As the water festival approaches, bus passengers on the Yangon-Mandalay route are getting soaked. In what some say is a tradition as venerable as drenching passers-by with water, ticket prices have soared, with some more than doubling in price as the holiday looms, customers complain. The K8000 price of a ticket from Yangon to Magwe […]
Bus ticket price soar ahead of the Burmese New Year (Thingyan) starting 12th April 2014
April 10, 2014 by thiha
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