Asiana has fully lay flat seats but not on all their planes, just some routes. UAL is 100% fully lay flat across the board. Our Asiana flight from Singapore back to ORD unfortunately does not have the fully flat seats but we have taken them before and the slightly angled seats are OK with us not to mention their service which outshines UAL any day.

We have flown ANA and they have the fully flat seats and their service is very impressive. We are scheduled to fly them to Singapore next Feb. I am sure you will like them.

Stay safe. We are interested to see what you think about the electoral process and how they handle the results. Enjoy the cruise.

Have a happy Birthday..and all you other fodorites.

Glad to hear you're settled in in Mandalay. Happy Birthday and have a great cruise.

Happy birthday Kathie. Glad to hear that Burma's treating you well so far.

Just caught up with this thread, Kathie. Hope you and Cheryl have a wonderful time in Burma. Happy birthday and safe travels.

Don't forget to vote and vote often

Hope you have a great trip. They were building the new section of rooms when we stayed at RM..based on your recommendations. Look forward to hearing about your travels.

Welcome to Burma, Kathie & Cheryl! So looking forward to reading about this new adventure.

I, as well, am eager to hear your impressions of ANA when you return.

We both go out of our way now to fly them trans-Pac. I've flown pretty much every carrier across the Pacific at this point and, to me, nothing beats their amazing service, great food and pretty damned comfortable lie-flat product (sorry, askoksena, but I still think they beat the pants off of Singapore's A380 trans-pac in business!)

Hoping Cheryl takes a ton of pictures! Happy and safe travels!

I am worried that you may have joined the army as a junior officer...

Cannot wait to hear Kathie's first-hand account of the political process unfolding all around her.

A little late in wishing you safe travels (just returned from chilly Iceland), but hope you have a great trip!
Karen

Hello everyone, checking in from Yangon after our cruise. The Pandaw cruise was simply fabulous and I will give you lots of details later. We are having a great time.

It has been fascinating to be here at elections - tiny villages on the Chindwin had long lines at polling places on voting day. Lots of people wanted to talk about the elections even if all they could say was "The Lady, The Lady!" At this point, the NLD holds enough seats to form a government, even though not all of the votes have been counted.

Thanks for all of your good wishes - I will post more later.

Glad to hear you are loving your trip. I can only imagine the excitment in the country after the election. Happy for them for the potential.

Thanks for the update. Glad the cruise went well and looking forward to all the details.

Can't wait for the details. Safe travels!

So good to hear you enjoyed Pandaw.

One of my friends worked a polling booth in Mandalay from 4 am to 11 pm. She said her fingers were cramping from all the writing, everything is manual. The count at her booth was 3776 for the NLD, and 741 for others.

We leave on Wednesday, can't wait !

Glad you enjoyed the cruise

So happy to hear you enjoyed your cruise. Cannot wait to hear about it.

Nice that it was a peaceful election. Looking forward to our GTG next Sunday. Enjoy the rest of the week and hi to Nickie and muffin.

Just back from an incredible lunch at Le Planteur.

sartoric, our guide was able to read the elections results to us in all of the small villages (they post them immediately after the election). In all but one town, the results mirrored your report - overwhelming majority for the NLD. But in one village, the majority was for the government party. Our guide was looking at the results and a local came up to him and said the village was challenging the count, as no one believed the government party really took that many votes. Before the election, there was lots of talk about whether the government would try to steal the election. So far, it doesn't appear that they will. But the challenge will be the transition - the transfer of power. Hopefully, it will go well.

I can't believe how much Yangon has changed! It looks cleaner, and the worst of the sidewalks have been repaired - those missing covers from the sewers have been replaced at least in the heart of downtown. Buildings are being fixed up, cleaned up, new hotels are being built, and there're are probably 5x as many taxis as before and they all appear to be complete cars. Unlike before, when the taxis were missing big hunks of the interior and whole fenders, these taxis have seats intact and many have functioning air-conditioning! But the streets are busier, no question.

Bob and Karen, we look forward to seeing you in a week. We will have lots to talk about. We are meeting Nicky and Muffin tonight and we will give them your regards.

I have started working on the trip report, but it won't be posted until we get home at Thanksgiving.