Friday, April 22, 2011

Laptop not allowed to carry on Myanmar rail







 In many countries, the train operators make wifi internet access and power source  available on their carriages for travellers. But in Myanmar (Burma) it is different. Forget about the internet. If you carry a laptop, you may face a problem.

One of my facebook friends had to pay fine when he carried a laptop on Myanmar domestic rail.

One funny thing is the rail authority wrote down as "typewriter" in Burmese on the receipt instead of "laptop". Fine was 2100 Kyat (Myanmar currency)


1 comment:

သိဂၤါေက်ာ္ said...

It's so funny. I haven't heard previous.
In 2009, I traveled by yangon - mandalay train and I used laptop on train. I didn't face any problem.