Burma at Last! | Asia Forum | Fodor's Travel Talk Forums

Take a variety of denominations, so you will have exact change for hotel bills, for instance. $100 bills will get the best exchange rate when you are buying kyat. Note that kyat are worthless outside Burma, so spend it before you leave the country. You can only change kyat back to dollars ..... In Burma there are stories of stupas and temples being built where a white elephant stops for the night; this is likewise the story of the location of Doi Suthep near Chiang Mai. ...