Air Asia flight to Yangon and Yangon Airport

My Air Asia flight left Bangkok promptly at 6am for the short 1 hour flight to Yangon. The flight was great value. However, since i am on budget fare and I did want to pay any extras like for privilege of choosing seat on aircraft, my seat was assigned by the computer. You can not also move from this assigned seat even if there are a lot of vacant seats.

In Cebu Pacific, upon check in you can request for a particular seat which will be given to you if available. You can also change seats once the aircraft is on the air. I guess that makes Cebu Pacific better value than Air Asia!

Anyway, my Yangon bound flight was only a little over 25% full. It was off season in September and not a lot of tourists go to Yangon because of the political situation. Passengers were also mostly Caucasian. Very few Burmese on board. I guess because of travel restrictions for locals.

My surprise upon arrival in Yangon was the relatively modern airport! Not as good as the airport in Bangkok but better than the ones we have in Manila.

No problems at immigration even if Myanmar is under military rule. The immigration officers were actually polite and courteous.

I was picked up from the airport by a taxi arranged by my hotel. The taxi was old and dilapidated, a 60s model car. This was the start of my traveling back in time in Myanmar.