I woke up at 4:10AM and around 4:30AM was able to share a taxi with some other people taking the ferry. When I arrived at the dock there were a lot of foreigners waiting around. They didn’t start selling tickets until 5:00AM and the boat departed at 5:30AM. Well, it didn’t actually leave until about …
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Day 89 – Mandalay, Myanmar
Today was a sick day. I just stayed in my room most of the day. I think I pushed myself too hard yesterday when I wasn’t feeling 100% to begin with. I went to sleep early in preparation of an early morning ferry.
Day 88 – Monywa to Mandalay, Myanmar
After breakfast, I shared a taxi with the German people to get to the bus station. Instead the taxi driver dropped me off at a bus on the side of the road just before the station. I noticed some Myanmar people inside, so I thought maybe this is the next bus to Mandalay. It turns …
Day 87 – Monywa, Myanmar
I took yet another side trip to the city of Monywa. It was a 3.5h bus ride to the city. When I got on the bus I started to regret making this trip thinking whenever I get on a bus in this country it isn’t fun at all. When I did arrive, I was lucky …
Day 86 – Mingun, Myanmar
Today I took the 9AM ferry up the Ayeyarwady River. From a distance I could see the Mingun Paya, the biggest single construction project in the history of this country. It dwarfed everything else around it. When I got off the ferry boat, I was able to see the remains of two of the largest …
Day 85 – Sagiang, Inwa, and Amarapura, Myanmar
Today I decided to see three of the old capital cities of the country. In the morning, I was able to get a German man and Spanish man to share a taxi with me. First stop was some marble carvers along the road. Near here I saw some old Dodge trucks still in use. I’m …
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Day 84 – Mandalay, Myanmar
It was a all night bus, so I arrived about 8AM. Shared a taxi with three other foreigners and looked at a few hotels. I chose one with a quiet $5 room. I was so tired from that long night that I went to sleep and just rested all day in the hotel. Good news …
Day 83 – Inle to Mandalay, Myanmar
My back was in pain all last night. Maybe due to the long day with the vibrations on the boat. I took a look around the town of Nyangshwe in the morning and saw some interesting ruins scattered around. First I waited for one of the crowded pickup trucks to get me to Taunggyi. It …
Day 82 – Inle Lake, Myanmar
Today was a long boat tour of the lake. I was able to hire a boat with a Spanish man and French man. We started at 8AM and first headed to a busy market. Here there were people selling fish, vegetables, and souvenirs. There was even a blacksmith here repairing some long knifes. Next we …
Day 81 – Inle Lake, Myanmar
At 9AM, I make my way to the station to try another pickup truck to Inle Lake. It was nearly a two hour wait until the compact Nissan pickup truck had enough people to depart. In this case, the number was 25 passengers. It is interesting to compare one person driving in a full size …