In addition to the positives about traveling in Myanmar (friendly people, incredible scenery, etc), we've also heard many not-so-great things about visiting here--horrid roads, ancient buses, bugs galore, limited internet access, not to mention no ATMs or credit card capabilities, which means you must enter the country hauling stacks of crisp, clean, never-folded, like-new US dollar bills (they are extremely serious about this).
Oddly, pristine dollars are the only currency exchangeable for the local kyat. All this of course comes under the watchful eyes of a totalitarian, often brutal goverment.
However, who knew the government was concerned about "immortal materials"...as outlined in their customs forms we received upon arrival.
Lucky for us we had nothing to declare, as we left all our morally injuring and immortal items back in Bangkok.
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