Latest trip to Burma
Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 5:33 pm
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
