Latest trip to Burma
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Latest trip to Burma
March ; Flew into Mandalay-
8 hour mini bus to inle lake ,( should have been 6 but it broke down) lake is very impressive but the town ( Nyaungshwe) sucks UNLESS u like the pseudo backpacker types, (Reminded me alot of kampot )
This is the closest town/city in Burma to Khao San road ( even down to 1,500 kyat happy hours for a gin and tonic) and ONLY 1,000 kyat for a large Mandalay beer
The lake is beautiful but...
From there it was a 9 hour Overnight aircon bus to Magwe, arriving at 4 am. Booked that evenings 9 pm but to Mrauk u, took a nap and at 11 headed out for a meal.
back at hotel at 2 after a walk around, around 6 pm the cramps started and it was in and out of the bath room for the next 2 hours, Electric off and it was 32 degrees in the room..had to tell them i couldn't make the bus and went back to sweat it out the next 24 hours till the 10pm bus the next night to Mrauk U
This is the FIRST time i have gotten sick in my past 5 trips to Burma over the last 2 years
Overnight bus was 10 hours to Mrauk U. ( local aircon bus ...typical Indian style with way to many people and air con didn't' work )
Mrauk U was great, lots of pagodas and stupa's . BUT unlike Bagan, these all were ones you could go inside and they were fantastic images of buddhas and such. Than spent a day on the Laymro river visiting some Chin villages.
Next monring up at 7 to take the 3 hour fast boat down to Sittwe, Lovely Rakanese town on the Andaman sea, fantastic Sea food market and very good food
Next day took the 45 minute ( $115 flight- more expensive than my Yangon- Bangkok- Phuket flight) to Yangon
Lesson learned; NO MORE BUS'S in Burma, they are just not worth it. Will stay with boats, trains and motorcycles
Photos to follow
8 hour mini bus to inle lake ,( should have been 6 but it broke down) lake is very impressive but the town ( Nyaungshwe) sucks UNLESS u like the pseudo backpacker types, (Reminded me alot of kampot )
This is the closest town/city in Burma to Khao San road ( even down to 1,500 kyat happy hours for a gin and tonic) and ONLY 1,000 kyat for a large Mandalay beer
The lake is beautiful but...
From there it was a 9 hour Overnight aircon bus to Magwe, arriving at 4 am. Booked that evenings 9 pm but to Mrauk u, took a nap and at 11 headed out for a meal.
back at hotel at 2 after a walk around, around 6 pm the cramps started and it was in and out of the bath room for the next 2 hours, Electric off and it was 32 degrees in the room..had to tell them i couldn't make the bus and went back to sweat it out the next 24 hours till the 10pm bus the next night to Mrauk U
This is the FIRST time i have gotten sick in my past 5 trips to Burma over the last 2 years
Overnight bus was 10 hours to Mrauk U. ( local aircon bus ...typical Indian style with way to many people and air con didn't' work )
Mrauk U was great, lots of pagodas and stupa's . BUT unlike Bagan, these all were ones you could go inside and they were fantastic images of buddhas and such. Than spent a day on the Laymro river visiting some Chin villages.
Next monring up at 7 to take the 3 hour fast boat down to Sittwe, Lovely Rakanese town on the Andaman sea, fantastic Sea food market and very good food
Next day took the 45 minute ( $115 flight- more expensive than my Yangon- Bangkok- Phuket flight) to Yangon
Lesson learned; NO MORE BUS'S in Burma, they are just not worth it. Will stay with boats, trains and motorcycles
Photos to follow
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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Re: Latest trip to Burma
"1,500 kyat"
What's that in baht/USD?
What's that in baht/USD?
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Re: Latest trip to Burma
when i was there 1,365 kyat= $1
PS ; Mandalay Beer is much much better than anything that is produced in Cambodia or Thailand
PS ; Mandalay Beer is much much better than anything that is produced in Cambodia or Thailand
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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Re: Latest trip to Burma
Great pics, Richard. Those ladies have some nice tattoos.
phuketrichard wrote: ↑Mon May 29, 2017 9:28 am Photos of the trip;
http://phuket.zenfolio.com/p506490376
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Great photos - interesting seeing what's similar, what's different.phuketrichard wrote: ↑Mon May 29, 2017 9:28 am Photos of the trip;
http://phuket.zenfolio.com/p506490376
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Re: Latest trip to Burma
Excellent. Thanks for posting that PR.
I'm also looking forward to seeing Jamie's photo gallery from his Thailand trip.
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