaurant or person in sight. Absolutely beautiful and I imagine what the beaches in Thailand looked like 50 + years ago.

Dawei- Myeik;
Left my hotel at 12:30 AM to the tour office where we took a bus an hour to the pier where the fast Air con boat left at 3:30 am. Arrived 5 hours later and the Hotel Grand Jade allowed me to check in at 9:30am

From Myeik the next day, it was a 7 hour boat ride south to Kwathoung on the Andaman sea, passing hundreds of small uninhabited islands & fishing villages.
Than a 30 minute longtail ride to Ranong and back in Thailand and 6 hours more back to Phuket

http://www.khmer440.com/chat_forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=53155

and here is all my photos

http://www.reitman-photo.com/f125862719

Yangon and south from Yangon to Kwathoung