That
reminds me my first encounter with this term written in the former
Sin-ma-laik main bus station nearby Hledan, Yangon. Some time around
1997, I had to go there several times whenever I travelled back to my
native. Another popular main station for hi-way buses at that time was
Saw-bwar-gyi-gone, much close to the Mingalardon Airport. There, many
local bus lines heading downtown ended their commutes.
Later perhaps from 2004, my monthly homeward journeys started from the new location of main bus station Aung Mingalar, in the outskirts of North Okkalapa township. With a few smaller stations in between, that is just a 20-minute bus drive from my school and more frequent trips home ensued from then on.
Only recently did I reach another popular, but a rather low-profile, main bus station called Dagon Ayar near Hlaing Tharyar for travelers across Ayarwaddy. I first landed there during my visit to Pathein. In Pathein too, the local bus terminal was seen very far away from downtown. To compensate this, there’re shuttle vehicles linking the out-of-town terminal and city center free of charge. I’ve also remembered suck kind of bus terminal called Man-Su bus station in Lashio, northern Shan State, for travelers and buses coming to and from Mandalay or Mu-Sae. Another bus terminal I still could recall is that of Sittway, the capital of Rakhine State. Other popular bus terminal I also reached include Oakthar bus compound in Bago, Kywe-sae-kan bus terminal in Mandalay, etc.
One thing in common for all these bus terminals is that food and souvenir prices there often exceed market values. It’s advisable to buy some papers or journals or food well in advance; it’ll be economy if you don’t try to buy these inside the main terminal compound. Some businesses booming inside and around the bus terminal I’ve reached include consumer goods store, inns, cybercafés and teashops.
Sometimes I just find myself waiting endless hours in a bus’s office, wishing I was in a nice air-con bus. Sometimes I had to make calls or send sms to friends saying good-byes or so before my departure to another destination. Sometimes it’s also good to get new friends waiting for the bus in such outlets. The same holds true for a foreign station I reached called Larkin bus terminal in Malaysia, just a bridge across Singapore, via Woodlands Bus Interchange. They called it ‘Interchange,’ where travelers proceed to another destination by buses or trains.
For all my travel experience, these key public transport stations are also nothing to be neglected. Whether it’s called hi-way bus terminal or interchange, I will never forget these starting points of my long journeys in my life.
Later perhaps from 2004, my monthly homeward journeys started from the new location of main bus station Aung Mingalar, in the outskirts of North Okkalapa township. With a few smaller stations in between, that is just a 20-minute bus drive from my school and more frequent trips home ensued from then on.
Only recently did I reach another popular, but a rather low-profile, main bus station called Dagon Ayar near Hlaing Tharyar for travelers across Ayarwaddy. I first landed there during my visit to Pathein. In Pathein too, the local bus terminal was seen very far away from downtown. To compensate this, there’re shuttle vehicles linking the out-of-town terminal and city center free of charge. I’ve also remembered suck kind of bus terminal called Man-Su bus station in Lashio, northern Shan State, for travelers and buses coming to and from Mandalay or Mu-Sae. Another bus terminal I still could recall is that of Sittway, the capital of Rakhine State. Other popular bus terminal I also reached include Oakthar bus compound in Bago, Kywe-sae-kan bus terminal in Mandalay, etc.
One thing in common for all these bus terminals is that food and souvenir prices there often exceed market values. It’s advisable to buy some papers or journals or food well in advance; it’ll be economy if you don’t try to buy these inside the main terminal compound. Some businesses booming inside and around the bus terminal I’ve reached include consumer goods store, inns, cybercafés and teashops.
Sometimes I just find myself waiting endless hours in a bus’s office, wishing I was in a nice air-con bus. Sometimes I had to make calls or send sms to friends saying good-byes or so before my departure to another destination. Sometimes it’s also good to get new friends waiting for the bus in such outlets. The same holds true for a foreign station I reached called Larkin bus terminal in Malaysia, just a bridge across Singapore, via Woodlands Bus Interchange. They called it ‘Interchange,’ where travelers proceed to another destination by buses or trains.
For all my travel experience, these key public transport stations are also nothing to be neglected. Whether it’s called hi-way bus terminal or interchange, I will never forget these starting points of my long journeys in my life.
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