Time

 
 

6:30 hours ahead of GMT
30 minutes behind Thailand
1:30 hours behind, China, Singapore, Hong Kong

 
     
 

Electricity

 
 
230 Volts AC , 50Hz
 
     
 

Business Hours

 
 

Banks - 9:30-15:00 Mon-Fri
Offices - 9:30-16:30 Mon-Fri
Shops - 6:00-22:00 Mon-Sun

 
     
 

Dress

 
 
Lights casual wear for all year except northern parts during the cold season. Visitors should not wear hot pants or shorts when visiting pagodas and sandals or slippers are convenient as it is required to remove all footwear at the entrance.
 
     
 

Myanmar Food

 
 
The basic Myanmar food is mainly rice and curry. There are numerous forms of fish paste with salad. Soup is taken together with the rice and other dishes Mohinga, rice noodles with fish gravy; and Ohn-No-Khaukswe, noodles with coconut and chicken curry, are popular Myanmar dishes for breakfast and light meals.
Myanmar is also a country of seafood. Crabs, prawns, lobsters and other shellfish are among the popular dishes available at most Myanmar and Chines Restaurants in Yangon and in other parts of the country.
Typical Myanmar Restaurants serve both meat and vegetable dishes. Most restaurants in Myanmar serve Chinese and Indian food. Other Asian food include Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean and Singapore-style. European food is served mostly at the hotels and there are a couple of restaurants in Yangon serving Italian food.
Myanmar is a country of tea shops and there are several fast food centres and snack bars in Yangon and Mandalay.
 
     
 

Shopping

 
 
While duty-free shops, department stores, supermarkets and mini-markets in Yangon offer a wide choice of products, both foreign and local with fixed prices , the real magic of shopping is to be found mainly in the well-known Bogyoke Aung San Market where shopping is fun and easy; and bargaining is acceptable. Situated in the heart of Yangon; housing 2000 shops with a wide selection of unique locally made goods, luxury buys such as precious jewellery of gold and gems, silverware, arts and crafts, lacquerware, paintings, traditional wooden dolls, Mandalay silk, typical Shan and Kachin shoulder bags, foodstuffs, cosmetics and tailor made clothes are a few of the sought after items.
Myanmar arts and crafts mostly pure hand-made, are the best souvenirs with reasonable prices, Lacquerware, wood and ivory carving, tapestries, silverware, brassware, silk and cotton fabric and traditional garments, shoulder bags are some of the favourite items. World renowned Myanmar rubies, jade sapphires and pearls are also available at Myanmar Gems Centre and other licensed jewellery shops.
The shops at Bogyoke Aung San Market are open daily from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm except on Mondays and gazetted holidays.
 
     
 

Entertainment

 
 
Traditional Music and Cultural Dances (Karaweik Palace, Kandawgyi Palace Hotel, Yadanar Garden, Lone Ma Lay Restaurant)
Music Pubs, Karaoke Launge, Disco club etc.
 
 

 

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