By Yangon International Airport - No more departure tax as was previously stated in various fori and travel guides witnessed as of Mar.'12. Taxi to airport is 7000 kyats per head including baggage. In actual, it may even be the same hotel manager who will drive you to the airport making some moonlighting. There is a beautiful 3-storey mural - a nice composition of Burmese countryside & lifestyle in the style of idyllic romanticism worth taking souvenir shot as you go to immigration clearance on the second floor departure area.
Bago Pegu - an important town with pagodas and monasteries located 60km north of Yangon and an easy day trip.
Mandalay - overnight buses, and expensive government trains, leave for Mandalay daily. Bus tickets can be booked at the number of travel agents just north of Yangon railway station.
Pathein Bassein - famous for its paper umbrellas and stunning religious architecture, and an overnight boat ride away or 4 hours by rented car, more by bus to the west. From Pathein it's only a few hours by bus or pick-up truck on to the beaches of Chaungtha and Ngwe Saung.
Taukkyan - about an hour's drive 35km from central Yangon, and site of the Taukkyan War Cemetery.
Thanlyin - once an important city on the Irrawaddy Delta, and gateway to Kyauktan Syriam, a small island in the Yangon River, which is the site of the 4th century Ye Le Paya.
Twante - the most accessible delta town from Yangon, and makes for a nice half day or full day trip.
Mawlamyine - A pleasant sea-side city with a few daytrip possibilities. 9-hour express train runs here each morning about 6:15AM and an 11-hour slow train at 7AM. Ordinary tickets with no seat reservations cost foreigners $US5, while upper class tickets are $US14. You get your own seat and it's slightly less crowded, but there isn't much else different between the classes.
