Je jure qu'avant de poster, j'ai parcouru les discussions climat et itinéraire, mais n'ai toujours pas su faire la synthèse: certains parlent d'un mois d'aout sous les trombes d'eau, tandis que d'autre évoquent une période idéale, à peine ponctuée de quelques gouttes...!
Bon.
je prévois donc d'aller environ 15 jours en Birmanie en aout prochain, en famille avec enfants 6 et 8 ans.
Côté itinéraire, j'ai pas encore fait mon choix (je connais Yangoon pour y avoir bossé 3 mois en 1990, mais ne connais rien du reste du pays).
On pensait faire les classiques Lac Inlé, Bagan, Mandalay, mais c'est encore vague.
Quel itinéraire me conseilleriez vous pour 15 jours en Birmanie, dans un périmètre pas trop perturbé par la mousson (j'imagine donc centre et nord?), avec des étapes de 3/4 jours à chaque fois, donc 4-5 étapes maximum?
Côté climat, sérieusement, à quoi ça ressemble, au moins dans les zones centre et nord?
Est ce que c'est de la mousson:
à la sauce Thailande Nord est: journée splendide sans goutte, puis des trombes d'eau de 18h à 19h tous les soirsà la sauce singapour mois de février: il pleut régulièrement et toute la journée en trombe d'eau, et on ne peut vraiment rien faire!
En gros, est ce qu'il pleut tout le temps en continu, ou bien brutalement, mais sur une courte durée? Là est la question!
Question subsidiaire:
Ayant 3 semaines de vacances, je préfère passer 15 jours en birmanie + 1 semaine ailleurs plutôt que 3 semaines en Birmanie. Mais je ne sais pas trop ou situer l'ailleurs?
Comme je redescends ensuite sur Singapour, est ce que ça vaut le coup de faire 1 semaine en Thailande Nord, ou bien une semaine au Laos? Si vous aviez le choix, que feriez vous?
Je resterais en Birmanie 1 semaine de plus. Sinon en avion tu peux rejoindre chiang mai de mandalay et de la reste le nord de la thailande ou Avion/bus pour luang prabang. Autres idees, la Malaisie.
Bonjour monsieur,
Je vous ai connecte et ecrit, Mais ca n'a pas marche.Je m'appelle M.zawnaitun .Votre question sur le climat en aout, Il n'y a pas de souci normalement parce que la plupart des sites se situent en haut de la birmanie, par exemple Mandalay, Pagan, ces les zones sches!Et le lac inlay, il y a qq fois des pluies a cette saison mais la plupart du temps, c'est assez beau.Parce que le lac se situe 900metres et son environnant et bc plus haut que celui-ci.Et a Rangoun, il faut faire attention le climant:).Et sachez que s'il pleut;dans les zones sches, ces les pluies torrentielles mais ca dure pas longtemps.Voila si vous voulez encore savoir sur les infos de la Birmanie, vous pouvez me demander.Il n'y a aucun probleme pour moi.
a tres bientot
zawnaitun
Mandalay en 2006, j'ai posté les photos quelques jours après la date de prise de vue. Rocher d'or en 2005, et voici Bago la même année. Et pour finir deux photos de Yangon, tu reconnaîtras, prises à quelques minutes d'interval.
La météo à les mêmes caprices en Birmanie qu'ailleurs. Tout ce que tu as lu peut arriver. Par contre, je trouve que le pays en vaut tellement la peine que cela n'est pas vraiment dérangeant.
🙂Bonjour
Même projet pour 4 personnes (2 ADULTES + 18 ET 16 ANS)
Je découvre la Birmanie a travers le forum et ça m'emballe beaucoup
Quelques questions; Euros ou dollars ??
Voiture ou car?
La meilleure "trame"; lonely ou routard?
L'obtention du visa peut elle se faire à partir de la France ou faut il absolument passer par l ambassade en Thaïlande ?
Cordialement
Euros ou dollars ?? : il s'agit d'une question qui évolue très vite. Or mon dernier séjour date déjà de 2006. A l'époque le dollar ou l'euro pour le change dans les grandes villes pouvaient se changer facilement. Mais proportionnellement le dollar restait un peu plus intéressant. Je ne serais pas étonnée que cela ait changé surtout avec la situation du dollar. Par contre, dans les endroits plus retirés, le dollar avait encore la cote. Le billet vert était reconnu et on ne connaissait pas les billets euros. Il ne faut pas perdre de vue que l'on a pas toujours le change exact et s'il faut recevoir des billets en retour, tu imagines le casse-tête pour les locaux.
D'autres VFmistes auront probablement des infos toutes fraîches.
Voiture ou car? : là, surtout à 4 cela peut être intéressant de voyager en voiture, c'est bien plus confortable. Même si pour ma part, je privilégie les transports en commun pour des raisons de plaisir du contact avec les voyageurs locaux. Lorsque nous avons voyagé en voiture, nous avons choisi de prendre un chauffeur birman et un interprète, formule à laquelle on ne pense pas toujours.
La meilleure "trame"; lonely ou routard? : choix personnel pour moi lonely.
L'obtention du visa peut elle se faire à partir de la France ou faut il absolument passer par l ambassade en Thaïlande ? : on peut prendre le visa en France et pour nous les Belges, en Belgique.
Si tu as d'autres questions n'hésite pas. C'est toujours avec beaucoup de plaisir que je parle de la Birmanie.
Véro
Je suis tombée par hasard sur votre message l'année dernière : vous prépariez alors un voyage en Birmanie au mois d'août. Cela me tente bcp et comme je me pose sensiblement les mêmes questions que vous, notamment au sujet du climat, je voulais savoir comment votre voyage s'était passé ! Avez-vous pu vous déplacer facilement ? Car je n'ai que 15 petits jours pour visiter le pays...
Egalement, pouvez-vous me dire quel est l'itinéraire en avion ? Je ne parviens pas à trouver de réponses à mes recherches sur le site sncf.com, où j'ai l'habitude de faire mes résa de vols.
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